Civic notices and European news from Lithuania.
Over the past few months, Lithuania has witnessed a series of incidents that, just a few years ago, we might have found easier to imagine happening somewhere else rather than here.
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In September, 68-year-old Russian citizen Igor Odintsov fled across the Nemunas River from Russia’s Kaliningrad region to Lithuania, but was handed over to Russian border guards five hours later. He was subsequently sentenced in Russia to six years in prison for condemning the war in Ukraine.
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Last week, NATO fighter jets tried twice to shoot down a stray drone that entered Lithuanian airspace, unsuccessfully. While human lives put at risk by such incursions are invaluable, how sound is the rationale of using missiles worth hundreds of thousands of euros to shoot down relatively cheap dro
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Lithuania recorded the sharpest quarterly economic contraction among 20 European Union countries that have published data for the third quarter, according to Eurostat figures.
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Lithuania’s Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures said Friday it had launched a new investigation into alleged irregularities in the preparation of Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius’ doctoral dissertation, following a fresh complaint.
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Lithuanian Airports sees no indications that Latvian carrier airBaltic plans to discontinue its flights between Vilnius and Lisbon or Hamburg, despite the airline’s decision to drop another route and significantly scale back its operations in Lithuania.
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Thursday that if all European countries cannot participate directly in negotiations on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, they should be represented by European Union institutions.
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Lithuanian households face a costly winter, with natural gas bills for those heating their homes expected to rise by about 32 euros a month from January, while the regulated electricity price is set to increase by around 20%, exceeding levels seen during the 2023 energy crisis.
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The Prosecutor General's Office said Thursday it would not take legal action after investigating LRT's editorial policy provisions governing the covert gathering of information.
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Palantir, a controversial AI software company, is entering Lithuania, where the country’s military is eyeing procurement of a tool already used in combat. But enabling algorithmic decision-making carries its own risks.
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