Summer Survivors
Culture

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

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

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

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. […]

Angela Merkel
Foreign affairs

Merkel to meet with Grybauskaitė, Baltic MPs, to visit German troops in Lithuania

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to meet with President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Baltic prime ministers during her visit to Lithuania next week, the Lithuanian president’s office said on Friday. […]

Jurgita Petrauskienė
Politics

PM waits for ethics watchdog’s decision on education minister

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he will assess Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė‘s behavior after the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) makes it decisions. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President warns political rows may undermine confidence in state

Ongoing rows among Lithuania’s parliamentary parties are destructive and may undermine confidence in the state, President Dalia Grybauskaitė warned on Thursday. […]