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Society

Heavy rain, squalls forecast in Lithuania on Friday and Saturday

Heavy rain and squalls are expected in Lithuania on Friday and Saturday, the country’s Hydrometeorological Service warns. […]

Lukiškės prison
Society

JustMin initiates swift eviction of Lukiškės prison

Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice is initiative swift eviction of Lukiškės Remand Prison from central Vilnius. […]

St. Bartholomew’s Fair 2018
Freetime

The renaissance of historic St. Bartholomew’s fair

Traditional St. Bartholomew’s Fair certificated as Lithuanian national heritage is revived for the 7th time with a great event reconstructing crafts, arts and guild traditions of the Late Medieval Ages and the Renaissance. […]

History

Manuals on Ars boni moriendi in the GDL

In the Late Middle Ages, the prevalence of apocalyptic mood in Western Europe became more increasingly pronounced. Manifestations of anticipation for the Last Judgement could be observed, with abundant literary descriptions of this very old subject in history and its portrayals in art. Such apocalyptic trends were influenced by the outbreak of plague in the mid-14th century, the so-called Black Death, devastating Europe, with a death toll of almost one third of its population. […]

At the "Life sciences Baltics 2014"
Economy

Life changing technologies will be presented in Vilnius

On 26-27 September in Vilnius over 60 companies from all over the world will showcase their products and services: from the artificial human brain project, a microliquidic single-cell analysis technology, a device sending direct electromagnetic impulses into somatic cells to 3D printing technology and advanced immunotherapy products. Visitors can visit this part of the Life Sciences Baltics, the only international life sciences forum in the Baltics, free of charge. […]