From left to right, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department Deputy Director Malgorzata Kazmierski, Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist and ambassador Eitvydas Bajarūnas
Foreign affairs

Lithuania transferred NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions to Poland

On 28th January 2015, the Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden and the Embassy of Poland in Sweden jointly hosted the event to mark the transfer of duties of the NATO Contact Point Embassy from the Embassy of Lithuania to the Embassy of Poland. Event took place at the Residence of the ambassador of Lithuania. Lithuania held NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions in 2013-2014. […]

Economy

Vilnius’ Kempinski Hotel among TripAdvisor’s top 25 hotels in Europe

Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square was named one of the “Top 25 Hotels in Europe” and “Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Europe” by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site. Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square was also nominated as the No 1 hotel in Lithuania. […]

Vytis Jurkonis

Vytis Jurkonis: Eastern Partnership is not Eurasian Union, no one is forced if there’s no interest

State Secretary of the Latvian Foreign Ministry Andrejs Pildegovičs met Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makey on the 23rd of January. The visit was formally related to the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council. The Latvian diplomat mentioned a few things, which seem to become traditional at the beginning of any presidential race in Belarus. […]

Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko

Russian think tank that pushed for invasion of Ukraine wants Moscow to overthrow Belarus’ Lukashenko

Analysts at the Russian Institute for Strategic Research (RISI), a Moscow-based think tank that pushed hard for Russia to invade Ukraine, are now urging Moscow to overthrow Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. […]

Foreign affairs

Minister Linkevičius discussed additional Russia sanctions in London

On 26 January, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington in London and discussed possible results of the forthcoming EU’s Foreign Affairs Council. […]

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Culture

New time-lapses fascinate with the change of nature colors through different seasons

Project “Lietuva tavo delne” (Lithuania in your palm) cameras captured how seasons change and nature turns white in various parts of Lithuania. All locations featured in this projected got new time lapses and photos that let visitors see how colourful autumn replaces green summer and how it is then overcome by white winter; how spectacular Christmas trees glitter and how storms rage in the seaside. […]

Lauri Koponen
Economy

KTU Executive School: Tailor-made competences for business

Every businessperson in his of her life has encountered a situation when they need to upgrade their competence package. However, usually there is no time for proper studies, and the quality of available lectures by individual speakers is often compromised. Lauri Koponen, Head of KTU Executive School says that business breakfast, popular in Scandinavian countries, is a good solution for this problem. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian mobile game reaches USA monthly top 10

Mobile applications performance service App Annie recently announced results for last years’ November in which Lithuanian game Cooking Fever reached top 10 in Apple iOS games charts. Nordcurrent studios’ game squeezed between such industry heavyweights as Candy Crush, Madden NFL, Game of War and others. […]