Foreign affairs
domestic violence
CORPORATE
Domestic violence reports ‘grew several times’ over last 5 years in Lithuania
Lithuania adopted its law on domestic violence law five years ago and the number of reported cases of domestic abuse has been growing, which suggests that Lithuanians are increasingly recognising domestic violence as a crime. […]
Society
Has Lithuania’s 5-year-old law against domestic violence yielded results?
A conference to be held in the parliament (Seimas) will review Lithuania’s law against domestic violence, which was passed five years ago, how it has worked, and how it might be changed.
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CORPORATE
Time to break silence on domestic violence – Swedish Ambassador to Lithuania
It is time to break the silence around domestic violence in Lithuania said the Swedish Ambassador to Lithuania Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin as she launched an exhibition about women stories of domestic violence. “I think it is […]
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Politics
U-turn by president may make her election target, say analysts
President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s U-turn on establishing a new agency to tackle suicide, alcoholism and violence in families in Lithuania may make her a target during the coming election campaign. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė retracts call for new child welfare institution
Having suggested to set up a new institution to deal with children in at-risk families, President Dalia Grybauskaitė retracted her words, insisting her proposal was rather to institute additional functions that could be carried out by existing bodies. […]
Society
€21m EU and state funds to support at-risk families
Around €21 million has been allocated from EU funds and the state budget to fund the creation of community family homes. However, experts said these funds will be not enough to solve the problems of at-risk families. […]
Politics
Parliament speaker criticises president’s proposal for new care agency
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė disagrees with President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s proposal to establish a new institution to ensure care for social risk families in response to the tragic events in Kėdainiai district. […]
Society
Psychiatric examination ordered in double homicide as forensic experts present findings
A psychiatric examination of the suspect in the investigation of a tragic double homicide in Kėdainiai district has been ordered as forensic experts presented their findings. A father is suspected of having thrown his two kids into a well. […]
Politics
PM sceptical about setting up new institutions in wake of Saviečiai double homicide
After a tragedy in Kėdainiai District when a father killed his two children by throwing them into a well, the government will consider giving more power to the State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told LRT radio. […]
Politics
Prime minister orders investigation into tragedy in Kėdainiai district
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius ordered the Ministry of Social Security and Labour to carry out an investigation whether there was a proper control over the actions regarding families at risk, what measures have been taken to put an end to domestic violence, after the tragic events in Saviečiai village in Kėdainiai district. […]
Politics
President speaks out about collective responsibility after Saviečiai tragedy
President Dalia Grybauskaitė said not only the state but society as well had to take care of children growing up in dysfunctional families after the tragic events in Saviečiai village in Kėdainiai district when a 36-year-old father killed his two children by throwing them into a well. […]
Society
Double family homicide prompts government to look into family programmes
After a tragic incident of domestic violence that left two children dead in central Lithuania, the government is setting up a commission to look into what should have been done to prevent it. […]