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Turkish workers building a stadium in Lithuania's second-biggest city of Kaunas have gone on strike, saying they have not received their wages for more than six months now, the 15min online news site reported on Friday.

The teachers' trade unions involved in the nearly two-week-long strike for higher wages in Lithuania have announced that they are prepared to call off their strike as early as Friday. Audrius Jurgelevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Education Trade Union, told LRT that he believes that the trade ...

A meeting of Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Minister of Education Audronė Pitrėnienė on Wednesday morning did not produce an agreement to set aside additional €7 million for teachers' salaries. Instead, the government has pledged to find €2 million to meet striking teachers' dema...

the Lithuania Tribune

After meeting with government officials on Wednesday, Lithuanian teachers' unions announced they would resume strikes, saying the government has failed to show "political will" to meet their demands.