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Articles by Lithuania Tribune
Society
Shrinking modernism: the future of mono-industrial cities in the Baltics
Visaginas has undergone a radical transition from rapid growth under Soviet planning and mono-functional industrial development to dramatic shrinkage under a multilateral and multi-scalar competitive determination of resources and workplaces. […]
European Union
European Council to focus on European security issues
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has left for Brussels to attend an informal meeting of the European Council, the presidential press service said. […]
Politics
Lithuania makes progress in corruption prevention, according to GRECO report
In a report published on 11 February, the Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) acknowledges the comprehensive legal and institutional framework developed by Lithuania to prevent and fight corruption among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. It also stresses that the authorities now need to shift their focus to ensuring that the legal norms are well understood and properly enforced, GRECO said. […]
Culture
Lithuanian actress Aistė Diržiūtė receives European Shooting Stars award from Natalie Portman
Lithuanian young actress Aistė Diržiūtė is among a small group of recognized up-and-coming European performers who were honoured this year at the prestigious Berlinale Palast with the European Shooting Stars Award, the Lithuanian Film Centre informs. […]
Defence
President Grybauskaitė calls for more US presence in Lithuania as she sends off new NATO ambassador
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country should seek stronger US and NATO presence in Lithuania and closer NATO ties with Ukraine. […]
Baltic Assembly Committee to hold meeting in Šiauliai
The third event of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Baltic Assembly will be held in Šiauliai. The Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Baltic Assembly will have a meeting in Šiauliai University on Friday, 13 February 2015, the Seimas press service said. […]
Economy
2014 record year for Lithuanian startups
On 5 February, Enterprise Lithuania hosted its annual startup event Startup Lithuania Overview 2014. During the event, the highlights of Lithuania Startup Ecocystem of 2014 were announced and awards were given to the teams that achieved the most in 2014, Enterprise Lithuania reports. […]
Society
Back from Afghanistan: Roundtable on veterans’ experiences
Scholars will discuss the consequences of the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979–1989 from a transnational perspective, especially in terms of strategies for (re)integrating veterans during a two-day workshop at the European Humanities University. On February 12 at 5 PM they present their research in a round table at Vilnius University´s History Faculty. […]
Economy
British company acquires instant loans company Credit24
The British company International Personal Finance (IPF) has acquired the UK-based instant loans company MCB Finance Group (MCB), which offers its services in the Baltic states under the brand Credit24. […]
Politics
Lithuania shares regional development and local governance experience with Ukrainian officials
Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Roman Chuprynenko during his meeting with Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Julius Morkūnas was presented with Lithuania’s experience in the area of reforms of regional development and local governance, the Interior Ministry said. […]
Kremlin: No one will talk to Putin in ultimatums
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums at talks on the Ukraine crisis, a Russian radio station quoted the Kremlin as saying on Monday. […]
Energy
Lithuanian government proposes to merge natural gas exchanges
At the meeting of the Government it has been proposed to create a single natural gas market. A working group initiated by the Ministry of Energy has proposed to merge energy resource exchange UAB Baltpool and natural gas exchange UAB GET Baltic. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian honorary consul discusses opening business centre with Michael Bloomberg
On 6 February, Lithuanian Honorary Consul Jonas Prunskis had an extensive conversation with the former mayor of New York City and president of Bloomberg L.P., Michael Bloomberg. […]
Economy
Air Lituanica adds route to Hamburg
The airline Air Lituanica is expanding its business in Germany: as of 30 April the city of Hamburg will be added to the regular flight schedule with flights operated three times a week, the airline reports. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry concludes cooperation agreement with Defence and Security Industries Association
The Ministry of National Defence signed an agreement with the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industries Association. Based on the agreement, institutions of the national defence system and enterprises of the defence and security industry will strive for tighter cooperation. […]
Economy
Insights on building a billion-dollar company from Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum
Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Michael Baum is coming to Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) to deliver a lecture and a pitching event. Baum is a CEO of 100 million worth investment company and startup academy FOUNDER.org which invests in student entrepreneurs from the world’s top universities and helps them build great companies. His lecture ‘The 8 Secrets to Building a Billion Dollar Company’ will take place on Tuesday 17 February. […]
Culture
Domestic production gains foothold in Lithuanian cinema market
Lithuania continues to hold the leading position in the region in terms of the market share held by domestic films, which grew from 16.49% in 2013 to 23% in 2014. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens new visa centres in Belarus
On Friday, 6 February, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened new visa issuance centres for the citizens of Belarus in Minsk, Gomel, Grodno and Brest. […]
