Vytautas Grubliauskas
Foreign affairs

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette conferred upon Vytautas Grubliauskas

On 3 November 2018, the Government of Japan announced that Mr. Vytautas Grubliauskas was conferred with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contribution as the Mayor of Klaipėda City to building friendly relationship between Japan and Lithuania, especially in the fields of cultural and defence exchanges, a press release from the Japanese embassy states. […]

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Economy

ESO applies Narrowband Internet of Things: first results bring pleasant surprise

Preparing for a mass rollout of smart metering in Lithuania, JSC Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) has started the active testing of NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) technology. The pilot project aims to evaluate if meter data collection is possible by employing this technology and if its penetration in practice is higher compared to that of traditional communications technologies and sufficient to satisfy the needs of ESO’s business. Attempts are being made to identify whether this technology is sufficient for equipment control, maintenance, replacement and updating of software, a press release from ESO states. […]

Darius Jauniškis, Modestas Petrauskas
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian army’s elite force commander to be appointed NATO, EU rep

Colonel Modestas Petrauskas, commander of the Lithuanian Special Operations Forces, is set to be appointed Lithuania’s military representative to NATO and the European Union after the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense gave the green light to his appointment. […]

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Politics

Court to continue hearing political corruption case

Vilnius Regional Court is set on Monday to continue hearing the high-profile political corruption case. […]

Identity theft
Cyber security

Identity thieves do not restrict themselves to your bank accounts

Most people leave a substantial trace in the virtual space. However, few think about the fact that any data circulating in the social media or on the computer and the phone, may be accessed and exploited by cybercriminals. Below, Dr. Rytis Rainys, the Director of the National Cyber Security Center at the Ministry of Defense talks about what personal identity theft is and how to avoid it. […]

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Society

Lithuanian beauty clinic hacking case goes to court

Lithuanian law-enforcement officials have completed their investigation into the theft of clients’ personal information and photos from the Kaunas-based cosmetic surgery clinic Grožio Chirurgija and are sending the case to a court. […]