Cricket equipment
Society

Kaunas becomes cricket capital of Lithuania

“In India language changes every thousand kilometres, and everyone worships their own god. Regardless of that, cricket is being played everywhere”, says J. K. Tandon, CEO of A&Z Exports International. Last week the Indian company has donated cricket equipment to the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania. Cricket team at KTU, the second largest university in Lithuania with almost 300 students from Southeast Asia, has been founded in 2013. […]

Society

Public trust in Lithuania’s healthcare system growing

Half of Lithuanians trust the country’s healthcare system, a poll carried out by joint Lithuanian-British market research and public opinion poll company Baltijos Tyrimai has revealed. […]

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Economy

Baltic digital media agency expands its footprint to Uruguay

FCR Media, the leading Digital Media Agency controlled by the Baltic private equity fund BaltCap, expands its operations to Uruguay. Through the acquisition of controlling stake of Volt Directories S.A. Ltd. in Uruguay, FCR Media Group enters its 1st market in Latin America and adds the 12th market to its diversified portfolio of geographies. This is the first investment in Latin America by FCR Media, which offers integrated media solutions for digital campaigns of SMEs. […]

Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA, Žygimantas Pavilionis Photo Ludo Segers
Foreign affairs

Last interview with Ambassador Pavilionis in Washington: ‘We are still in the discovery stage in America’

We meet with Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis on a quiet Sunday morning in the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for the last interview before he leaves the USA and returns to Lithuania. […]

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Energy

Electricity price edges down in Lithuania

On 27 July – 2 August, the average electricity price in the Nord Pool Spot Lithuanian bidding area was EUR 44.32/MWh. It was by 5 percent lower compared with the previous week, but lower by 29 percent compared with the same period of 2014. […]

Rimantas Sinkevičius
Politics

Lithuania’s transport ministry proposes new operating model for state companies

Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications together with independent consultants, after analysing all legal and financial options, submitted a proposal to set up a new corporate group formed from companies of the transport sector, the ministry reports. […]