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Claims of injured asylum seekers turned away from Lithuania
Lithuania has turned away thousands of refugees and migrants in the past year say human rights groups. Despite having an official policy to medically assess them first, Al Jazeera met some asylum seekers who say they had serious injuries when they were rejected. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Vilnius, Lithuania. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook…
EU state faces criticism for ‘unexpected gift to Kremlin’
Press NGO urges Latvia to reconsider the ban of liberal Russian TV channel Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have criticized the authorities in Riga for revoking the broadcast license of the exiled Russian network TV Dozhd (Rain), urging them to explain their national security reasoning. The channel has been banished from neighboring Lithuania and Estonia as well. “The withdrawal of the license is a blow to…
Russia warns Lithuania of consequences over rail transit sanctions – BBC News
Russia has warned Lithuania of “serious” consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad – a strategic region where Russia’s Baltic Fleet is headquartered – has no border with mainland Russia. The western territory was annexed from Germany after World War Two in 1945 and is bordered by EU and Nato members Lithuania and Poland. Lithuania…
Russia warns Lithuania over Kaliningrad goods restrictions
A Russian outpost in the Baltics, Kaliningrad, has emerged as a new frontier of tensions between Moscow and the European Union over Ukraine. Russia has threatened Lithuania with serious consequences after it halted rail transit of several sanctioned goods to the Russian exclave. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera…
China halts Lithuania beef, dairy and beer imports amid Taiwan row – BBC News
China has stopped buying beef, dairy products and beer from Lithuania, authorities say, as a row deepens over the Baltic state’s ties with Taiwan. China-Lithuania relations soured after Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open an embassy in its capital of Vilnius in November. The embassy in Lithuania bears the name Taiwan rather than “Chinese Taipei”, the name used by many foreign nations to avoid offending China….
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