Foreign affairs
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War between Grybauskaitė and Skvernelis: this will cost one of them dearly
The conflict with President Dalia Grybauskaitė may cost Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis his bid for the post of head of state, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science docent dr. Kęstutis Girnius says. […]
Economy
Oro navigacija on flight operations in the Mediterranean region
This morning Oro navigacija has received an alert notification issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), saying that due to possible air strikes into Syria, airlines operating flights in the Mediterranean Sea Region might be obliged to take appropriate measures and change their planned air routes Oro navigacija said in a press release. […]
Freetime
US Ambassador A. Hall will be patron of Blossom of Hope 2018 charity gala
The International Women’s Association of Vilnius (IWAV) is initiating the charity event Blossom of Hope for the tenth time now with the goal of improving early breast cancer diagnostics. According to doctors, of the thousand and a half women in the country, who hear this diagnosis – a fifth are up to 50 years old, while 5-6 are especially young, up to 30 years old. […]
Society
Happy Easter from the Lithuania Tribune!
The Lithuania Tribune team wishes you a happy Easter! […]
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Politicians and analysts: Russia is becoming more dangerous than North Korea
Vladimir Putin has become Russian president once again. This comes as no surprise to anyone because there were no real elections in Russia, just a vote, LRT.lt writes. Can new details be gleaned from this […]
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Rasa Juknevičienė. We had better learn to live without Russia
Over and over again, we keep hearing the same imperative on Lithuania’s relations with Russia. Over and over again we are beckoned to remain friends and blamed for the lack of friendship. In fact, the […]
Society
February 16th commemoration in Lithuania
February 16 is a national holiday in Lithuania in commemoration of the signing of the Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918 which proclaimed the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania. […]
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Pavilionis’ slight to the party: calling on SEB shareholders regarding Nausėda
Seimas conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis has appealed to bank SEB’s shareholders, claiming that he is concerned by the “unambiguous and dangerous situation when one of the most prominent economists in the country both represents the SEB […]
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Ž. Pavilionis. About Vovochka the neighbour and the choice: the West or the Lithuanian Schroederism?
Many of us have probably encountered or at least have heard of an undisciplined next-door-neighbour with a fondness for drinking. Let us call him Vovochka (the Russian equivalent of “Little Johnny”, a diminutive form of […]
History
The lives of fallen GDL noblemen
The noble estate enjoyed the most important position in the social hierarchy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The nobility, however, was far from homogenous. It consisted of aristocrats, (the magnates), as well as of middling and petty nobles who owned little or no land at all respectively. The importance and financial might of noble families and even particular individuals was constantly fluctuating. Many families went through a process of ascent and subsequent slide down or even oblivion. A considerable number of the noblemen were utterly poor. They sometimes could hardly afford their daily meals yet they still enjoyed all the privileges of the estate. Some of them – mostly vagabonds – would eventually cross the line and lose their symbols of the nobility. They would live on accidental income, sometimes illegal, and would very often end up in prisons or on the scaffold. Surviving interrogation documents reveal the paths that led them into the world of crime. What kind of life was it? […]
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Not for us or others: 93% of foreign students leave Lithuania after their studies
The plan to plug the holes in Lithuania’s institutions of higher education with foreign students, it would seem, is turning into a fiasco and although they’re managing to entice more students, it’s getting more difficult […]
Economy
Inventor G. Nemanis: as the company grows, best jobs remain in Kaunas
Kaunas citizen Gediminas Nemanis turned his electric bike gear “Rubbee” into one of the most successful startups in Lithuania. An excellent debut on the crowd-funding platform “Kickstarter”, a team of enthusiasts and attracted investors allowed the invention to make its way to success and gained recognition on the global electric bike market. Gediminas, the inventor and “Rubbee” project developer, tells us how the idea of “Rubbee” was born, how it developed and how it looks now. He also talks about the ecosystem of the startups and the road from the idea to the success story, Kaunas In reported in a press release, Kaunas In wrote in a press release. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s ambition to become the leader of business tourism of the Baltic region
Opportunities for organising business events in Lithuania are attractive not only to European countries, but also to the USA, Canada and Australia. Those seeking new business tourism destinations believe that the main strengths of Lithuania are the country’s security and sustainability, implementation of innovations, professional employees and even progress in the area of gastronomic tourism, a press release from the State Department of Tourism says. […]
Freetime
Second Christmas tree to be lit in the capital on the weekend
The second Vilnius Christmas tree is to be lit this Saturday. […]
Freetime
Lithuania gets prime time on Israel and China TVs
Israeli culinary guru Gil Hovav’s new TV show Open Skies about Lithuania on Keshet 12 channel counted about a million viewers. The half-hour show featured a variety of Lithuanian dishes along with the most interesting stories from different corners of the country. This month, Lithuania has also been shown on four TV editions on Travel China Channel made by reputed China’s traveller Zhang Wei, each show reaching 20 million viewers. The nine-minute shows managed to capture the best of Lithuania, including amber cathing, Samogitian partying, basketball game at the Kaunas Žalgiris Arena, as well as stories about the Lithuanian rain, the old town churches of Vilnius, the miracle tile, Pažaislis, M. K. Čiurlionis’s oeuvre, the Cross Hill, etc., a State Department of Tourism press release states. […]
Freetime
Recognition: Scandinavian Michelin worth Lithuanian restaurants
The chefs of as many as eight restaurants in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda woke up as part of the Baltic cream of the crop following the reputable Scandinavian White Guide 2018 evaluations of restaurants that happened for the second time now in our country. Eight from fifteen restaurants evaluated in Lithuania made it to the Baltic top 30 restaurants, with Nüman in Kaunas reaching the third place, a press release from the State Department of Tourism states. […]
Freetime
Christmas residence and a “blizzard” of holiday events invite to Rokiškis
Rokiškis in Northern Lithuania is known for its cheese and theatre festivals. From now on Rokiškis is also laying claim to the title of Northern Lithuania Christmas capital. Little time is left to the major holidays. So that waiting for them would not feel long, the active and ingenious Rokiškis residents invite to a myriad of various events. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania will honour the centenaries of Finnish, Estonian, Polish and Latvian independence
At the initiative of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis the cabinet decided to raise the Lithuanian state flag in honour of the centenaries of Estonian, Latvian, Polish and Finnish independences. It was also recommended to raise the flag of the centenarian country on the day of the jubilee next to the Lithuanian state flag at the main state institutions – the Seimas, Presidential Palace and cabinet building. […]
Society
Vilnius university team wins the Grand Prize in iGEM competition
“Vilnius-Lithuania iGEM” team won the largest, most prestigious, international Synthetic Biology competition iGEM. Vilnius University students bested more than 300 teams from leading world universities. The team won the Grand Prize and received a gold medal as well as three special awards: for Best New Basic Part, Best New Composite Part and Best Part Collection, a press release from Vilnius University states. […]