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Society

KTU Santaka Valley to host open lecture series on zooetics by World-Class Researchers

November 23, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

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Lithuania and all other EU Member States did not support Russia’s resolution at UN which attempts to manipulate history

November 22, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

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Klaipeda LNG terminal to supply Finnish-Estonian terminal with gas – Lithuanian PM

November 21, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

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Culture

Forever stylish: Lithuanian filmmaker explores the lives of New York’s elderly fashionistas

November 19, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian MPs: Serbia’s chairmanship of OSCE will earn extra points

November 18, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Serbia’s Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2015 will strengthen Serbia’s position on the international political arena and give it extra points in integration into the European Union (EU). […]

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Society

Vilnius seminar series do address violence and modernity in Eastern Europe

November 18, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The ‘short 20th century’ — as opposed to ‘the long 19th century’ — was characterized by high levels of destruction. Wars, ideological conflicts, population mobilizations, massive displacements, and genocides lay at the heart of the emergence of modernity across the continent. These questions are addressed in a seminar series organized by Vilnius University and European Humanities University, “Violence and Social Change in Lithuania, Belarus, and Central-Eastern Europe in the 20th Century”. […]

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Economy

Lithuania to tax landfill waste pollution

November 18, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Following a little more than one year’s discussions, the parliament of Lithuania adopted amendments to the Law on Pollution Tax which provide for introducing a tax on landfill waste pollution. […]

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Economy

Over half of incoming post items to Lithuania come from China

November 16, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

As data for the 3rd quarter of the current year show, 51 percent of incoming international items originate from China. All in all, Lithuania Post has received and dispatched 12 million items during the period. […]