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Global Lithuania Awards winners with President Grybauskaitė
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Lithuanian innovators and leaders honoured by president at Global Lithuanian awards

December 30, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

There was a feel-good atmosphere in the Lithuanian Presidential palace in Vilnius on Tuesday afternoon as Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hosted a ceremony honouring the Global Lithuanian Awards. The annual awards are presented to individuals who, in one way or another, have contributed to Lithuania’s welfare domestically or abroad. The President and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius praised the initiative and made it a point that a country is more than its geographical and demographic size. […]

The treetop walkway in Anykščiai
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Lithuanians enjoying their own country more often

December 29, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

It is estimated that Lithuanian domestic tourism this year has increased significantly compared to last year. Both the most popular tourist attraction points and new or refurbished leisure facilities received increased domestic attention. It is believed that tourism could become even more active within the country if certain regions had greater opportunities to compete by providing exceptional entertainment. […]

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Merry Christmas from the Lithuania Tribune

December 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune team would like to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. […]

KTU Rector Petras Baršauskas
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Kaunas University of Technology to acquire ISM University of Management and Economics

December 21, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the ISM University of Management and Economics (ISM) in Vilnius will soon become partners when KTU acquires a controlling share of ISM’s stocks. The deal will be completed as soon as KTU receives the approval of the Competition Council. […]

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Foreign nationals make up under 1% of Lithuania’s population

December 21, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Foreign citizens accounted for 0.8% of the total population of Lithuania on January 1, 2014. Among them, one eight (0.1% of the total population) were citizens of other member states of the European Union (EU), while the remaining share (0.7%) were non-EU citizens. Most foreigners living in Lithuania were from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Latvia, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports. […]

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Over 100,000 emigrants have returned to Lithuania over the past decade

December 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On International Migrants Day (18 December), Statistics Lithuania announced that, over the last decade, 126,000 new residents immigrated into Lithuania while 438,500 emigrated. From 2005 to 2014, the percentage of emigrants of ages 20-39 grew from 51.9 to 59.2 percent. In 2014, as many as 82 percent of working-age people had not worked for a year or longer before leaving the country. […]

Ms. Alma Adamkienė and Ms Janina Butkevičienė. Photo Ludo Segers
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Record results for 13th International Christmas Bazaar in Vilnius

December 18, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

On Wednesday, the Radisson Blue Astoria in Vilnius hosted the final part of the International Christmas Charity Bazaar organised by the International Women’s Association of Vilnius. […]

De-industrialisation was the most painful for older workers. The employment service has directed these men to do community service at the local water supplier (photo by Dalia Mikonytė)
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Creativity and boredom in a Lithuanian town coping with globalisation

December 17, 2015 Daiva Repeckaite 0

Having joined the eurozone this year and successfully advertised its natural and urban wonders, Lithuania has become a new darling of international travel ‘listicles’. Its brushed-up capital, ambitious start-ups and emerging foodie hotspots make many visitors wonder if this is really one of the poorest countries in the European Union. Much of the country’s hardships, however, have been cushioned by de-industrialised peripheral towns – like Alytus. Having lost most of its industries, the town is looking for new, global inspiration. […]

Jonas Valančiūnas next to the USSR's coat of arms
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Five Lithuanian basketballers win dubious honour of being named members of modern fantasy USSR team

December 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A Russian sports website named sports.ru has given five Lithuanian basketball players the questionable honor of playing on that website’s modern-day USSR fantasy dream team. The article’s author recounted that four Lithuanian basketball players – Arvydas Sabonis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Valdemaras Chomičius and Rimas Kurtinaitis – played for the Soviet Union when its basketball team took the gold at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. […]

Jewish heritage site in Šeduva
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Lost Shtetl: Sergey Kanovich’s work to remember the lives and deaths of Lithuanian Jews in WW2

December 16, 2015 Zurnalas Veidas 0

Poet and social activist Sergey Kanovich, who lives in Vilnius and Brussels, is currently realizing his life’s work – the “Lost Shtetl” project. The restored cemetery at Šeduva and the completely redone memorials at the mass killing sites near the town were presented to the public some time ago, an exceptionally beautiful and touching monument by Romas Kvintas was unveiled in the town’s center in October, and the cultural center of Šeduva was been restored. However, there’s still much to be done – the “Lost Shtetl” museum, which will focus on the history of Lithuanian Jewry, is also among Kanovich’s plans. […]