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Lithuanian tech shop accepts bitcoins

Household appliance and electronics vendor UAB Topo Grupė has started accepting payments in bitcoins in its online shop. Payment services to Topo Grupė is provided by the company SpectroCoin. The company says it is the […]

Lithuanian Paralympic team
Sports

Pralalympic square in Vilnius to celebrate Lithuanian team

Lithuanian athletes are ready to go to the Paralympic Games to compete in goalball, judo, rowing, swimming and athletics competitions. To draw the public’s attention to the Paralympics, Vilnius authorities have organized a Paralympics square, located near the Cathedral, where people are welcome to try out a number of Paralympic sports.

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Abram Hannibal
History

Was Pushkin’s great-grandfather baptised in Vilnius?

In the historic part of Vilnius, on Didžioji Street, there stands the Orthodox Church of Saint Paraskeva, one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century Byzantine style architecture in the Lithuanian capital.

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Defence Minister Juozas Olekas
Defence

Lithuania purchases hundreds of used military vehicles from Netherlands

Several hundreds of used military vehicles purchased from the Netherlands will add mobility and power to the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Thursday. […]

Eglė Balčiūnaitė in Rio
Sports

Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Day 12

Day 12 was a sad day for the basketball team that suffered their third defeat in a row. This time, the defeat cost means they are out of the tournament without a chance to fight for Olympic medals. The canoers advanced to several finals while in the women’s 800 meters run, the Lithuania runner failed to advance to the semifinals. […]

Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant
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Accident at Belarusian nuclear plant sheds light on Minsk’s internal political process

The Belarusian Ministry of Energy confirmed, on July 26, that an emergency situation occurred earlier that month at the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP). The power station is being built 18 kilometers from the town of Ostrovets (Grodno oblast), and some 50 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. […]