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Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) is the national public broadcasting company of Lithuania.

EC not considering subsidies for Ukraine grain exports via Baltics – EU commissioner

Subsidies requested by Lithuanian politicians and Ukrainian farmers for the transport of grain through Klaipėda and othe...

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Lithuania records deflation for fourth month in a row

Prices in Lithuania fell for the fourth month in a row. However, people are unlikely to notice deflation yet, as the dec...

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Lithuanian president urges EU to start Ukraine accession talks this year

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda urged the European Union (EU) to start accession negotiations with Ukraine this yea...

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Lithuanian universities fight for survival as student numbers shrink

The number of students in Lithuanian higher education institutions has almost halved compared to 15 years ago. With univ...

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LRT English Newsletter: Family dramas and basketball tragedies

LRT English Newsletter – September 8, 2023

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Protest breaks out in Marijampolė Prison, convicts starve, self-harm

A protest has broken out in a prison in Lithuania’s southern city of Marijampolė. Convicts are starving and self-harming...

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Pollution and stress for refugees: Fireworks festival not granted permission in Vilnius

The Vilnius City Municipality Administration has decided not to issue a permit for the fireworks festival Vilnius Fejeri...

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Lithuania picks Kavtaradze’s Slow for Oscar nomination

Slow, a feature film directed by Marija Kavtaradze, has been selected as Lithuania’s candidate for an Oscar nomination i...

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Five soldiers possibly poisoned by smoke in Rukla barrack fire

Five soldiers were potentially poisoned by smoke during a fire that broke out at the barracks of Rukla garrison in Jonav...

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Delay in processing Karach’s Lithuanian asylum claim violated her rights, court rules

Lithuania’s authorities took too much time to process Belarusian activist Olga Karach’s asylum request, thus violating h...

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Lithuania risks losing EU funding if tax reform stalls – EU Commissioner Dombrovskis

Lithuania must push forward with key reforms, such as its stalled tax changes, or risk losing millions of euros in EU fu...

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Lithuanian Railways transported cargo of Russian minister’s wife

Until the end of last year, LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuania’s state-owned railway group Lietuvos Geležink...

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Lithuanian president vetoing same-sex union bill would cause ‘international scandal’ – Freedom Party chair

If the president vetoes the Civil Union bill, it would cause an international scandal, says Aušrinė Armonaitė, leader of...

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Life skills classes trigger moral panic in Lithuania: ‘Trojan horse’ to smuggle ‘genderist’ education?

From this academic year, Lithuanian secondary school students are being taught “life skills”, a programme that includes ...

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Russian citizenship of man who fled Lithuania with child investigated – minister

The Lithuanian Migration Department is carrying out an investigation into whether Algirdas Švanys, who kidnapped his 9-m...

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Lithuania falls to 13th place in digital quality of life rating

Lithuania has edged down by two places to the 13th position among 121 countries in the Digital Quality of Life (DQL) rat...

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Number of Wagner fighters in Belarus decreasing – defence minister

The number of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus is decreasing, says Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas.

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Vilnius commemorates 80th anniversary of Vilna Ghetto liquidation

On Wednesday, Vilnius commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto. An exhibition and a conc...

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Anti-discrimination body looks into treatment of non-Lithuanian-speaking cab drivers

Anti-discrimination watchdogs are investigating whether non-Lithuanian-speaking drivers are discriminated against on the...

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Lithuania to install system for communication with allied ships

Lithuania is planning to install an antenna field in the Baltic Sea resort of Palanga to ensure secure communication wit...

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