Student mobility is a “key area“ for development of higher education and for internationalization, International Association of Universities (IAU) Secretary General and Executive Director Eva Egron-Polak said. She was in Vilnius to receive an honorary Mykolas Romeris University Degree. […]
Lithuanian men looking for their significant other are eager to find a woman who is attractive both physically and mentally. Research conducted by flirtas.lt revealed that beauty is important for largest portion of male respondents, but they are looking for inner charm as well. Psychologist Julius Tilvikas says that men are just following their instincts and women’s looks help them choose partner more easily. […]
Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has congratulated the newly elected Chairman of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman. […]
Purchased for arming the Lithuanian Armed Forces and enhancing defence of its subdivisions and objects against air attacks, the first portion of man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) GROM is due to arrive in Lithuania by the end of this year. Four Lithuanian soldiers are currently deployed in Poland for learning to operate the system, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
While sports stars often make it into media’s fashion pages, it is much rarer to read their outfit choices as statements on anything more than personal style. One therefore could wonder whether Norwegian chess master and world champion Magnus Carlsen is making a point by sporting an iconic Lithuanian T-shirt. […]
On Tuesday, 25 November, at a conference The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: a Strategic Opportunity, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Chancellor of the Government Alminas Mačiulis stressed that it was very important to speed up implementation of decisions to conclude negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (US) as soon as possible, the prime minister’s press service informs. […]
The parliament of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Law on Excise Duty. The bill introduces higher excise duty rates on beer, wine and other fermented beverages, intermediate products, ethyl alcohol, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos starting in March 2015. […]
Lithuania expresses its firm support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a statement. […]
Only the Ukrainian people can decide whether Ukraine will become a NATO member, but this will take considerable time, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
On 20 November in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) Urban Ahlin and discussed bilateral and international policy issues, the ministry reports. […]
On Monday, 24 November, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė goes for a working visit to Ukraine. She will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and attend the seventh session of the Council of Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania and Ukraine, the presidential press service said. […]
Interdisciplinary art research platform Jutempus (Vilnius, Lithuania) launches Zooetics, a 5 year long exploration of future environmental fictions and models. ‘Zooetics’ is a notion in progress to explore new ways to engage human knowledge and research with other forms of life — from mammals to microbes to molluscs — and to imagine designs, prototypes and interfaces for future interspecies ecologies. […]
The Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism and Other Contemporary Forms of Racism put forward by the Russian Federation was adopted by voting on 21 November 2014 at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 115 states voting for, 3 against, and 55 abstaining. Lithuania as well as other EU Member States have abstained in the vote and made a very strong Explanation of Vote. […]
NATO is watching the movement of Russian armed forces and equipment into Ukraine and towards the agreed truce line in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Lithuania on Friday. […]
Edward Lucas, Editor of The Economist and expert on Eastern Europe forecasts a dismal future for Russia, which is also witnessed by ethnic alienation there. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he welcomes an agreement between Estonia and Finland to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, adding that Lithuania’s LNG terminal in Klaipėda will be able to supply the future-to-be Finnish-Estonian facility with gas. […]
Experts from the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) presented the study “Eastern Partnership (EaP) in a Changing Security Environment: ‘Muddling Through’ or New Incentives for Reform?”. The event took place at the Lithuanian Parliament on 12 November. […]
In Advanced Style, the documentary by Lithuanian filmmaker Lina Plioplytė, based on US photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s blog of the same name, a clutch of New York women ranging in age from 62 to 95 are celebrated for their unique style: furs, rhinestones, paisleys, florals, feathers, caftans, and hats, always hats. The documentary challenging accepted notions of beauty and fashion is coming to cinemas in Lithuania this December. […]
On 17 November, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) organized the discussion “The Dynamics of Defence Cooperation: Possibilities and Limits in a Changing Europe”, which brought international expert perspectives on the possibilities and limits of Swedish defence cooperation. […]
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