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リトアニア、輸送・通信分野で日本からの投資に期待
リトアニアは日本からの投資を誘致し、国際貨物輸送の経由地として機能する事に期待する。9月18日(水)同国のヤロスラフ・ナルケビッチ運輸通信大臣が記者会見で述べました。ナルケビッチ大臣はこの日リトアニアを訪問した国際協力銀行(JBIC)の代表団と今後の投資プロジェクトの可能性について意見交換を行いました […]
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History
Freedom Day and Stockholm Syndrome
The 31st of August marks Freedom Day. On this day 26 years ago, the occupation army was officially withdrawn from Lithuania, vacating nearly 500 military facilities and 65,433 hectares of Lithuanian land, Member of the […]
LIGHT
Vilnius makes a bit to host Ronaldo and Messi dinner
Ten of the best restaurants in Vilnius had reserved tables for Ronaldo and Messi, and a local artist created a 3D art piece made of food and restaurant equipment depicting the two football stars while […]
LIGHT
Record large radio installation in Vilnius to mark the Baltic Way
A giant construction made up more than 2,000 old radios will sound in unison in Vilnius on the evening of 23 August. It has been set as the largest radio installation record by Lithuanian record […]
Economy
Lithuania acknowledged as a cheap country, this caused the anger of citizens
According to the affordability of goods and services in 2018, Lithuania lies ahead of many EU countries, the newest EU survey data says. However, Lithuanians are not rushing to celebrate; they say that the prices […]
Society
Scientifically proved: Lithuanian language is the richest in sounds
Different languages use different numbers of discrete sounds, called phonemes. Two phonemes are considered to be different when a native speaker pronounces them differently. Lithuanian language is the richest in sounds, and this is scientifically proven. […]
Lithuania
Vytautas Bruveris. The storm from the political scene has also entered the Presidential Palace
Took away a gunpowder barrel from beneath the nation’s behind. This was the explanation of Vilnius Mayor R. Šimašius for his decision to secretly strip the Nazi administration official and anti-Soviet post-war resistance figure J. […]
Economy
Immigration boosts labour force
Unemployment has shrunk 0.4pp in the second quarter of 2019 but was 0.2pp higher than a year ago – the first annual increase in unemployment since 2010. However, the reasons for the increase in unemployment […]
Economy
Average annual inflation remains steady at 2.4%
Due to the summer sales, monthly prices have decreased by 0.3% in July, whereas annual inflation remained steady for the sixth month in a row and stood at 2.4%. Prices of goods were 1.9% higher […]
Sports
Serbia-Lithuania; a hot start and lead wasn’t enough to stop the Serbs
Lithuanian basketball team couldn’t have started out any better. With a starting 5 of Mantas Kalnietis, Marius Grigonis, Edgaras Ulanovas and Lithuania’s NBA frontcourt duo of Jonas Valančiūnas (JV) and Domas Sabonis finally getting to […]
European Union
Farmers and Greens propose Economy Minister Sinkevičius for European Commission
The chairman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union told reporters at the Seimas on July 25 morning that the Farmers and Greens had elected their candidate for the European Commission. The party supports the […]
Economy
Global Innovation Index 2019: Lithuania rises two positions higher
Lithuania ranks two positions higher on the Global Innovation Index rating scale, – 38th among 129 countries in the world. According to four indicators, Lithuania is among the top ten countries. Comparison of industrial property […]
Society
From leaders to underachievers – how Lithuanians feel at the bottom of the EU
Lithuania is one of the poorest members of the European Union in statistics terms. Part of the public still feels nostalgia for the Soviet era, when based on our achievements we were in the lead […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian President congratulated D. Trump on American Independence Day
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Donald Trump on Independence Day of the United States of America. According to the President, Lithuania valued the United States as a very important partner in developing […]
Economy
Five years after merger Lithuanian airports yield great results
Precisely 5 years have passed since the time when on 1 July 2014, the merger of all the Lithuanian airports into one company – Lithuanian Airports, took place. The results show that the unification of […]
Global LT
Lietuva Lakrosas brings lacrosse to Lithuania
Lietuva Lakrosas made its second appearance at the annual Heritage Cup men’s lacrosse tournament over Memorial Day Weekend (May 27th). The tournament was hosted in Bryn Mawr, just outside Philadelphia. The team also delegated it’s […]
Lithuania
New (old) ruling coalition: trade without rules in the political market
The parties that are forming a ruling coalition announced on June 20 they had concluded negotiations on supposedly the most important factors – programme points. That said, this conclusion is somewhat odd. That is because […]
Society
Indian Curry Competition in Vilnius
On June 14th, the 6th Curry Cook-Off Indian Curry cooking contest and a true feast for spice & curry lovers took place. At the event organised by the British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania, representatives […]
Global LT
Love of freedom and a book: Americans could learn from Lithuanians
Lithuanian high school students are a great example of gratitude and respect for freedom. These are the observations of the representatives of the all-boys school Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) in Nashville (USA). According to them, […]
Sports
WorldCoaches brings Winter, Blinker and Mendes da Silva to Lithuania
In a series of events, Dutch football legends, Aron Winter, Regi Blinker Sander Westerveld, David Mendes da Silva and others, will play eFP soldiers at the Iron Wolf Brigade soccer field on July 5 and […]