Algirdas Julius Greimas in Paris (1971) (Family archive)
Culture

The multi-layered legacy of Algirdas Julius Greimas

Algirdas Julius Greimas (1917-1992), the Lithuanian-born linguist who founded the influential Paris school of semiotics in the 1960s, has left a legacy that goes beyond his academic pursuits. Dr. Arūnas Sverdiolas, professor at Vilnius University and Head of the A.J.Greimas Centre for Semiotics and Literary Theory, recollects how, at the time when the Iron Curtain was finally lifted, the Paris-based semiotician worked towards reintegrating Lithuania into the Western culture, not least by helping us build networks with European scholars. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
CORPORATE

Popularity of Skvernelis is not a record breaking: one PM was even more popular

Even though the Prime Ministers Saulius Skvernelis popularity is quite noticeable (around 73 per cent), it is not a record breaking one among the states Prime Ministers. In July of 1999 the popularity of Rolandas […]

Ministry of Defence
Defence
Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Pūkas, Bastys discrediting Seimas – President

Lithuania’s MP Kęstutis Pūkas probed on sexual harassment suspicions and MP Mindaugas Bastys who is suspected of ties with Russian energy figures both discredit the country’s parliament, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]

Seniors
CORPORATE

Engine of economy is being suffocated by inequality of income

While some citizens experience growth in their income and they can afford more things, for others the prices are becoming too high and they are forced to decrease their consumption. “We know that consumption is […]