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A Lithuanian court convicted the leader of one of the parties in the country's coalition government on Thursday for making antisemitic comments and fined him €5,000. The district court in the capital Vilnius found that Remigijus Žemaitaitis incited hatred against Jews, grossly downplayed Nazi Germany's crimes and minimised the Holocaust in an offensive and insulting manner. The punishment fell short of prosecutors' call for him to be fined €51,000 euros and ordered to pay into a fund for