Quote from: Marianne Skanland on February 02, 2015, 02:33:52 PM

Quote from: Naine on February 02, 2015, 09:46:32 AM

News from Lithuania
http://ru.delfi.lt/news/live/shveciya-vernula-pohischennogo-litovkoj-malchika-v-norvegiyu.d?id=67058938

Hoho, seems interesting - now who can summarise / translate this Russian for us? (Guess who I am thinking of. Or are you Russian-proficient yourself, Naine?)

This is bad. Here's a quick translation:

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Lithuanian Foreign Ministry received on Monday morning information that the minor citizen of Lithuania G.B. has already been passed by the Swedish authorities on to the Norwegian CPS on January 28th.

Now the official confirmation and explanation of the circumstances of the incident is being awaited.

Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarunas asked for an urgent meeting in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, to find out why Lithuania was not promptly informed of the transfer of the minor Lithuanian citizen to the social services in Sweden, as well as the circumstances of the transfer of a citizen of Lithuania to Norway.

Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden received on the 29th of January an appeal from the mother of a minor G.B., and started acting immediately, and it took contact with the Swedish Foreign Ministry, social services and the police.

Lithuanian Embassy in Norway was making every effort to return the minor citizen of Lithuania to Lithuania, to protect the interests of the citizens of Lithuania and the welfare of the child.

To do this, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry and the embassy in Norway use all legal channels - both formal and informal.

Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden urgently asked the officials of this country to find out why Lithuania was not immediately provided with the information on the transfer of the kidnapped in Norway minor Lithuanian citizen to the social services of Sweden, but has not yet received a response.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Kestutis Vashkelyavichyus argues that the Lithuanian Embassy on Friday sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, but the official response has not yet been received.

"As soon as we received the information, the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden at once contacted the police and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and liaises with the relatives of the minor citizen of Lithuania", - Vashkelyavichyus said on Sunday on Radio LRT.

According to him, the embassy and the ministry, understanding the subtlety of the issue and the pain of loved ones, is giving priority to this issue.

"The embassy many times appealed to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in order to sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of child protection. Information that we do not care about this issue is untrue - Lithuania has repeatedly raised this issue,"- said the representative of Lithuania.

The Embassy in Sweden has asked the officials of this country to explain why Lithuania was not immediately informed on the transfer of the kidnapped in Norway minor citizen of Lithuania G.B. to the Swedish childcare services.

The Foreign Ministry said that the embassy addressed this issue in the Swedish Foreign Ministry, the police, social services. The Ministry states that they are monitoring the situation with the families of Lithuanian citizens from whom children were taken in Norway and other countries.

Missing last Monday in Norway and discovered in Sweden a seven-year G.B. is now under the supervision of CPS in Sweden.

According to the Norwegian police, the child went missing during a meeting with the biological mother Grażyna Leschinskene. Woman has been interrogated, the charges of deceiving officials have been brought against her.

Lithuanian Parental Forum issued an Open Letter to the President and responsible services on Saturday evening - it is requested to make every effort to ensure that the boy was returned to Lithuania, and let him live with the family.

Media reported that two Lithuanian families kidnapped their children from guardians in Norway last week. Angelica Stankunene arrived last Monday to Lithuania from Norway with her seven-year son.

And another article from today, about the Lithuanian petition:
http://ru.delfi.lt/news/live/zhivuschie-za-rubezhom-litovcy-trebuyut-vernut-peredannogo-norvegii-rebenka.d?id=67062704

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Lithuanians living abroad are demanding the return of the child transferred to Norway

If Lithuania is not be able to protect their children, it would undermine the confidence of our citizens in our country. This is stated by the authors of the petition in defense of the Lithuanian boy, whom Sweden gave not to Lithuania, but to Norway.

Petition which is actively signed by people, is distributed among Lithuanians living abroad. Its text reminds of §13 of Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, which states: "The State of Lithuania takes care of its citizens abroad. Does not pass a citizen of Latvia to other country, if there is no relevant international agreement of Lithuania."

Lithuania and Sweden have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of child protection, so "if the child is not returned to Lithuania, but to the temporary guardians in Norway, this agreement will be violated."

The initiators of a petition demanding that the President of the Republic of Latvia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the protection of children's rights and adoption, the parliamentary group "For the welfare of children" and "For family" immediately figured out all the factual circumstances and made every effort to protect the rights of a citizen of Latvia.

They demand the return of the child to Lithuania and to provide the necessary assistance both to him and his family. And also to find out whether, the child can and wants to live with his parents.

"If the life with the parents does not represent a real danger to the health and life of the child, please let him live with his family," - said in the petition.

Detained in Sweden

DELFI already said that on Monday a 7-year-old boy G.B. disappeared in Norway and was found in Sweden, who for some time was in the hands of the Swedish CPS. In accordance with the bilateral agreement with Lithuania he had to be transferred to Lithuania, however, as it turned out on February 2, he is already time in Norway.

According to the Norwegian police, the child went missing during a meeting with his biological mother in the city of Molde. Woman questioned in connection with the abduction of a child, and was accused that she lied to the enforcers.

Mom: They did everything quietly

"That's all; this time I lost him," - said in an interview with DELFI the mother of the boy who was transferred to Norway.

The woman said she last saw her son on 26 January. After the meeting, the boy was taken by his uncle, who had the authority to go with his nephew, and he tried to take the child in Lithuania, but was spotted by Swedish services in a cabin of a vessel.

"He was allowed to go to Lithuania, but the boy was taken away. According to all the agreements they were to return the boy to the Lithuanian services, but returned to Norway instead" - the woman cannot believe what had happened.

She repeated that she had no hope to return her son. "Half an hour ago I found out that he was in Norway, and for a long time. They did everything quietly. Why did not they inform the embassy of Lithuania?" - questions the woman.