Around 300 people took part in an unsanctioned march in Vilnius organized by Lithuanian nationalists to mark the centennial of restored statehood.
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About 1,000 people took part in a controversial rally organized by the Union of National Youth in central Vilnius, chanting slogans "Lithuania for Lithuanians". The event was held on March 11, when Lithuania celebrated the 26th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.
An estimated 300 ultra-nationalists marched in Kaunas on Independence Day chanting anti-refugee slogans and celebrating what Jewish groups say are Nazi-collaborators who were leading Lithuanian figures in the interwar period.
Radical parties on the left and the right of the political spectrum are rising in popularity across the EU with some in an increasingly strong position to take power in European countries from France and the Netherlands to Sweden, but the same trend is not apparent in Lithuania.
On Thursday, a protest held in front of the Norwegian embassy in Vilnius drew attention to what participants referred to as the theft of children by Barnevernet, the Norwegian children's rights service.
