Society
Several students injured in tear gas attack at Lithuanian school
Two 15 year olds conducted a tear gas attack at a school in Lithuania, injuring 7 children, police announced Friday. […]
Year: 2018
LIGHT
How to save when shopping online?
With the growing popularity of online sales, customers of such stores are often looking for a variety of ways to save and still get a quality product. According to experts, this is quite easy – you just have to invest a little of your time and effort, a DPD press release states. […]
Culture
World premiere of Ernestas Jankauskas’ Sasha Was Here to crown Lithuanian programme at Tallinn Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (or PÖFF), the biggest international film event in the Baltics, kicks off today. This year, the A class festival is exceptionally rich in Lithuanian offerings: as the Baltic states are celebrating the centenary of their statehood, PÖFF features the biggest programme of Lithuanian cinema in the festival’s history along with two Lithuanian films to have their world premieres in Tallinn, a Lithuanian Film Centre press release states. […]
Cyber security
Staying safe on social media: what is important to know and tell children?
Today, it is hard to imagine our daily life without social media. Social networks have given us the opportunity to share various moments of our lives with our friends, to quickly get the most recent news, and to reach any friend in real-time in one click. However, our massive reliance on social media has a dark side too: it not only distorts people’s social ties and may have adverse effects on children, but also has become an ecosystem for criminals and cybercriminals to exploit. […]
Economy
Baltic States seek a single regional assessment
Ministers of finance of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the European Commission and NASDAQ appealed to the global provider of equity indexes MSCI for a possibility of assessing the Baltic states not individually, but as a single region in using an industry classification system. The aim is to start a debate with MSCI for a possibility of improving the equity index of the countries. The appeal to MSCI has been initiated together with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). MSCI is one of the most important forefront index constructors, whose indexes are followed by the largest global investors, a press release from the Lithuanian Finance Ministry states. […]
Society
Gender equality is human right, and it is great for society. Let’s listen to Norwegians
Even though Lithuania has achieved a lot in gender equality, it is still a long way to go, especially if we compare ourselves to Norway. Hence, it is always great to listen to opinions of the specialists, who were instrumental in implementing gender equality in Norway. This great opportunity will present itself this Wednesday, November 21. The Embassy of Norway and the Norwegian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania have initiated an international conference “Passport to Success: Empowering Women to Lead”. The event will take place at the Seimas premises. […]
CORPORATE
The final riddle in the presidential candidate ratings
Ingrida Šimonytė‘s ratings have risen significantly, bringing her to the second place in the presidential candidate ratings. The ratings of the other most popular candidates are stagnating, a survey by Spinter Tyrimai shows. According to […]
Economy
LMT presents three digital service innovations at Baltic Mobile Congress
LMT (Latvian Mobile Telephone) is the telecommunications market leader in Latvia and a digital service provider of several mobile technologies worldwide. Three of these innovations are present at the Baltic Mobile Congress – the ISOA forest fire monitoring solution, the EDLUS employee attendance tracking service, and assembly line tracking powered by computer vision, a press release from LMT states. […]
Defence
Lithuanian PM to meet NATO chief over additional support
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is to meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg next week to discuss possible deployment of additional allied capabilities in Lithuania, local media reported on Thursday. […]
Economy
CERN is considering the possibility of establishing business incubation centre
Last week, CERN delegation paid a visit to Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Santaka Valley. The aim of their visit to Lithuania was to get acquainted with the innovation ecosystem in order to evaluate the possibility to establish CERN Business Incubation Centre (BIC) in Lithuania, a KTU press release states. […]
Foreign affairs
At A. Guoga’s initiative, 27 MEPs urge Amazon Inc. to halt sales of Soviet symbols
At the initiative of MEP Antanas Guoga, 27 MEPs have called on the CEO of Amazon Inc. Jeff Bezos in an open letter, urging to cease sale of goods featuring Soviet symbols on the Amazon online shopping platform. The appeal was signed by MEPs from Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Latvia, the UK, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland, Portugal, Hungary and Spain, who represent the main political groups. […]
Cyber security
Cyber spies can operate in your computer: how to protect yourself against them?
Criminals are becoming increasingly innovative in the technological age. One of the tools cybercriminals use is so-called spyware – applications that allow criminals to break into the victim’s computer or phone and to collect the victim’s personal data without their knowledge. Later, this information is used for extracting money from the victim’s bank account, as well as for other crimes. […]
CORPORATE
Political scientist Girnius: I think Skvernelis will not run for president
Talking about the past two years of this Seimas term, political scientist Kęstutis Girnius quipped that all we are missing is a Seimas inquiry into Vytautas the Great’s actions following the Battle of Žalgiris. What […]
Foreign affairs
R. Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė: “Amazon should stop selling items with soviet symbols”
Member of Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Deputy Chair of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Political Group in the Seimas, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, together with colleagues parliamentarians from other Baltic States: Members of the European Parliament Sandra Kalniete (Latvia) and Tunne Kelam (Estonia) and Members of Riigikogu, Tarmo Kruusimäe and Raivo Aeg, addressed with a letter to the American electronic commerce company Amazon drawing their attention to t-shirts and other items featuring soviet symbols being sold on Amazon.com online platform and calling to stop the sale of such products, a TS-LKD press release states. […]
CORPORATE
Initiatives appearing in Seimas cause concern
Viktor Orban disliked what the news media wrote, thus he took control of it, The New York Times analyst Pamela Druckerman writes. Specialists contacted by lrt.lt say that for now the scenario of Hungary is […]
Cyber security
Not even animated movies are off-limits: how to recognize propaganda in culture?
The Kremlin’s ideological and political propaganda often reaches us not only through the official, Russian state-controlled media, but also through cultural events and cinema. Below, Linas Kojala, the Director of the Eastern European Studies Center, explains how to recognize propaganda that is spread through cultural instruments. […]
Economy
Israeli cloud services integrator chooses Vilnius for European base
TeraSky, a leading Israeli cloud solutions integrator, has just announced the opening of its European branch in Vilnius, Lithuania. The company, whose customer base includes global enterprise leaders in high-technology, finance, defence, cyber, telco and other areas, plans to hire several dozen local specialists. The Vilnius office will be responsible for software development, professional services and regional support, a press release from Invest Lithuania states. […]
CORPORATE
Gap between party ratings leaders widens
In October, public support for the ruling “Farmer” party declined, however despite significant criticism, PM Saulius Skvernelis‘ support remained stable and confidence in the cabinet even grew, Spinter Tyrimai data shows. A survey performed by […]
Economy
The popular French fashion brand „Gémo“ enters the Baltic States: first store in Lithuania – in 2019
The popular French fashion brand „Gémo“ entered the Baltic States – the first regional store was opened at the shopping center „Galleria Riga“, managed by the real estate company „BPT Real Estate“. According to brand representatives, „Gémo“ will enter Lithuania soon – the opening of the first store in the country is already scheduled in 2019. […]
Economy
International investors discover Šiauliai
In recent years, Lithuania has seen a large influx of foreign investors. Whereas Vilnius and Kaunas remain the focal points, companies are slowly discovering that Lithuania has much more to offer. Formula Air, the oldest Dutch investor in Lithuania, discovered this a long time ago and is rapidly expanding its success story in Šiauliai, a press release from the investor states. […]