News: Lithuania

We have started to collect the most important news related to Lithuania in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Lithuania – overview

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• May 17th 2012 – January 6th 2011
• November 30th 2010 – December 22nd 2009
• August 25th 2009 – July 16th 2008
• June 17th 2008 – December 8th 2006
• October 17th 2006 – March 27th 2006

Lithuania: news

Jewish ire at Lithuania reburial

Thursday, May 17th 2012, 11:52

Jewish groups in Lithuania condemn a plan to repatriate Nazi-era PM Juozas Brazaitis, whose administration oversaw anti-Semitic attacks.
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VIDEO: Real IRA man found guilty

Friday, October 21st 2011, 11:25
related countries: Ireland

An Irish man accused of involvement in gun smuggling for the Real IRA in Lithuania has been found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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Real IRA weapons smuggler jailed

Friday, October 21st 2011, 10:34

A Real IRA man caught trying to buy a weapons wish-list in an MI5 sting operation is found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison in Lithuania.
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Verdict due on gun-running plot

Friday, October 21st 2011, 8:31

A judge in Lithuania is due to deliver his verdict in the case of a Dundalk man accused of trying to buy guns and bombs for the Real IRA.
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Nato jets collide over Lithuania

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 12:12

French and Lithuanian jets collide during an exercise in the Baltic state but all three crew members involved escape serious injury.
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VIDEO: Lithuania's mayor crushes car

Wednesday, August 3rd 2011, 9:07
related places: Vilnius

The mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, has been filmed using an armoured vehicle to crush a car parked in a cycle lane.
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Vilnius mayor squashes car to warn illegal parkers

Tuesday, August 2nd 2011, 20:08
related places: Vilnius

The mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, is filmed using an armoured vehicle to crush a car parked illegally in a cycle lane.
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Baltic fury over Austria release

Tuesday, July 19th 2011, 13:16
related countries: Austria, Latvia

Latvia joins in Lithuania's anger at Austria over the release of an ex-Soviet officer wanted over a bloody crackdown in 1991.
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Scarred childhood

Thursday, January 27th 2011, 0:54

Lithuanian Tatar recalls witnessing Holocaust murders
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Ousted Lithuania leader wins case

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 11:37

The European Court of Human Rights says Lithuania was wrong to bar ex-President Rolandas Paksas from running for parliament.
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May 17th 2012 – January 6th 2011November 30th 2010 – December 22nd 2009August 25th 2009 – July 16th 2008June 17th 2008 – December 8th 2006October 17th 2006 – March 27th 2006