Ingrida Ardišauskaitė
Sports

Olympic skier Ingrida Ardišauskaitė: If we want champions, we need better conditions in Lithuania

Ingrida Ardišauskaitė is a 22-year-old Lithuanian cross-country skier who took part in two world cups and in the last Winter Olympic Games. Despite her young age, and the future seemingly still in front of her, she recently decided to retire. The conditions and the facilities in Lithuania are not good enough in order to grow up as a future champion, she says. She had to travel a lot, and now she feels more relaxed being finally home. […]

Rebecca Wiasak pictured preparing for what would be her Gold medal winning race Aguascalientes, Mexico (December, 2013). Photo courtesy of UCI.
Sports

Australian-Lithuanian cycling debutant Wiasak crowned a World Champion

Australian-Lithuanian Rebecca Wiasak rewrote track cycling history last night after securing the Women’s Individual Pursuit title at the UCI Track World Championships in Yvelines (outer Paris).
The 30-year-old became the oldest tournament debutant to win a gold medal for Australia by holding off her American opponent Jennifer Valente with an impressive time of 3:30.305. […]

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Economy

Average consumer loan in Lithuania EUR 2,317

Swedbank Lithuania’s data shows that residents of Lithuania last year borrowed EUR 2,317 (LTL 8,000) on average for their consumer needs. […]

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
European Union

EP wants to designate 2016 European year to fight violence against women

Member of the European Parliament, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Vilija Blinkevičiūtė together with her colleagues from the European Parliament have proposed to announce 2016 a European Year to fight violence against women. […]

Artūras Paulauskas
Defence

Selection criteria for Lithuanian state security chief “too restrictive”

The Lithuanian parliament may decide during its spring session to revise the provisions that are said to burden the search for candidates for chiefs of the State Security Department, the Lietuvos Rytas daily reports. […]