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On Tuesday, the Seimas rejected the Government’s proposal to eliminate a ban for minors to learn about LGBTQ+ relationships. Yet Conservative MP Paulius Saudargas vows that these topics are not censored in Lithuania.

In the twentieth century, most of Lithuania underwent seven currency changes, not counting a stretch with no currency at all, and two with only scrip, while of the remainder, the Vilnius region—eight, and the Klaipėda—six. These changes went hand in hand with changes in ownership, laws, economic pri...

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed an inter-institutional action plan for promoting non-discrimination and will allocate over EUR 1.4 million for research and promotion of public tolerance towards groups suffering from discrimination.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Prof. Andres Ilmar Kasekamp, The director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute and Professor of Baltic Politics at the University of Tartu. We asked Kasekamp’s opinion about EU sanctions against Russia and some voices within the EU to soften them.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed amendments to the Passport Law, allowing to record one's ethnicity in the passport. Some opposition politicians had called to veto the amendments, saying they might create conditions for the incitement of discord.

TLT/DELFI.lt spoke to Gedinimas Kirkilas, Vice Chairman of the Seimas and the Chairman of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, about the national minorities issues in Lithuania; from the Law on National Minorities, the name spelling controversy to the Electoral Action of Poles, which is turning...