Nicklas Bergman
Economy

Innovation investor Nicklas Bergman: ‘Curiosity drives human development’

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. […]

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

Same-sex couples gets married in British Embassy in Estonia

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. […]

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

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

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. […]

Cricket equipment
Society

Kaunas becomes cricket capital of Lithuania

“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. […]

Uruguay
Economy

Baltic digital media agency expands its footprint to Uruguay

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. […]

Economy

Lithuania loosens rules for for haulers

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. […]

Economy

Vilnius launches latest stage of western bypass construction

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. […]