Air Lituanica
Economy

Air Lituanica stops operations

Air Lituanica, Lithuanian airline owned by the municipality of Vilnius, has announced that it is stopping operations as of Saturday. […]

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Opinion

Reading, writing and reproduction: Danish sex education includes lessons on fertility

It has gained global attention that sex education in Denmark will now focus on fertility as well as avoiding unwanted pregnancies. The background for this change is that 25 percent of couples wishing to have a baby do not achieve pregnancy within the first year. Sex education is critical to ensuring the reproductive rights of men and women wishing to avoid pregnancy as well as those that strive to achieve it. […]

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Society

Vilnius University produces unique machine for CERN

The team of the Department of Semiconductor Physics of Vilnius University (VU), headed by professor Juozas Vidmantis Vaitkus, under the framework of the AIDA project was to study the possibility to use a microwave absorption technique for radiation monitoring in the proton irradiation facility at CERN. The Vilnius University team produced a cost-effective, flexible and easy-to-handle fluence monitoring system, VU said. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union

Lithuanian president: Much achieved since Eastern Partnership’s Vilnius summit

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that a lot has been achieved since the last summit of the European Union‘s (EU) Eastern Partnership that took place in Vilnius 18 months ago, stressing that the Eastern Partnership programme is a contribution to European security. […]

Vladimiras Antonovas, Raimondas Baranauskas, Naglis Stancikas
Society

Lithuanian bankers contest London court’s ruling on their extradition

Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, former shareholders of Lithuania’s bankrupt bank Snoras, continue to fight their extradition to Lithuania, where they face fraud charges. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union

Europe remains open to Eastern partners, President Grybauskaitė says

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that at the European Union‘s (EU) Eastern Partnership Summit the EU will once again assure its commitment to cooperate with countries of Eastern Europe. However, the extent of cooperation will depend on the resolve of each country. […]