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What will the neighbours say?

Last update: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 06:05 | By: Catherine Reilly

They are young, ambitious emigrants - but their country’s leaders don’t seem to want them back. Following Lithuania’s decision to ban information on homosexuality in schools, CATHERINE REILLY meets gay Lithuanians in Dublin who’ve suffered the homophobia that’s rampant in their native land

College places for kids of emigrants

Last update: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:56 | © Metro Éireann

UP TO 100 subsidised places at Lithuanian universities and colleges are being specifically reserved for teens of Lithuanian descent, the country’s Ministry of Education and Science has stated.

Lithuania’s round-the-world yacht calls into Dublin

Last update: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 14:05 | By: Catherine Reilly

THEY BRAVED stormy waters in the Irish Sea to arrive in Dublin to an equally tumultuous but much warmer reception.

News from the outposts

Last update: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 12:27 | © Metro Éireann

Large-scale emigration from Lithuania has created a new paradigm of news stories within its media, reporter Egle Digryte tells CATHERINE REILLY

An emigrant returns

Last update: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 14:11 | By: Catherine Reilly

In the western Lithuanian city of Klaipėda, emigrant Tadas Narkevičius returns for the first time in a decade. He tells CATHERINE REILLY his story

A sporting celebration for Ireland’s Poles and Lithuanians

Last update: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 00:37 | By: Viktor Posudnevsky

Lithuanians and Poles living in Ireland got together to celebrate one of the biggest events in their shared history last weekend in sporting fashion.

Lithuanian craft shop brings a summery feel to the capital

Last update: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 19:05 | By: Catherine Reilly

Rūta Keršienė from Lith-uania jokes that she’s “half Irish already”, thanks to her eight years here.

Ambassador ‘surprised’ to learn of negative media coverage

Last update: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 19:05 | By: Catherine Reilly

LITHUANIA’S Ambassador has claimed she is unaware of the overwhelmingly negative media coverage of her compatriots in Ireland.

Eastern European docs ‘discriminated against’ - claim

Last update: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 18:49 | By: Viktor Posudnevsky

BLATANT discrimination faces eastern European medical professionals in Ireland, according to a Lithuanian doctor based here.

Lithuanian pianist in Belfast concert

Last update: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 18:07 | © Metro Éireann

ONE OF LITHUANIA’S most promising young musicians visited Belfast last week to promote Vilnius as European Capital of Culture.

Lithuanian aid campaign ‘needs recognition’

Last update: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 17:31 | By: Viktor Posudnevsky

In the early 1990s second-hand clothes were delivered to Lithuania from Germany by the truckload. But you couldn’t get anything – as soon as the trucks arrived they were stormed by a mob of grouchy old ladies, who would sometimes fight over an especially well-preserved item. The clothes would be gone in minutes.

Double celebration for Ireland’s Lithuanians

Last update: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 02:19 | By: Viktor Posudnevsky

Last weekend Lithuanians in Ireland took part in festivities for their annual day of independence. The next one is due – in just three weeks, writes Viktor Posudnevsky

‘Recession is a challenge’

Last update: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 16:32 | By: Viktor Posudnevsky

Lithuanians are among a group of budding entrepreneurs who have come up with some innovative business ideas to beat the economic downturn, writes Viktor Posudnevsky

FF’s Olsevska raises eyebrows in Portlaoise

A LITHUANIAN woman contesting the upcoming local elections has proposed to take Portlaoise residents on recuperative trips to her native country in order to beat the notoriously long queues at the nearby Midland Regional Hospital.

Fine Gael’s Mocevičienė eyes Balbriggan seat

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:05 | By: Catherine Reilly

CATHERINE REILLY meets a Lithuanian woman planning to contest for election in Balbriggan

In love with Lithuania

Irishman Jack O’Sullivan is among the overseas ambassadors for Vilnius as European Capital of Culture for 2009. He talks to CATHERINE REILLY about his enduring love for Lithuania’s capital city, and why visitors won’t be disappointed by its many cultural delights.

Lithuania’s under-15s to compete in Irish soccer tournament

YOUNG SOCCER stars from Lithuania will be among those participating in an international soccer tournament in Ireland next February.

Christmas Greetings to the Lithuanian Émigré Community

LITHUANIAN president Valdas Adamkus and wife Alma Adamkienë have sent Christmas greetings to all Lithuanians living abroad.

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