Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Lithuanian passport
Society

Lithuanian parliament proposes total ban on legal gender recognition

November 14, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Continental plant in Kaunas
Economy

Continental expands its presence in Europe and builds first plant in Lithuania

October 30, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Brain tomography
Society

CNS awards Lithuanian Professor for paradigm shift in neurology

October 27, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Lithuanian charity ball in London in 2016
Global LT

Lithuanian business community of Britain to organise annual Charity Ball in London

October 26, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Arūnas Matelis
Culture

Matelis wins Best Documentary at Warsaw Film Festival

October 24, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

‘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. […]

Belgium fighter jets escorting Russian fighter jets
Defence

NATO jets in Baltics scrambled once last week over Russian warplane

October 24, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled once last week to identify and escort a Russian military plane in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]

No Picture
Defence

Over 100 Lithuanian reserve troops starting drills in Alytus

October 11, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

More than 100 reserve troops will Wednesday start a repeated training in the Lithuanian army’s Grand Duchess Birute Uhlan Battalion. […]

Luminor
Economy

New financial services provider in the Baltic market – Luminor

October 2, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

Following the decision of the European Commission, Nordea and DNB have successfully combined their operations in the Baltic countries creating a new bank – Luminor. […]