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Lithuanian scientist who is tipped for the Nobel Prize is presenting his ground-breaking genome-editing technology at an international conference in Israel.

Lithuania's Embassy to Israel on Tuesday handed a note to the Israeli Foreign Ministry with a request to specify the reasons behind the denial of entry to Lithuanian citizen Gabrielė Tervidytė who was working on humanitarian projects in Palestine.

Amid complaints from Lithuanian Jewish Community representatives and Litvaks living in Israel and South Africa, at least two Lithuanian parliamentary committees are planning to look into the reasons why citizenship restoration applications from Jews who left the country in the interwar period and th...

"There is always someone in a family who pushes against silence," says Rita Gabis, in whose new book Lithuania’s Holocaust skeletons come to light, exploring the 220,000 Lithuanian Jews killed during WWII — and the people who let it happen.

Lithuania cannot stay silent about the situation in Palestine, said a Lithuanian social worker who was recently denied entry to Israel.

The more than 500 companies that belong to the Lithuanian Defence and Security Association show that Lithuania can manufacture more than agricultural products.

Lithuania will not compromise the interests of its citizens for the sake of better relations with Israel, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said after a Lithuanian national was detained in a Tel Aviv airport.

Gabrielė Tervidytė, a Lithuanian national who was detained in an Israeli airport last week, returned to Vilnius on Monday morning.

Российские истребители по меньшей мере дважды открывали огонь по израильским самолетам, летевшим в воздушном пространстве Сирии, сообщает израильский портал Ynet. При этом издание не уточняет ни даты, ни точного места, где произошли инциденты

The mother of Lithuanian citizen Gabrielė Tervidytė who has been detained in Israel as “a threat to national security” for her activities in Palestine, said the allegations were unfounded.

Премьер-министр Израиля Биньямин Нетаньяху заявил, что Голанские высоты навсегда останутся под контролем еврейского государства. В регионе, который Израиль отвоевал у Сирии, впервые прошло выездное заседание правительства.

On April 3, the Panama Papers hit media outlets around the world, and the fallout was swift.

Some Jews in Israel and the Republic of South Africa who left Lithuania between the two world wars and their descendants have been applying to have their Lithuanian citizenship restored, but receiving a negative answer.

Власти Турции опознали смертника, совершившего накануне теракт на главной туристической улице в Стамбуле. Им оказался подозреваемый в связях с группировкой "Исламское государство" (ИГ, запрещена в РФ) Мехмет Озтюрк, передает агентство Anadolu.

The makers of Boxer infantry fighting vehicles are interested in cooperation with Lithuanian business in producing and maintaining the IFVs that would be sold to the Lithuanian army.

СМИ снова обсуждают скоропостижную смерть руководителя Главного разведывательного управления (ГРУ) Генерального штаба ВС РФ Игоря Сергуна.

Lithuanian exports to Israel increased by 40.6% in 2015 according to the latest statistics, and put Lithuania only second to Ireland in export growth to Israel among EU countries.

Palestine does not seek to change Lithuania's attitude towards Israel, but wants the country to serve as a mediator in the peace negotiations, Palestine's Foreign Vice-Minister Amal Jadou has said in Vilnius.

Lithuania expects to see the rapid growth of its tourism sector continue well into 2016. With a Lithuanian delegation travelling to the US later this month to promote the country, the award from the UNTWO for the Treetop Walking Path in Anykšciai, and the buzz that the Kaunas-set Japanese WWII film ...