No Picture
Society

Šiauliai family that received the layettes, was congratulated by Finnish ambassador as well

Mayor of Šiauliai city Artūras Visockas presented a gift for the family from Šiauliai city who gave birth to the first new-born this month – a layette. Such a kind of gift will be given to all children born in Šiauliai city. Finnish ambassador Christer Michelsson congratulated the family as well. The tradition of giving layettes, necessary things to parents was born in this very country. […]

No Picture
Freetime

Beer sommelier suggestions: do beer and chocolate work together?

For a while now, food is being paired not just with wine, but beer as well. Beer is one of the oldest drinks in history, rich in traditions and potential to experiment. With that in mind, chefs have been experimenting in their kitchens, creating the perfect pairs to different beers. Because World chocolate day was celebrated this week, “Švyturys Brewery” invites you to try an interesting pairing — beer and chocolate. […]

Archaeological explorations of the complex of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius at Vokiečių g.13A @ Vilnius Municipality (9)
History

Archaeologists from Lithuania, Israel and USA exploring territory of the Great Synagogue complex

Vilnius which is changing every day makes every effort to preserve values of cultural heritage – archaeological explorations of the complex of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius (at Vokiečių g. 13A) started on 12 July, and on 2 – 6 September, creative workshops for preserving its heritage will be held. The restoration of the entire territory and the adjacent areas is planned by 2023. […]

Pope Francis
Foreign affairs

Pope’s Lithuania visit will cost Catholic Church over half million euros

Pope Francis‘ upcoming visit to Lithuania in September will cost the Catholic Church over half a million euros, Vilnius Archdiocese said. […]

Andrius Kubilius, Algirdas Butkevičius
CORPORATE

A. Kubilius’ response to R. Karbauskis: offering to uncover, why the “Farmers” backed the Conservatives

With the “Farmers” announcing their intent to initiate a new parliamentary investigation, former prime ministers Andrius Kubilius of the Conservatives and Algirdas Butkevičius of the Social Democrats do not conceal their negative view of such […]

Kaunas
Society

The Centre of Excellence of Creative and Cultural Innovations in Kaunas

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) of Creative and Cultural Innovations is scheduled to open in Kaunas as one of the initial Centres of Excellence in the Baltic States. It will provide diverse specialized services under experimental research hubs and co-operative collaboration environments for high level research being accomplished by the European and worldwide scientists. The vision of the Centre of Excellence of Creative and Cultural Innovations will be presented in the International Forum on 11 of July, 2018, a VDU press release states. […]

Economy

Rookies’s guide for the future investors from Lithuania

One of the most persistent trends today is that of investments in stocks or cryptocurrencies. The reasons behind this are clear. Large chunks of capital are no longer necessary, so anyone can become an investor by investing as little as 10 EUR. Today, specialist financial services or banks are largely obsolete, because it is simple enough to sign up to online trading platforms, such as Luno, which are custom made for small investments. Likewise, there are no limits to the amount of Bitcoins or any other cryptocurrencies you can acquire, so you are perfectly legit with as little as 0.0001 percent. Finally, the risks involved in withdrawing your profits or balance are very few as you can set your own trade and cash flow amounts. […]