Lithuania
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The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia’s electricity grid to the EU’s system on Sunday (Feb 9), severing Soviet-era ties amid heightened security after the suspected sabotage of several subsea cables and pipelines. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the move, years in the planning, as marking a…
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The 14th Seimas of Lithuania convened for its first sitting on Thursday, with a series of elections on the agenda, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported. Following the Statute of the Seimas, the first sitting was opened by the oldest MP, 73-year-old Social Democrat Birute Vesaite. The 2024-2028 parliamentary term began with a swearing-in ceremony…
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Lithuania’s opposition Social Democratic Party (LSDP) won parliamentary election runoff on Sunday, according to preliminary results of the Central Electoral Commission. In the first round two weeks ago, LSDP won 20 seats in the Seimas, Lithuania’s parliament, and in the second round held on Sunday, the party secured 32 single-mandate constituencies. The ruling Homeland Union-Lithuanian…
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Russia says it is banning 32 experts and employees at British thinktanks. Moscow has accused them of pushing an anti-Russian line in Western policy circles, Reuters reports. People on the list of those banned, which has been published on the Russian foreign ministry’s website, have also been accused of spreading disinformation designed to discredit Moscow. …
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The presidential election and citizenship referendum kicked off in Lithuania Sunday to decide who the next president will be and whether Lithuanians should be allowed to hold dual citizenships. Eight presidential candidates are vying for the post, with incumbent President Gitanas Nauseda holding a firm lead in polls, followed by Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and…
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After Lithuania, another member of the European Union, Slovenia, has shown the courage to stand against China and its aggressive political and economic moves. Rift between China and Slovenia exacerbated after the Central European country openly disclosed its plan to establish a representative office in Taiwan–a move allegedly made to spite China. Lithuania and Slovenia…
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A chain of plastic surgery clinics in Lithuania suffered cyber attack earlier this year with over 25,000 pictures (including nudes and personal data) stolen, and police said the hackers released those details online last Tuesday. According to the police report, those responsible for this attack are popularly known as “The Tsar Group.” The attack occurred earlier in…
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