suicide

Latvian basketball player Janis Timma has committed suicide in Moscow, the basketnews.lt portal reports.

Captain of the Second Investigations Department under the Lithuanian Defence Ministry died in his office on Wednesday of what is believed to be suicide, the Defence Ministry said.

The Vilnius City Municipality has created a strategy to reduce the number of suicides in Vilnius.

Dr. Boris Vytautas Bakunas unpacks signs of depression that, if left unaddressed, can lead to tragic consequences.

Refuting the myth that Lithuanian expatriates in the United Kingdom care little about social problems at their home country, some members of the Lithuanian community wish to bring focus on what they think is the biggest social sore in Lithuania, suicide.

Vilnius will on Tuesday host a campaign initiated by Lithuanian actor Arūnas Sakaulauskas and his like-minds to attract people's attention to the large number of suicides in Lithuania.

The Suicide Prevention Centre has started operations in Lithuania. The Centre was established at the initiative of the Health Ministry and is housed at the State Mental Health Centre in Vilnius.