EN.DELFI, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Dalia Grybauskaitė with children at Palanga

Inspirational Conference on Children’s Rights and Business Principles

November 27, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

On Tuesday 28 November the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius in cooperation with the Presidential Palace of Lithuania, Swedish Institute, Save the Children and Global Child Forum are organising a high level inspirational conference regarding business opportunities and responsibilities relating to children’s needs and rights, under the National Campaign For a Safe Lithuania, an initiative by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Daumantas and Dovilė Mockai, Vygaudas Ušackas, Olga Zimanaitė, Egonas Jakimavičius, Loreta Ušackienė, Lithuania’s ambassador to the UK Renatas Norkus with wife, Dr. A. Lubšys and Aanda Jakimavičienė

Annual LCCUK Christmas Charity Ball in London collects almost EUR 40.000

November 27, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

The annual charity ball, continuing a worthy tradition, took place on November 17 in London organised by the Lithuanian community in the United Kingdom, the members of which, together with British representatives from business, politics, the arts and culture, demonstrated their solidarity with those who need help in Lithuania. […]

Adomas Danusevičius. Camouflage masculinity, 2013

Drink full and descend

November 27, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

Adomas Danusevičius and Tomas Daukša are considered one of the most distinct Lithuanian artists of the young generation. Though they usually address quite different themes in their work, their newest works presented in this exhibition –painting, ceramics, and light installations – form an unexpected and mysterious combination, the Roosters Gallery announced in a press release.. […]

Sleet inundates Klaipėda: city South turns into a lake

November 13, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

On Monday morning numerous Klaipėda residents had to resolve the problem of how to float their cars out of their yards and go to work. The Southern part of the port city was faced with severe flooding of its streets and yards. […]

Military-style haute couture collection of “Shantanu & Nikhil” highlighted patriotism in Lithuania (video)

August 25, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

Last week in Vilnius the internationally acclaimed Indian designer duo “Shantanu & Nikhil” presented their 2017 autumn/winter haute couture collection called “The Regiment” during the solemn celebration of the 70th Anniversary of India‘s Independence. Militaristic style collection presented strict silhouettes of both female and male models, dusk, camouflage color palette and accessories inspired by the military – collars, vertical pockets, epaulets, handcrafted vintage coin buttons & rustic medallions, the special accent of the collection – hand-made brooches encrusted with Swarovski crystals. […]

Call for applications for the Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting

August 24, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

Young professionals from the Baltic states, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine – including scholars, journalists, civil activists, and others with knowledge of and practical involvement in developing analytical and quality media content, deconstructing propaganda, myths and disinformation, and educating society, are invited to apply for the 1st Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting (VYLM) to be held on September 25-29, 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The meeting is organized by the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) in cooperation with DELFI, the main Lithuanian news portal, and with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy, the Swedish Institute, and the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius. […]

A-Z of Kaunas becomes the country’s main airport for a month

July 14, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

With Vilnius Airport closing for a month due to reconstruction, Kaunas will be the location of the country’s main airport. This is the first case in Europe where traffic from a larger airport is transferred to a larger one. […]

First time for a larger European airport to be replaced by a smaller one

July 14, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

On July 14 the Vilnius Airport will begin its runway reconstruction which will last 35 days. If all planned work is completed earlier, the airport will still reopen as planned – on August 18, the […]

Survey: two thirds of Lithuanians fear a military conflict in the country’s territory

July 5, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

During research commissioned by the insurance group ERGO, it was found that 68% of Lithuanian citizens are concerned over potential military conflict in the country’s territory. Research data shows that currently the concerns of impeding […]

European Humanities University graduation in Vilnius 2016 Photo by Kilimas Arts

Alumnus Anisimov: “EHU develops European future of Belarus”

July 1, 2016 EN.DELFI 0

On July 1 European Humanities University (EHU) bestowed diplomas to University’s ever largest Class – 228 Bachelors and 41 Master were awarded during a solemn commencement ceremony, writes the EHU press office. […]

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December 11, 2015 EN.DELFI 0

Since 2009, the Lithuania Tribune news portal has been bringing you the most insightful and relevant news about Lithuania and the Baltic region. Now we are relaunching our website and evolving our services in order to cater to the changing needs of our distinguished readership in a rapidly developing global media environment. […]

During th opening of Green Garage, professional maker space in Vilnius

First maker space in Baltic states opens in Vilnius

August 27, 2015 EN.DELFI 0

3D printers and scanners, laser cutters, router machines, cutting-edge computers and an electronics lab: all this has become available in the newly opened Green Garage, the first professional maker space in the Baltic states. The equipment in the workshop is worth €300,000 and is available to everyone who is interested in technology, has ideas or wishes to create something new, Green Garage press office informed. […]

Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Parliament Loreta Graužinienė and the Chairman of the Swedish Riksdag Urban Ahlin at the ceremony

Plaque opened marking 26th anniversary of the legendary Gotland Communiqué

August 26, 2015 EN.DELFI 0

On August 21 in the manor house of Katthamragarden, in Katthammarsvik on the island of Gotland (Sweden), the 26th anniversary of the historic meeting which prompted signing the Act of March 11, 1990 was honored. This marks the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian statehood. […]

Lithuania condemns illegal Russian court’s verdict for Ukrainian citizens Sentsov and Kolchenko

August 25, 2015 EN.DELFI 0

Lithuania strongly condemns today’s decision by the Rostov-on-Don Court of the Russian Federation to sentence the Ukrainian citizens Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko, reads the letter sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin on 25 August, Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. […]

Space-travel entrepreneur will visit Lithuania

August 25, 2015 EN.DELFI 0

Danish businessman Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One, a company that plans space expeditions to Mars, will be speaking in the second Vilnius Innovation Forum ‘Innovation Drift‘, organised by the Ministry of Economy of Lithuania. The objective of an ambitious project is not only to take people to Mars but also to provide habitable conditions to live in the red planet independently, www.innovationdrift.com reported. […]

Baltic amber attracts world famous scientists to Lithuania

August 24, 2015 EN.DELFI 0

August 26-30 June 2015, Vilnius will bring together dozens of the world’s most prominent researchers in gemmology from almost 30 countries worldwide. In the IGC‘2015 international conference held in Vilnius University, the latest trends of identification and research technology of precious minerals as well as prevalence of fakes and falsification of gemstones will be discussed, tourism.lt reported. […]

Aleksandr Udalcov, Russian Federation ambassador to Lithuania

Russian Ambassador summoned over trade barriers at Lithuanian-Russian border

November 24, 2014 EN.DELFI 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Aleksandr Udaltsov on 24 November over the trade barriers at the border, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania wrote in a press release. […]

Which Baltic country has the best investment climate in the region?

November 24, 2014 EN.DELFI 0

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are generally known for being attractive to foreign investors due to favourable geographical location, stable economy and educated labour force. Nevertheless, every business is looking for the best conditions. To get detailed view on the investment climate in all three Baltic states, Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania together with the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius, Law firm VARUL and UAB Grant Thornton Rimess organizes a seminar on tax and legal aspects of doing business in the Baltics on 26 November, organisers of the Seminar announced. […]

Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summons Russian Ambassador over detained Lithuanian fishing vessel

September 19, 2014 EN.DELFI 0

On 19 September, the Ambassador of Russia to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania over the detained fishing vessel sailing under the flag of Lithuania in the Barents Sea. […]