Year: 2015

Michael Baum
Economy

Insights on building a billion-dollar company from Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum

February 7, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Michael Baum is coming to Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) to deliver a lecture and a pitching event. Baum is a CEO of 100 million worth investment company and startup academy FOUNDER.org which invests in student entrepreneurs from the world’s top universities and helps them build great companies. His lecture ‘The 8 Secrets to Building a Billion Dollar Company’ will take place on Tuesday 17 February. […]

Tomasz Pilewicz
Opinion

Opinion: Lithuania drives bottom-up transparency approach in the EU

February 7, 2015 Tomasz Pilewicz 0

What distinguishes Lithuania on the map of EU member states preparation toward 2014-2020 frameworks is agile and also transparent preparation process. From the governance system point of view it looks similar to other EU countries, as there is a “super ministry” coordinating the EU funds related process in general, and various Management Authorities (ministries, national funds, development agencies), which operate closer to final beneficiaries. […]

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Foreign affairs

India opens honorary consulate in Lithuania

February 6, 2015 BNS 0

India‘s honorary consulate in Lithuania has been opened in Vilnius on Friday and will be headed by Honorary Consul Rajinder K. Chaudhary, owner of Indian restaurant Sue‘s Indian Raja. […]

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Defence

Russia sees Baltic states as another military operation field, Lithuanian defence official says

February 6, 2015 BNS 0

Military cooperation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is crucial, as Russia views the three Baltic states as yet another field for military operations, says Saulius Gasiūnas, director of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Department at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence. […]

Evaldas Ignatavičius
Economy

Businesses exporting to Belarus should expect obstacles, warns Lithuanian ambassador

February 6, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As Belarus has joined the Eurasian Economic Union, companies developing their production in this country will enjoy new opportunities, however, businesses exporting to Belarus or transit of goods should expect certain difficulties, says Evaldas Ignatavičius, Lithuania’s ambassador to Belarus. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Finland

February 6, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania opened a honorary consulate in Kuopio, a city in eastern Finland. It will be headed by Esa Karvinen, the director general of Savo education consortium, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]