Articles by Lithuania Tribune

A trumpet
Culture

Vilnius invites to celebrate the 100th Independence Anniversary with sound of trumpets

February 15, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

One year before the proclamation of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian statehood in Vilnius – from this February 16 until February 16 next year, daily at 19 hours 18 minutes – trumpet player Laurynas Lapė and his students will perform the composition “Dear Lithuania” for Vilnius residents and guests from the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Go Vilnius agency reported. […]

The Lost Shtetl
Society

World class museum will open In Lithuania

February 13, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

International museum professionals and architects are working on Museum of Šeduva Jewish history, which will be using the most advanced technologies to tell its visitors about the history and culture of similar Litvak shtetls. […]

Berlin Film Festival
Culture

Lithuania at the Berlin Film Festival

February 9, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania will be hosting a stand at the European Film Market, an international film industry event that takes place during the Berlin International Film Festival and opens today. The stand will present Lithuanian film industry, tax concession for film production, and the latest Lithuanian projects. Two feature films supported by Lithuania will be screened for foreign film professionals, and a Lithuanian project will be introduced in the special “Berlinale Talents” programme. […]

russian tanks in Avdiyvka, Ukraine
Foreign affairs

The Committee on Foreign Affairs on situation in Ukraine

February 3, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, expressing its concern over the substantial deterioration of the security situation in eastern Ukraine in recent days and renewal of active military operations in Avdiivka, with several dozens of killed or injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians and the recorded use of heavy weaponry; […]

Cyber attack
Defence

Attempts to track unsafe Internet devices soar in Lithuania in 2016

January 2, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

The number of attempts to f ind devices with unsafe Internet access with the aim of using them for cyber attacks has risen by a factor of five in Lithuania in 2016. […]

The Kaipėda University
Energy

LNG competence centre to open its doors in Klaipėda

December 27, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Opening of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) competence centre in the seaport is a significant event for the Lithuanian LNG cluster members in the outgoing year 2016. A modern training infrastructure, which was marshalled in business incubator of Klaipėda University (KU), will serve the LNG terminal engineering students, as well as the specialists from Lithuania and abroad working in that field, the Klaipėda University stated in a press release. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
CORPORATE

Skvernelis: normal work will begin once the state budget is approved

December 21, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Voting regarding the VAT exemption for heating costs did not demonstrate unity between Prime Minister Saulius SKvernelis and colleagues from the party which delegated him. The PM himself says that this happened only because party […]