Month: October 2018

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Economy

Smart Energy Fund Invests EUR 250 Thousand into Lithuanian PVcase

October 3, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Smart Energy Fund powered by Lietuvos Energija, managed by Contrarian Ventures invests EUR 250 thousand into the Lithuanian PVcase that will automate the designing of solar power plants. It is expected that the technology developed by the start-up will enable to significantly shorten up some designing stages of solar power plants and this way reduce designing expenses even more, a press release from Lietuvos Energija states. […]

Antanas Guoga
Economy

MEP Antanas Guoga: Before regulating any new technology first, we need to educate about it

October 3, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Today, 03th of October, European Parliament voted in favour of the motion for a resolution on distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation. All political group members supported the resolution, which sends a positive message that politicians see this technology as benefiting Europe, a press release from MEP Antanas Guoga‘s office states. […]

Teatriukas touring the USA
Culture

Lithuanian Theatre Company “Teatriukas” touring the USA

October 3, 2018 0

The independent theatre company “Teatriukas” from Vilnius is touring the USA in September and October. They are performing a contemporary version of Žalia Gyva in Lithuanian schools and communities to celebrate the one hundred years of Lithuanian Independence together with the members of the Lithuanian Diaspora. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s draft 2019 budget to reach government no earlier than next week

October 3, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian government will not discuss a draft budget for 2019 this week after the issue was removed from the agenda of the Cabinet’s meeting on Wednesday. […]

Regina Seaways route
Society

335 people on burning ferry in the Baltic Sea

October 2, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania‘s Marine Rescue Coordination Centre of the Naval Force received a message that an explosion occurred at the Regine Seaways engine department at 13.40 today. The ferry with some 335 persons is currently in the Russian economic zone and is reported on fire. The ferry was going from Kiel in Germany to Klaipėda in Lithuania. […]

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Economy

Microsoft to partner with Blockchain Centre Vilnius

October 2, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Blockchain Centre Vilnius will partner with Microsoft to aid delivery of their innovative ‘Microsoft for Startups’ program. The program is accessible to all levels of startup and will provide the two most desirable aspects for any new business – access to technology, and customers! […]

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Society

Derling and Primus establish a new Baltic alliance

October 2, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Two leading business law firms – Derling in Estonia and Primus, Attorneys at Law, in Lithuania and Latvia – are establishing a new pan-Baltic alliance. From 27 September 2018 the new alliance will operate as DERLING PRIMUS in Estonia and PRIMUS DERLING in Latvia and Lithuania with highly capable team of over 80 lawyers and assistants across 4 offices in all three Baltic countries, a press release from the alliance states. […]

Edita Stankevičiūtė
LIGHT

Googling – the most dangerous way of self-treatment

October 2, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

According to the most recent data of the Statistics Lithuania, more than every second resident of Lithuania looks up information on health-related topics online: 54 per cent of all Internet users aged 16-74. Specialists noticed that not everyone who browses the web is able to assess information in critically and often rush to self-diagnose the diseases unrelated to their symptoms, share medicine, reduce dosages and make other self-treatment mistakes that are dangerous to health. […]