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Biochemist Šikšnys awarded elite Warren Alpert Prize
Professor Virginijus Šikšnys, biochemist of the Vilnius University’s Institute of Biotechnology, has been awarded the elite Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for his remarkable contribution to the understanding of the CRISPR bacterial defence system and the revolutionary discovery that it can be adapted for genome editing. […]
Politics
Rukla refugee reception centre may run out of room
After Lithuania started to receive more refugees under the European Union (EU) program, its Rukla refugee reception centre may soon start running short on accommodation for all newcomers. […]
Economy
Politics
PM takes day off for campaign in Vilkaviškis
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the leader of the Social Democrats, has taken a day of unpaid holiday this week to meet the electorate of Vilkaviskis, southern Lithuania, ahead of the parliamentary election. […]
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Uncategorized
Estonian formin expects Rail Baltica agreement to be signed
Estonian Foreign Minister Jurgen Ligi believes that the Baltic countries will soon to finalize the signing of an agreement on a procurement model for the 5-billion-euro European standard-gauge railway project Rail Baltica. […]
Politics
Politics
PM says 49-54% voter turnout would be a good result
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a voter turnout of between 49 and 54 percent in next Sunday’s parliamentary elections would be a good result. […]
Politics
People to decide on next ruling majority – Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged voters to go the polls on Sunday, saying that it will be people, not politicians or political analysts, who will decide on what political parties will form the country’s next ruling coalition after this month’s parliamentary elections. […]
Economy
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dapkus leaves Lietuvos Rytas daily
Liudas Dapkus, deputy editor-in-chief at the daily Lietuvos Rytas and editor-in-chief at the Lrytas.lt news website, said on October 5 that he is leaving Lietuvos Rytas. […]
Society
Šikšnys may get Nobel Prize in chemistry in later years
Fellows of prominent Lithuanian biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys believe the professor may be awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a gene editing tool in future years. […]
Politics
Peasant and Green Union leader hopes to form new Government
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union who voted early in the parliamentary election Kaunas on Wednesday, expressed hope for the party to secure sufficient voter support to be able to form the government after the October 9 elections. […]
Society
Lithuania to step up language teaching of refugees
More intensive teaching of the Lithuanian language is planned for refugees – they will have to learn the language to the initial level of A1 within a month. […]
Politics
Vilnius mayor expects bigger Liberal group in new Seimas
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, the leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, said after casting his early ballot in parliamentary elections he expected the Liberals to have a larger political group than they had before. […]
Society
Documents of Tauras guerrilla unit found in southwest Lithuania
Documents of Lithuanian guerrilla of the Tauras unit have been discovered in the Marijampolė district, southwestern Lithuania, the Special Archive said on October 4. […]
Defence
Brzezinski: Obama should warn Russia against intrusion of Baltic states
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US presidential adviser on national security, has urged the outgoing administration of Barack Obama to warn Russia that in intrusion into the Baltic states would mean a war to Moscow. […]
Politics
President says she voted for change
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after casting her ballot in early voting in the parliamentary elections that she had voted for change. […]