Uncategorized
Year: 2014
Sports
On this day in sport: 26 October
On this day in sport American teenager George Foreman was crowned as the 1968 Olympic heavyweight champion after defeating 29-year-old Jonas Čepulis (USSR). […]
Economy
ECB stress test finds Lithuania’s banks secure and reliable
The three largest banks operating in Lithuania – SEB bank, Swedbank and DNB bank – have very solid capital buffers and assess risks conservatively enough. This became clear after the European Central Bank (ECB), in cooperation with the Bank of Lithuania, inspected the asset quality of the three commercial banks and performed stress testing, the country’s central bank said in a report on 26 October. […]
Society
Philosopher Nerija Putinaitė on three Lithuanian Europes
As Lithuania has been a member of a great supranational union for a decade now, Lithuanians are forced to confront the question of their collective identity, says philosopher Nerija Putinaitė. In her new book, “Three Lithuanian Europes: Nation, Europe, the EU in modern identity”, she argues that the question of what it means to be Lithuanian closely relates to visions of Europe. […]
Society
Kaunas University of Technology – Lithuania’s most international school
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has attracted the largest number of international students among all Lithuanian institutions of higher education as 200 new international students enrolled in KTU this year. The university has 460 foreign students now, KTU said in a statement. […]
Uncategorized
Economy
Lithuanians worried about growing prices after euro introduction
Residents of Lithuania are more worried about growing prices after the euro adoption than Latvians and Estonians were. […]
Economy
Economy
Lithuania to mint golden copies of 16-century coins
The Lithuanian Mint will launch a series of copies of golden coins from the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in November. […]
Global LT
Čiurlionis’ music revisited in Washington, DC
Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis had a short, yet very prolific life (he was just 35 when he died in 1911). He considered himself a synesthete, in that he perceived colours and music simultaneously. Čiurlionis composed about 400 pieces of music, mostly for the piano, and he also created 300 paintings – many with musical names. In addition, he wrote literary works and poems. An asteroid – 2420 Čiurlionis – was named after him. Few artists have left such deep influence on Lithuanian culture. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania’s UN ambassador calls for international condemnation of “illegal” elections in occupied Donbass
Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Raimonda Murmokaitė on Friday called on the international community to condemn the elections being organized by pro-Russian separatists in Donbass, Ukraine, on 2 November. […]
Foreign affairs
Armenia’s Eurasian Union membership should not block EU ties, Lithuanian foreign minister says
Armenia‘s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union, which is being established by Russia, should not become an obstacle for Armenia to continue constructive cooperation with the European Union, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said during his visit to the Caucasian country on Friday. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine and not to annex Abkhazia
At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, the Lithuanian ambassador called on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine and refrain from actions which would mean a de facto annexation of Abkhazia. […]
Society
Defence
Constitutional Court president: Lithuania must fulfill NATO defence spending and EU human rights commitments
Lithuania’s NATO membership is a constitutional asset and the country must fulfill its commitment to ensure proper defence funding, Dainius Žalimas, president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, says. […]
Society
Culture
Vilnius plays Jerusalem in BBC’s The Eichmann Show
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was chosen by the BBC for The Eichmann Show, starring British film and TV star Martin Freeman. The film tells a story about the trial of one most notorious figures of the Holocaust. The 90-minute drama focuses on the broadcast of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, chief architect of the Nazis’ “final solution” plan to exterminate Europe’s Jews. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s LitPol link construction halfway finished
Construction of the LitPol Link power interconnection with Poland, one of Lithuania’s most important current energy projects, is rapidly pushing forward, with 45 percent of planned works now complete, Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, reports. […]
Defence
German military equipment to be brought to Lithuania
German military equipment will be brought to a training event in Lithuania on Friday, the Baltic country’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Uncategorized