Vytaute Merkyte, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania’s Christmas tree competition: choose the nicest

December 18, 2018 Vytaute Merkyte 0

They say that the grass is always greener on the other side. What about Christmas trees? This time, Delfi invites you to elect the nicest Christmas tree. The candidates are not the ubiquitous Christmas trees of the large cities, it is instead time for the smaller Lithuanian towns to take to the stage. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Gitanas Nausėda and Visvaldas Matijošaitis

Presidential elections: the three main candidates have reasons to stay silent

August 16, 2018 Vytaute Merkyte 0

With less than a year to go to the presidential elections, individuals, who have yet to declare their intent to become the head of state remain the most popular candidates. Political scientists and sociologists state […]

Chernobyl’s shoot in Vilnius ©Sky UK LtdHBO

How does foreign news media present Lithuania to travellers?

January 21, 2020 0

In 2019, Lithuania was covered as a travel destination by TIME, The Times, The Independent, Travel+Leisure, Le Monde and a variety of specialized publications and blogs, which have audiences in the millions. “Lithuania increasingly appears […]

Janeliūnas letter to the majority: you‘re parasites!

January 21, 2020 0

Yes, this letter is to you, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Agnė Širinskienė, Saulius Skvernelis and all others, who still think that you have authority. By the way, you no longer have authority. It’s just an illusion. Yes, […]

Nerijus Mačiulis. Let’s lower the celebration glass

January 20, 2020 0

At the end of the 2019 year, Lithuanian economic growth has not fully lost momentum and this is something to celebrate. However, it does not inherently guarantee that without extra effort, we can expect further […]

Lithuania has become a centre for Fintech and the world has noticed

January 10, 2020 0

Considering the ever-changing needs of consumers in the financial services domain, the digitisation of services will be the main topic of this year’s Fintech Inn conference. Due to the rapid growth of fintech companies, there […]

Zones of radioctive termination of the Astravyets nuclear power plant

Astravyets due to launch soon: how will Lithuania protect itself?

January 8, 2020 0

There is ever less time left to the launch of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. Lithuania is taking measures to prevent the entry of Belarusian electrical power into our market. There are plans that the […]

Petras Masiulis, CEO of Tele2 for the Baltic States and Germany. Photo Tele2

Masiulis: the most important events of 2019 and predictions for 2020

January 3, 2020 0

2019 was an exciting year for the telecommunications market: consumer trend changers dictated market growth, while the US-Chinese struggle changed everything – from general device use to national security concerns, Petras Masiulis, Tele2 CEO for […]