No Picture
Society

Personal stories from the Holocaust in Lithuania told in new website

“We drank tea using the observational method: we would hang a sugar cube by a string and sip tea while looking at it. This didn’t make the tea taste any sweeter, but it cheered us up,” wrote Tamara Lazersonaite in her memoirs. She was the daughter of professor Vladimir Lazersonas, the pioneer of clinical psychology in Lithuania. Professor Lazersonas and his family drank their ostensibly sweetened tea in the Kovno Ghetto.” This is how the Lazersonas family, who were part of Kaunas intelligentsia before the start of World War II, are introduced in the new website stumblingstones.lt, a press release from manoteises.lt states. […]

Vitalijus Gailius, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Eugenijus Gentvilas
Politics

Opposition MPs see agriculture minister’s resignation as belated

Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas would have done less harm to his own reputation and to the ruling party’s reputation had he stepped down earlier, opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday. […]

Ignalina NPP
Energy

Energy Ministry looking for new CEO for Ignalina NPP

Lithuania Energy Ministry on Wednesday started looking for a new CEO for state-run company Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, after Darius Janulevičius stepped down from the position in early February. […]

Independence FSRU
CORPORATE

After 2024 “Independence” may sail away from Lithuania

In a study on the future of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, foreign experts did not assess the prospects of the fertiliser market despite the fact that this branch of the industrial sector accounts […]

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Business Forum  Photo Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune
Economy

Norwegian Crown Princess and Lithuanian President open the Norwegian-Lithuanian Business Forum

President Dalia Grybauskaitė accompanied by Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway opened with plenty of splendour the Norwegian-Lithuanian Business Forum. About 250 are attending the annual Forum Forum in Vilnius’s Kempinski Hotel. They were joined by a delegation of Norwegian 20 companies that are accompanying the Norwegian royal couple. […]

Gediminas Kirkilas
CORPORATE

How do we differ?

The Social Democratic Labour Party was born, despite a variety of insults, the desperation of lost opponents, the doubts of political commentators. However, when several thousands of people unite, whatever one says, it means that […]

Painting Routers initiative
Culture

Painting Routers lets you jump on a trolleybus by famous painters in Vilnius

Have you ever taken a journey on a piece of art? Now you can take an epic ride on one of Vilnius’ trolleybuses covered in contemporary art. Running for the second consecutive year, the Painting Routers art initiative has once again turned normal trolleybuses into canvases painted on by five teams of well-known young artists from Lithuania and Estonia, a press release from GoVilnius states. […]

CityQ bike
Economy

Norwegian green technology – to replace car with ebiking – search for Lithuanian partners

One of the Norwegian companies visiting Vilnius this week, as part of the Norwegian Lithuanian Business Forum, is CityQ, according to a press release from CityQ. […]