Society

Atheists in Lithuania know more about religion than believers

Although surveys show that less than 2% of Lithuanians are atheists, they know more about religion than the rest of the population, Lithuania researcher Rasa Bendaravičienė told LRT Radio. […]

Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
Foreign affairs

China wants to bring pharmaceutical factories and traditional medicine to Lithuania

Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, who is currently visiting China, said that the country’s representatives are interested in building pharmaceutical factories in Lithuania and would like to open a traditional Chinese medicine centre as well. […]

Minister of Economy Evaldas Gustas
Economy

Startup investment fund planned by Ministry of Economy

The Ministry of Economy is planning a potential investment fund that would provide seed capital and co-investments to newly formed small and micro businesses, or startups. The measure being considered to form the fund would also help develop the alternative First North market, a stock exchange geared towards smaller companies in the Nordic region, by preparing those companies to enter the regulated securities market. […]

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius at 2014 Snow Meeting
Foreign affairs

9th Snow Meeting to focus on preparing for NATO’s Warsaw summit

The traditional Snow Meeting, an informal gathering of Lithuanian and foreign experts of security policy, is to be held on 14-15 January near Trakai. This year, the meeting will focus on preparing for the NATO summit in Warsaw this July. […]

Kids playing football
Society

Physical education tests for children may return

If the Ministry of Health has its way, Lithuanian schoolchildren in grades 5-12 will once again hold physical education tests that would evaluate their balance, flexibility, endurance, cardiac health and general physical health. Representatives at the ministry believe that this would help the ministry focus more on physical education, as the ministry currently does not have a centralized database on children’s physical health and activity in Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian runners in Portland, Oregon
Society

Lithuanians around the world run ‘path of life and death’ to commemorate January 13th

Every January, Lithuanians participate in an annual winter run called “Gyvybės ir Mirties Keliu“ (The Path of Life and Death) to commemorate the people that died in Lithuania during the events of 13 January, 1991. This tradition has spread throughout the Lithuanian diaspora, and even the Lithuanian community in the states of Washington and Oregon ran in Portland to commemorate this important day. […]

Happy new year!
Society