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. […]
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. […]
“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. […]
On November 10th, 2017 the group of 31 MPs in the Lithuanian Parliament registered a legislative proposal, which aims at banning legal gender recognition (i.e. change of identity documents for transgender persons) and all medical procedures pertaining to gender reassignment treatment. This proposal stands in a sharp contrast with the jurisprudence of the national courts, granting legal gender recognition based on self-identification of a trans individual and corresponding mental diagnosis. If approved, Lithuania would become the only country within the broader region of the Council of Europe with an explicit ban on gender reassignment procedure, a press release from the Lithuanian Gay League states. […]
On November 8, six partners – science institutions and businesses – set up an LNG platform. The platform is aimed at strengthening and developing the LNG market and relevant activities in Lithuania, Klaipėdos Nafta writes in a press release. […]
Continuing the tradition and carrying out one of the main tasks of Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union (LRU) – educating the society on the issues of state defense and national security – LRU will hold the international conference “Society – the Guarantee of National Security?” on the 17th of November, 2017, Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union informed in a press release. […]
As part of its strategy of strengthening manufacturing capacities in Europe, the technology company Continental, is to build a new facility in the Kaunas region of Lithuania. The company plans to invest €95 million in the new unit, which will produce electronic components and create around 1000 new jobs over the next five years. […]
The paper based on the study undertaken by the team of Lithuanian researchers was bestowed Paper of the Year award by The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), USA. The paper “Association of Severe TBI Patients’ Outcomes with Duration of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Impairment Events” was awarded in Neurotrauma & Critical Care section. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Professor Arminas Ragauskas was granted the award during the annual meeting of the Congress in Boston. […]
The Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom (LCCUK) is continuing its tradition of supporting vulnerable social groups and on 17 November 2017, together with the Embassy of Lithuania in the UK, is inviting Lithuanian and foreign guests to a Charity Ball supported by the former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus. The event, hosted in the Lancaster Ballroom of the Savoy Hotel, one of London’s grandest and most glamorous settings, overlooking the river Thames, will be raising money for the Charitable Foundation of Vilnius University Children’s Hospital. […]
‘Wonderful Losers. A Different World”, from Lithuanian film director Arūnas Matelis, was awarded the Best Documentary Feature at the 33rd edition of the International Warsaw Film Festival (WFF). As the winner at one of the top eight ‘A’ class film festivals (along with Cannes, Venice and Berlin) in Europe, Arūnas Matelis’ documentary will also be eligible in the selection for the European Film Academy Awards, Kino Komunikacija wrote in a press release. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Economics seeks to set clear-cut criteria under companies important for national security would have to notify the government about large transactions. […]
It has been known since ancient times that the greatest military victories are those achieved without firing a single shot. One of the means to do so is currently also one of the problems seen […]
13 October the regalia of honorary doctor of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) were awarded to Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the international organisation, which is encouraging the collaboration between public and business organisations. Professor Klaus Schwab is the 45th Honorary Doctor of KTU. […]
More than 100 reserve troops will Wednesday start a repeated training in the Lithuanian army’s Grand Duchess Birute Uhlan Battalion. […]
The fifth edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum is set to take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6th and 7th October 2017. The event will invite nine short film projects – three each from the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – to come and pitch in front of a panel of invited experts. […]
Next Friday, 13 October Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) will award the regalia of honorary doctor of KTU to Professor Klaus Schwab, the renowned economist and engineer, the Founder and Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum. On the same day Professor Klaus Schwab will deliver an open lecture to students and all academic community. […]
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