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Innovation investor Nicklas Bergman: ‘Curiosity drives human development’

September 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Futurist Nicklas Bergman has been investing in new technology for over 20 years. He cooperates closely with Washington-based think tank Tech Cast and Lund University. Mr. Bergman will talk about future technology in Vilnius Innovation Forum 2015, organised by the Ministry of Economy of Lithuania and the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology. The expert will discuss the changing relationship between the society and technology and its importance to our lives. […]

Druskininkai has seen more growth in incoming tourism than the country as a whole

Tourism industry holds key to Lithuania’s service export

August 31, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

To completely refocus on the West or, given accrued expertise and familiarity with the neighbours’ mentality, spend additional resources on the East? Entrepreneurs in many industries ask these questions while analyzing economic and financial indices as well as public moods in neighbouring countries. Tourism sector is no exception. […]

Baltic Way on the Lithuanian - Latvian border

Butkevičius sees Baltic Way 26th anniversary as path countries walked together

August 24, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his Latvian and Estonian counterparts marked the 26-year anniversary of the Baltic Way in Palanga on Saturday, recalling the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, by which Stalin’s Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany illegally divided Europe and put an end to independence of the three Baltic nations. […]

Siim and Christopher got married in Estonia. Photo: British Embassy Tallinn

Same-sex couples gets married in British Embassy in Estonia

August 21, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The first same-sex marriage was concluded in Tallinn between a British national and his Estonian partner. The two men were married on 14 August by British Consul Kathryn Lindsay, news.err.ee reports. […]

Board of Lithuania’s central bank gives consent to reorganisation of bank Finasta

August 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 18 August, Šiaulių Bankas received a notification from the Bank of Lithuania stating that its Board had passed a resolution endorsing the reorganisation of the bank Finasta AB which will be merged with Šiaulių Bankas AB. […]

Truck driver wanted in England

August 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

HGV Class 1 Drivers for full time work in England, drivers will work 12 weeks with Nationwide and then a permanent contract with the end client. […]

Lithuania – one of underrated beer countries of Europe

August 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Forget Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic – there are other nations in Europe that brew excellent beer. And Lithuania is one of them, according to TravelPulse.com. […]

Refugee relocation causes cultural anxiety in Baltic states

August 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Baltic states, along with other European Union nations, have agreed to take in a portion of refugees that have been fleeing wars in the Middle East. Diminutive though these numbers are, the fact that the refugees come from predominantly Muslim countries seems to inspire some fears among Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians. […]

Folk groups from Lithuania took part in international folk festival EUROPEADE in Sweden

August 11, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On the 5-9 August, nine Lithuanian folk dance groups, ensembles and choirs participated in the international folk festival EUROPEADE, which was held in the Swedish city of Helsingborg. […]

British company sued by Lithuanian men in landmark modern slavery case

August 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

In one of the first legal cases of its kind, a British company is being taken to the High Court in London by victims of modern slavery seeking compensation for their alleged abuse and mistreatment. […]

Kaunas becomes cricket capital of Lithuania

August 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

“In India language changes every thousand kilometres, and everyone worships their own god. Regardless of that, cricket is being played everywhere”, says J. K. Tandon, CEO of A&Z Exports International. Last week the Indian company has donated cricket equipment to the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania. Cricket team at KTU, the second largest university in Lithuania with almost 300 students from Southeast Asia, has been founded in 2013. […]

Baltic digital media agency expands its footprint to Uruguay

August 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

FCR Media, the leading Digital Media Agency controlled by the Baltic private equity fund BaltCap, expands its operations to Uruguay. Through the acquisition of controlling stake of Volt Directories S.A. Ltd. in Uruguay, FCR Media Group enters its 1st market in Latin America and adds the 12th market to its diversified portfolio of geographies. This is the first investment in Latin America by FCR Media, which offers integrated media solutions for digital campaigns of SMEs. […]

Cargo handling grows in Klaipėda Seaport

August 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

From January to June of 2015, Klaipėda Seaport cargo handling turnover increased by 6.2 percent to 18.86 million tons or 1.1 million tons more compared with the corresponding period of 2014, the port reports. […]

Lithuania loosens rules for for haulers

August 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 31 July, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius signed order regarding the authorization of permits to drive on the state roads for over-dimensioned and heavy goods vehicles, the ministry reports. […]

Lithuania’s transport ministry proposes new operating model for state companies

August 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications together with independent consultants, after analysing all legal and financial options, submitted a proposal to set up a new corporate group formed from companies of the transport sector, the ministry reports. […]

Lithuania opens unique treetop walkway

August 7, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A canopy walkway was on Friday officially opened for the public in Anykščiai, eastern Lithuania. The treetop walk, meandering in the picturesque forest of Anykščiai Regional Park, is the first and so far only such structure in Lithuania and Eastern Europe. […]

Lithuania expects new Polish president to turn to Central Europe

August 7, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Andrzey Duda, who was sworn in as Poland’s new president on Thursday, should pay more attention to the Central and Eastern European region than his predecessor Bronislaw Komorowski, say Lithuanian political scientists. […]

Mahatma Gandhi, his secretary Sonia Schlesin and Dr. Hermann Kallenbach

Lithuania to unveil monument to Mahatma Gandhi by Russian border

August 5, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania will unveil a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian statesman and a major icon of peace, a few hundred metres from the Russian border, The Times of India reports. […]

Vilnius launches latest stage of western bypass construction

August 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Vilnius city has officially announced the beginning of construction of the third stage of the Western bypass. During the opening ceremony, the largest transport infrastructure company in Lithuania, Kauno Tiltai, promised that cars would be driving through the bypass in 2016, Vilnius City Municipality says. […]

Cross-border healthcare – a slow take up for Lithuania

August 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

When it comes to cross-border healthcare, for countries like Lithuania the vision was to offer Western countries shorter waiting times and significant reductions in treatment costs. […]