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Vytautas Landsbergis shrugs when asked why he went into politics. ‘It was a normal evolution since we were part of the developments. Freedom was a common idea, an achievable goal,’ he says of his momentous contribution to the cause of freedom and the end of the Cold War. Vytautas Landsbergis sh...
Lithuanian-American NBA All-Star Domantas Sabonis, who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings, is in the process of converting to Judaism, his Jewish wife revealed in a recent interview with JWeekly. “We really haven’t talked about it [publicly]. He loves [Judaism] and really wants to be a part of it," Shashana Sabonis told the Jewish publication
This year's International Modern Pentathlon Union Congress is to take place online, rather than in Guatemala as was first planned.
A production set from television show Ninja Warrior was used at the first obstacle test event as it is poised to take over from riding as the fifth modern pentathlon discipline after Paris 2024.
Without institutional support, Lithuanian trans teens struggle with taboo and prejudice Domantė Platūkytė, LRT.lt2021.06.28 08:00 Transgender flag / Shutterstock Experiences of transgender teens and children remain a taboo in Lithuania. Oftentimes, parents take their children to exorcists and self-taught psychiatrists, leading to depression or even suicide. Lithuania does not permit gender reassignment surgery, and transgender individuals who go through the treatment abroad have to go to court to have the entry on sex changed in ID documents. In 2007, a transgender man took Lithuania to th...