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Month: May 2016
Culture
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis: hearing colour, seeing sound
Making a name for oneself in art is a massive undertaking, particularly in the beginning of one’s career. Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) set out at two disciplines at once. […]
Opinion
Ukraine’s indispensable economic reforms
Economic reform is central for today’s Ukraine. The capacity of the Ukrainian nation—leadership and population together—to deliver a modern and efficient economy, if achieved, would constitute the winning asset in the West’s current struggle with Russia in Eastern Europe. […]
Society
Maxima looking to prove that Russia is behind boycott over high prices
Maxima LT, a leading retailer in Lithuania, plans to turn to the State Security Department (VSD) over next week’s planned boycott of supermarket chains that is being organized via social media. […]
Freetime
Picture of the Week: Dunkin’ Jonas
Lithuanian basketballer and Toronto Raptors big man Jonas Valančiūnas stares down three Miami Heat defenders he just blew past to put in a dunk off of a great pass from guard DeMar DeRozan during the NBA playoffs this week. […]
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Sports
Birthday Boy Valančiūnas comes up big for Toronto to blow out Heat
Lithuanian NBA star Jonas Valančiūnas saved the day for the Toronto Raptors with pivotal offensive rebounds that allowed them to come from behind to vanquish the Miami Heat in overtime. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Seimas finishes debating Labour Code reform
The Lithuanian parliament has finished debating a Labour Code reform package and approved the draft document, ending an important stage in the process liberalizing the country’s labour market. […]
Freetime
The Top 10 Lithuanian historical figures of all time
Lithuania’s history is chock-full of legendary leaders and historical heroes that have made Lithuania what it is today. After looking across the span of Lithuania’s long and proud history, here is our list of the Top 10 Lithuanian historical figures of all time. […]
Society
Lithuanian MEP offers home to Iraqi refugee family
Lithuanian member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius is sheltering a refugee family from Iraq for half a year, Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
Society
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Lithuanian professor ‘will win the Nobel prize’ for genome editing
Biotechnology Institute Professor Virginijus Šikšnys will become the first Lithuanian to get the Nobel Prize, according to a leading expert in the field. […]
Society
Drones to take unruly holidaymakers to task on Lithuania’s beaches
Lifeguards in Palanga, Lithuania’s Baltic Sea resort, will be using drones to police holidaymakers on the resort’s busy beaches this summer. […]
Energy
‘Google-translated’ environmental impact report has Lithuania doubting Belarus serious on nuclear safety
An environmental impact assessment report that Belarus has presented to Lithuania regarding its Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant reads like it was written with an automated translation engine and raises concerns that nuclear safety is not taken seriously, Lithuanian experts say. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM proposes VAT cuts on meat
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has agreed with the finance minister and his party to propose value added tax (VAT) cuts for chilled and fresh meat. […]
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New real estate trends in Kaunas mirror Vilnius real estate market
Real estate experts claim that more and more people in Kaunas are moving from the suburbs to the city’s centre, a trend that previously had only been seen in Vilnius. In the beginning of the […]
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Is radiation a danger after accident at Belarus nuclear plant?
Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety inspectors say that there is no information suggesting that a possible incident at the Astravyets nuclear plant, 50km from Lithuania’s capital, could cause a risk of radiation exposure but Belarusian authorities deny the incident even took place. […]
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Move to simplify residence permit procedures for foreigner start-up founders
Lithuania‘s parliament, the Seimas, accepted a proposal submitted by the government to simplify residence permit issuance procedures for start-up founders and their families on Thursday. The proposal includes the creating by the government of a […]
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What is main source of foreign highly skilled workers in Lithuania?
The majority of highly qualified workers that use the blue card system come to Lithuania to work from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, according to lawyer Andrejus Mokšinas. Mokšinas, who was speaking at the LOGIN 2016 […]
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Black market still quarter of Lithuanian economy
More than a quarter of Lithuania’s economy still exists on the black market, according to the Lithuanian Free Market Institute‘s research into the country’s shadow market. The research found that Lithuania’s black market was found […]