Month: September 2018

Summer Survivors
Culture

Lithuanian Film Summer Survivors by Marija Kavtaradzė to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

September 7, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

For the second year in a row Lithuania has been included in the Toronto International Film Festival – one of the key events of the industry across the globe. The 43rd edition of the film festival will run for eleven days and include the world premiere of Marija Kavtaradzė’s debut feature Summer Survivors (orig. “Išgyventi vasarą”), which is taking place today, September 7. Authors of the film will hold a meeting with the audience after the screening. The national film industry will be represented at the EUROPE! Umbrella of the TIFF Industry Centre by the Lithuanian Film Centre as the official member of the European Film Promotion (EFP), a press release from the Lithuanian Film Centre states. […]

Catalyst Award 2018
Economy

Bank of Lithuania – winner of Central Banking’s first Catalyst Award

September 7, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Bank of Lithuania has been selected as the winner of the first Catalyst Award in the FinTech & RegTech Global Awards 2018 organised by Central Banking. The award was given and the Bank of Lithuania’s activities in the field of innovation were presented in Singapore, one of the most important global financial centres, the Awards running in unison with the central banks’ global summit focusing on new FinTechs and supervisory challenges, a press release from the Bank of Lithuania states. […]

Lithuanian students' internship at NASA 2018
Society

Lithuanian students start internship at NASA

September 7, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) has announced that 4 students have been selected to participate in the international internship program at NASA Ames Research Center. Students have already left for NASA Ames, located in the USA, California, and on the first days of September started their autumn internship program together with other international students from more than 12 countries, a press release from the Lithuanian agency states. […]

Order and Justice Party banner
Politics

Order and Justice Party to ask court for special status to influence-peddling case

September 7, 2018 BNS 0

The Order and Justice Party will ask the court to assign a special status to a case in which the party is suspected of influence peddling, squandering of property, document forgery and negligent management of accounts. […]

Abu Zubaydah, supposed CIA jail in Antaviliai
Foreign affairs

PM calls on law-enforcement to use all possibilities in CIA prison probe

September 7, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that law-enforcement officials must use all possibilities to investigate the circumstances surrounding allegations that the country hosted a secret CIA detention site more than a decade ago. […]

No Picture
Politics

Lithuania’s major parties, except LSDP, to sign defense deal next Monday

September 6, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s parliamentary parties will sign a defense policy agreement next Monday, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Thursday. […]

Economy

Government maps out plan to boost competition in retail market – media

September 6, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian government has worked out a plan of measures to end the alleged domination of large chains in the retail market, and ultimately give a boost to small businesses, Delfi.lt reported on Thursday. […]