Month: August 2018

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Society

So how much does it cost to get your child ready for school this year?

August 22, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

August is a time of preparation for the new school year – and that applies to both the children and their parents. Yet for the latter, the anticipation of a new year at school is often clouded by the thought of the related expenses, which can become a real burden on the wallet. The Lithuanian supermarket chain Maxima has good news: school supplies this year will not be more expensive than last year, a press release from the retail chain states. […]

Valdas Adamkus
Foreign affairs

Ex-Lithuanian president sees terrorism, economic uncertainty, migration as biggest threats

August 22, 2018 BNS 0

The biggest threats Europe and the United States are facing are terrorism, economic uncertainty and migration, former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian-Polish interparlt assembly to resume work this year, parlt vice speaker hopes

August 22, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Seimas Vice Speaker Arvydas Nekrošius hopes the Lithuanian-Polish inter-parliamentary assembly will resume work this year following a break of almost ten years. […]

Caucasus by Laurynas Bareiša
Culture

Lithuanian Film and talent at this year’s Locarno IFF

August 21, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The 71st Locarno International Film Festival, which kicks off today, is exceptionally rich in Lithuanian accents. Three Lithuanian films or co-productions have been selected to participate in the festival’s programmes and will have their world premieres in Locarno, to be presented by their filmmakers. In addition to film screenings, three promising Lithuanian producers will represent their country at the festival’s industry days. […]

Vendors at the Pilies Str in Vilnius / E. Genys photo
Economy

Lithuanian souvenirs’ vendors about the tourists’ habits

August 21, 2018 Gabija Kavaliauskaite 0

Tourists are calculating even when buying wooden souvenirs for only a Euro; and if they bought a lot before, they are now spending only 5-10 Euros according to the street souvenir vendors at the Pilies street in Vilnius. […]

January 1991 in Vilnius
History

Lithuania marks 27 yrs since death of volunteer Seimas guard Sakalauskas

August 21, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania marks on Tuesday 27 years since the death of Artūras Sakalauskas, a volunteer soldier who was killed in a clash with Soviet troops outside the parliament building in August 1991, thus becoming the last victim of the Soviet occupation. […]