Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Midsummer (Joninės) in Kernavė
Society

Midsummer scenes around Northern Europe make shy Lithuanians blush

July 6, 2018 Lithuania Tribune 0

Many of us are waiting for, probably, the most important holiday of summer. It’s like an answer to Christmas in winter. The latter are celebrated just after the shortest day in the year, whereas Midsummer or Saint John’s is remembered as a celebration of the longest day in the year. It was dedicated to the birthday of Saint John the Baptist in order to be adapted to Christianity. Translation agency Ars libri would like to share some stories on how Midsummer is celebrated around the world. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania welcomes discussions in Georgia on using Lietuva

May 15, 2018 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania welcomes discussions in Georgia on using the native name by which Lithuanians call their country. […]

Vladimir Putin
CORPORATE

Politicians and analysts: Russia is becoming more dangerous than North Korea

March 20, 2018 Lithuania Tribune 0

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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History

The lives of fallen GDL noblemen

January 29, 2018 Lithuania Tribune 0

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? […]

Rubbe in action
Economy

Inventor G. Nemanis: as the company grows, best jobs remain in Kaunas

December 19, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

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Economy

Lithuania’s ambition to become the leader of business tourism of the Baltic region

December 8, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Vilniaus Old Town
Freetime

Lithuania gets prime time on Israel and China TVs

December 1, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]