Lithuania
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Eastern Europe
Lithuanian MPs want to recognise same-sex relationship as civil union
They failed to get same-sex marriage legalised a year ago. Now they make another attempt to get same-sex relationships legally recognised. Lithuanian MPs have drafted a bill that allows homosexual and lesbian couples to enter a civil union instead of a partnership. With the bill, the initiators aim to secure…
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Eastern Europe
Lithuania calls for sanctions against Russian Patriarch Kirill
Lithuania proposed to implement sanctions against the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, asked the European Union to act against the Russian Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, Laikmetis reports. The news was announced…
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Northern Europe
Over 70 per cent of Lithuanians oppose same-sex partnership
More than 70 per cent of the people in Lithuania are against same-sex partnerships. That is the conclusion of a study conducted last month. The study was commissioned by the Laisvos visuomenes institutas, a non-governmental organisation that “participates in preserving and expanding open society in Lithuania”. There is currently a…
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Eastern Europe
Equality gap between men and women barely changes
The equality gap between men and women has barely changed, research of the European Institute for Gender Equality [showed](https://eige.europa.eu/news/gender-equality-index-2021-fragile-gains-big-losses) on Thursday. The institute does not expect this to change in the short term because of the Covid pandemic. Females are still overrepresented in health care jobs, which results in them…
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Eastern Europe
Lithuania declares state of emergency because of migrant flood
Lithuania has declared a state of emergency to deal with the unusual number of refugees crossing the Belarussian border into Lithuania, Bloomberg [reports](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-02/lithuania-declares-emergency-over-illegal-migrants-from-belarus). According to the Home Affairs Minister Agne Bilotaite, the decision is not because of an increased threat to the country, but to implement a more robust system…