The regional court of Panevezys, northern Lithuania, on Thursday issued a 3-year suspended sentence to Dalia Straupaite, the former mayor of the northeastern city of Visaginas.
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As Lithuania's regions face a growing emigration crisis, some have begun calling for measures to deal with the aging apartment buildings that have been left behind as communities shrink.
Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has commented on the decision of Visaginas Culture Centre to cancel a performance by the Alexander Ensemble, the official army choir of the Russian armed forces, saying that there is no place in Lithuania for Moscow's divisive policies.
The Lithuania Tribune / DELFI.LT TV spoke to Andrius Kubilius, former Prime Minister and leader of the Seimas' Opposition about status of the Visaginas nuclear plant project.
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Dalia Štraupaitė, mayor of the Visaginas municipality in eastern Lithuania, is in detention, Panevėžys prosecutors have confirmed.
