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TheCanadianpilotshadevensaidthatithad
actually
2
breachedLithuanianterritory
,asprovedwiththe
photographicevidencetheyhadtaken.
ThesmallBaltic
Countriesdefenceministerscametogetherandfoundit
3
necessarytomakeitthe
numberonetopic
oftheirmeeting.
Britainhasbeenseeminglyenthusiasticaboutbeingableto
helptheirsmallerallies,astheirprimeministertoldITVNews,
Ithinkwhatisimportantisthatwesenda
veryclear
message
toourNatopartnersandalliesthatwebelieveinNatoandwe
believeintheirsecurity.TheUShastakensomeconcernand
sent3,000soldierstoLithuania,Latvia,andEstoniaasof
th
4
March9
.
OtherNATOpartnershavedefinitelytakenthis
situationforconsideration,astheystartedtakingextensive
measuresfortheirsmallassociates,hopingtostrengthenthe
NATOmembersmilitary
defenseinthelargestmultinationalnavalexerciseinthe
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BalticSea.
Lithuaniaisquicktotakeaction,duetoa
possiblefearfromtheirpastwithRussia,fortheBaltic
CountrieswereoccupiedbytheSovietUnionfor
fivedecades.
AndduetothefactRussianbombers,fightersand
transportplanesmovedbetweentheRussianmainland...which
3
islocatedbetweenPolandand
Lithuania
.
Havingitsmilitary
convertedintoaprofessionalonein2008,onlyhavingabout
15,000troops,itsquitefrankthatLithuaniadoesnthavemuch
todefendawholecountryfromRussia.Theirdefensechief,
GeneralJonasVytautasZukas,saysThelackofsoldiersis
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criticalandposesarealthreattonationalsecurity.
ThedistasteforRussiaisongoing,astheG7
countriesmadeitclearthattheywouldalienateRussia
fromtheirnuclearsecuritysummitinTheHague
Russiahaspickeduponthisquickly,asVladimirPutin
senthisforeignminister,SergeiLavrov,afterit
becamecomprehensiblethataG7meetingwouldbe
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heldtoexcludeRussia.
Russiaalsoretaliatesonthebacklashithasreceived,
thinkingotherwiseofthesituationandaccusingNato
ofusingthesituationinUkrainetoexpandfurther
3
towardsRussiasborders.
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TheBleakFutureofSuicide
PreventioninLithuania
SuicideinLithuaniamostlyderivesfromalcoholismdueto
beingoccupiedbytheSovietUnionduringWorldWarII.
Duringthistime,manyseekedalcoholinattemptsof
relievingtheirstress,whichwasmorethanoftenkept
hidden.Approximately70%ofsuicidesarerelatedto
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chronicalcoholism,depressionandsocialexclusion.
Itsthegovernmentsdutytoprotectthewellbeingofits
citizens.Thoughthegovernmentacknowledgedtheissue
onsuicide,andevenadoptedaprogramfoundedbylocal
psychologists,theireffortsareinsufficient.Theirsaturnine
responsetothismattersetsbadprecedentandplight
amongstitsnation.Itshouldbedealtwithfirstoninstinct
andproperlyorganizedforthesakeofthepeoplewho
decidedtoretainloyaltytothem.
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SuicideisatragicissueinLithuaniathathasntgotten
enoughattentionoractioncalledupon.
Lithuaniansare
takingtheirlivesinbrutalways,liketheviolentmethodof
1
hanging,
andthenationappearstoattempttosolvethe
problem,butinaslowfashion.Localpsychologist
volunteeredtohelpontheirownaccord.But,soonrealized
thattheyneededthegovernmentsresourcesinorderto
properlyimplementtheirsolution.Despitethe
governmentsadaptationtotheprogram,theirlevelof
effortissubpar.Asitwassaidthatitwouldstilltakea
2
fewyearsbeforethesituationreallychanges.
Itshouldbe
thoughtofasaprioritytodevelopaneffectiveprogramthat
isabletopreventandhelpthosewhoareexperiencing
selfdestructivebehavior.
ItissaidthatinLithuania12peopletaketheirlivesdaily,and
100,000peopletaketheirlivesannually.
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