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Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi), and has a population of 2.9 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians are the titular nation, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts, and speak Lithuanian.
- Population: 2,800,000+
- Area: 65,300 km²
- Coordinates: Latitude: 54.683334350586, Longitude: 25.316667556763
- Timezone: Timezone info not available
- Current Local Time: ailab
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Trejus metus Ukrainoje dirbantis lietuvių aktyvistas atvirai pasakoja, kodėl šį karą laiko ir savo kova, kodėl, jo įsitikinimu, vien technologijų pergalei nepakanka, bei kodėl Vakarams vis dar sunku suprasti Rusijos grėsmės mastą. Interviu jis kalba apie paramos Ukrainai užkulisius, visuomenės nuovargį, idealizmo kainą, aštrią viešąją retoriką ir įsitikinimą, kad Lietuva bei Ukraina kovoja ne du atskirus, o vieną bendrą karą.
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Ukraina teigia vis dar ginanti Kostjantynivkos bastioną
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Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants while visiting gateway island
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Employers are being urged to use their "common sense" to allow staff to work flexibly where they can.
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Thousands of protesters in Germany rally against far-right AfD
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s annual congress started Saturday in the city of Erfurt with thousands of protesters gathered against the rising German far-right movement. The demonstrators sought to blockade roads used to access the conference, local police said, though this did not prevent the event from starting on time. Video footage posted to social media showed police clashing with a group of protesters flying antifa flags. “To the troublemakers out there at the door: you won’t bring us down — quite the opposite, we’re only getting stronger and bigger,” the AfD’s national co-leader Alice Weidel said in a speech. The AfD finished in second with just over 20 percent of the vote in the last German federal elections and is now Germany’s most popular party according to polling. It is positioned to win in two key state elections which will take place in September in eastern Germany. Other parties, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, have kept a so-called “firewall” in place to keep the AfD out of federal government despite its electoral results. Some of its European ideological allies, like the French National Rally, have also cut ties with the German far-right party which it deemed to be too extremist. Widersetzen, an anti-AfD group which organized the protests, said 17,000 people had taken part in the demonstrations. “Who’s making the headlines today: US. Who’s hiding in glass-walled halls: the fascists of the AfD,” the organization wrote in a post on Instagram, “the demonstrations are a formidable counterforce. We’re ready to stand up for social justice.”
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Ukrainian woman wanted after Monaco attack
A 39-year-old Ukrainian woman is wanted for having allegedly planted a parcel bomb in central Monaco earlier this week, gravely wounding three people. The suspect has been identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, according to an Interpol notice issued on Friday. Monaco’s head prosecutor Stéphane Thibault said on Friday that one of the three victims remained in life-threatening condition. Thibault said the suspect, whose last known address was in Germany, was specifically targeting the three main victims, and “had conducted several site surveys” prior to the attack while “dressing up as a man” to avoid being identified. Video surveillance footage showed that before setting off the bomb “using a remote control,” the suspect verified “that the three victims were on the front steps” of the luxury hotel where it had been placed, Thibault added. French media reported Ukrainian-born Cypriot businessman Vadim Ermolaev to be among the victims, which the prosecutor has declined to confirmed. Once one of Ukraine’s wealthiest businessmen, Ermolaev was sanctioned by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2023 over allegations that companies linked to him paid taxes in Russian-occupied Crimea. He has denied wrongdoing. Milena Wälde contributed to this report.
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Everyone loves apprenticeships. So why can’t Britain create more of them?
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Argentina see off spirited Cape Verde to qualify for World Cup last 16
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Firefighters combat blazes in northern Spain, Portugal
Hundreds of Spanish firefighters battled an expanding wildfire near the tourist hotspot of Costa Brava on Friday as Portugal sought outside help to combat forest fires in its north.
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Iran begins farewell to Supreme Leader Khamenei
Before dawn, hundreds of mourners gathered in Tehran as Iran began days of funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed months earlier in a joint US-Israeli airstrike.
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South Africa deploys troops as anti-migrant protests escalate
South Africa has deployed more than 3,000 soldiers across the country to reinforce security as anti-migrant protests intensify, with organisers vowing to stage demonstrations every week.
