Innovations
Economy

Global Innovation Index 2019: Lithuania rises two positions higher

Lithuania ranks two positions higher on the Global Innovation Index rating scale, – 38th among 129 countries in the world. According to four indicators, Lithuania is among the top ten countries. Comparison of industrial property […]

Welfare state and Lithuania
History

Lithuanian genetics study reveals new unique insights into our ancestry

The latest study on Lithuanian genetics traces the origin and ancestry of the Lithuanian population and reveals greatest influences on the Lithuanian genome. Scientists discovered genetic components belonging to ancestors from three different pre-historical periods […]

Lithuania

Lithuanian passport among the most powerful in the world

The Lithuanian passport ranks 9th among the most powerful in the world, granting Lithuanian citizens visa-free access to 180 countries, according to the latest Henley Passport Index (HPI). This is Lithuania’s best result since 2006 […]

Lithuania

Wife Carrying champions from Lithuania: meet the family!

The Lithuanian spouses have won the title of the World Wife Carrying Championship in Finland again.  This title, for which men compete with their wives on their shoulders, was grabbed by the couple for the […]