US EditionAfter the Vote on the Training Ground in the Seimas, a Confrontation Between the Minister and Representatives of the Kapčiamiestis Community
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Several dozen representatives of the surrounding community of this town who watched the Seimas' decision to approve the establishment of the Kapčiamiestis training ground in the Lazdijai district on Thursday got into a heated discussion with the Minister of National Defense Roberts Kaunas after the vote.
About 100 people gathered in Independence Square, carrying tricolor flags and posters with slogans such as "Hands off Lithuania's forests" and "No to forest genocide."
The Seimas finally approved the establishment of the Kapčiamiestis military training ground. 105 MPs voted in favor, four abstained, and 1 more...
In Lithuania, Parliament has decided to set up a new military training centre in the area of the so-called Suwalki gap.
The Seimas will vote for the last time on Thursday on the establishment of the Kapčiamiestis training ground in the Lazdijai district. Both during the adoption and deliberation, the initiative was not supported by the majority of the ruling Nemunas Aušra parliamentarians, including the party leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis, and politicians belonging to the Lithuanian Peasants', Greens' and Christian Families' Union factions. True, in both cases t…
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