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Ukraine's former President blocked from leaving the country

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was prevented from leaving Ukraine to take part in a meeting of a NATO body in Lithuania, his party's parliamentary faction said on Saturday.

Reuters · May 28, 2022

'Message to the world' - Lithuanians fundraise to buy drone for Ukraine

(This fixes dollar conversion rate in paragraph 2 in May 27 story.)

Reuters · May 28, 2022

Lithuanian parliament agrees to consider same-sex partnership bill

Lithuania's parliament on Thursday voted to accept a draft bill legalizing same-sex civil partnerships for further debate, after voting down a similar bill in May 2021.

Reuters · May 26, 2022

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Lithuania calls on EU to provide cash for Ukrainian refugees

Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste urged the European Union on Monday to set up a fund that would help countries welcoming thousands of Ukrainian refugees manage the financial burden, just like the EU did for Turkey in 2016.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Lithuania to withdraw its ambassador to Russia from June 1

Lithuania will withdraw its ambassador to Russia from June 1, according to a presidential decree signed on Monday. No replacement has been named.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

UK, Lithuania boost defence collaboration amid fears of Russian aggression

Britain and Lithuania signed a joint declaration on Monday to boost defence and security collaboration, stepping up London's support of nations that fear Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine in trying to redraw Europe's borders.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Exclusive: Four EU countries call for use of Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine

Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia and Estonia will call on Tuesday for the confiscation of Russian assets frozen by the European Union to fund the rebuilding of Ukraine after Russia's invasion, a joint letter written by the four showed on Monday.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

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UK backs Lithuania’s plan to lift Russian blockade of Ukraine grain

Britain supports in principle the call for a naval coalition ‘of the willing’ to restart exports through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022

Omagh bomb suspect Liam Campbell extradited to Lithuania

Man held liable for the Omagh bombing, is due to face charges related to weapons smuggling for the Real IRA

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022

Man found liable for Omagh bombing extradited to Lithuania

Liam Campbell was arrested by Irish police on Monday, before being handed over to Lithuanian authorities at Dublin Airport on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022

EU ministers fail to persuade Hungary to sign up to Russian oil embargo

EU foreign ministers failed on Monday in their effort to pressure Hungary to lift its veto of a proposed oil embargo on Russia, with Lithuania saying the bloc was being "held hostage by one member state".

Reuters · May 16, 2022

Lithuania's Eurovision song was written in London

One of the countries vying for the win is Lithuania, which will be represented by Monika Liu

Wales Online · May 13, 2022

Hungary 'holding EU decision makers hostage' over Russia oil embargo: Lithuanian FM

Hungary's government is "holding European Union decision makers hostage" by refusing to join an EU-wide embargo on Russian oil, according to Lithuania's foreign minister. This comes as EU leaders continue their efforts to gather support for a sixth sanctions package on Russia from all 27 EU member states. The government…

France 24 · May 13, 2022

Lithuania designates Russia as a terrorist country, a global first

The resolution, which passed unanimously, comes a day after Lithuania's foreign minister publicly urged a regime change in Russia.

WEKU · May 10, 2022

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Chronicle Live · May 10, 2022

Five European countries that have no Covid-19 vaccination entry requirements

British tourists can travel without having to prove they are vaccinated, or recovered from Covid, or have tested negative

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Lithuanian lawmakers brand Russian actions in Ukraine as 'genocide', 'terrorism'

Lithuania's parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to describe Russia's actions in Ukraine as "genocide" and "terrorism" and to call for a international tribunal, modelled on the Nuremberg Trials after World War Two, to prosecute suspected war crimes.

Evening Standard · May 10, 2022

Leaving London: ‘We swapped the commuter belt for an off-grid farmhouse in a forest in Lithuania’

Eva Juozaitiene and her husband Mantas swapped the outskirts of London for Lithuania.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

AP Interview: Lithuania FM calls for regime change in Russia

Lithuania’s top diplomat says that removing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle from power is the only way to protect the West and its allies from future threats from Moscow, urging an even tougher stance than the U.S. and many NATO allies have been willing to pursue

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Daily Mirror · May 9, 2022

Nurse with 'vanished breasts' and saggy skin after 7 stone weight loss issues plea

Nurse Fiona Macdonald, 30, has told how her bust has shrunk from a 40D to 30A and has swathes of sagging skin on her stomach that she says rub and smell - and has launched a GoFundMe

The Independent UK · May 8, 2022

‘It reeks’: Student nurse complains of ‘vanished breasts’ and saggy skin after 10 month weight loss

Fiona Macdonald, of Ayrshire, used a loan to pay for a £5,400 gastric bypass but is now fundraising for an additional £6,500 to remove excess skin

Wales Online · May 6, 2022

Student nurse in plea over saggy skin and vanished breasts after 7 stone weight loss

Fiona Macdonald says her skin rubs and 'reeks' and wants it to be removed

The Conversation · May 5, 2022

Kaliningrad: Russia's 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' deep in Nato territory

The Russian Baltic Fleet has announced that it carried out a series of simulated missile strikes of its nuclear-capable Iskander system. This is not the first time that the Russian exclave – roughly the size of Northern Ireland and wedged between Nato and EU members Poland and Lithuania – has…

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

US Cyber Command team helps Lithuania protect its networks

The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2022

Vladimir Putin tests Russian nuclear-capable missiles in major threat to West

Russian troops practised the simulated "electronic launches" of nuclear-capable Iskander mobile ballistic missile systems in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, in the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania, the defence ministry said in a statement

Daily Record · May 3, 2022

Lithuanian crime gang caught in £1m Scots cannabis bust caged for 11 years

The four men were sentenced at the High Court in Stirling this week after they were busted with the cannabis

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