Kęstutis Girnius
CORPORATE

The consequences of Paluckas’ revolution

With a large group of influential party veterans departing, he stated that this does not mean drama, but the end of a certain epoch. According to him, “beautiful things are born in disputes and birthing […]

The New Honorary Doctor of KTU Klaus Schwab
Economy

Klaus Schwab: Lithuania is a country with great Potential”

13 October the regalia of honorary doctor of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) were awarded to Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the international organisation, which is encouraging the collaboration between public and business organisations. Professor Klaus Schwab is the 45th Honorary Doctor of KTU. […]

Paris
Culture

Lithuanian cinema to begin 2018 with a film retrospective in Paris

One of the biggest and most important projects presenting Lithuanian cinema to Europe will open the series of events in France dedicated to the centenary of the restoration of the state of Lithuania. Three years of negotiations were finalised this week with an agreement between the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in France, and the Paris-based Cinémathèque Française, one of the largest cinematheques in the world. The film programme will begin in January next year and will run for almost a month. […]

After the terror attack in Somalia
Foreign affairs

Lithuania condemns attack in Somalia

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Saturday’s terrorist attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, which claimed nearly 300 hundred lives. […]

Worker
Economy

National Agreement hints of higher salaries in exchange for lower labor taxes

Lithuania’s government, business representative and trade unions on Monday signed an agreement, declaring pledges to raise wages, cut taxes on labor and encourage collective contracts. […]