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Lithuanian education system hampers innovation, economist says
The education system oriented at academic achievements prevents Lithuania from becoming an innovative country. It does not promote innovative thinking, entrepreneurship and is impeding such traits says senior economist at Swedbank Laura Galdikienė. […]
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“Room Service? – Send up a bigger room”
The Shakespeare Hotel in Vilnius started me thinking. Not because of its name, or its book-lined ‘library room’, or even the fact of its proximity to Vilnius University, where I was currently working. The Shakespeare and the Kempinsky in University Street are my two Lithuanian favourites, not least because of the latter’s Tappa snacks. Seared Escalope of Foie Gras and Beluga Lentils, need I say more? […]
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Lithuanian court leaves 13 January massacre suspect in detention
The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Friday upheld Vilnius Regional Court’s decision to extend the detention of Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, for three months, rejecting the Russian citizen’s appeal. […]
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Lithuania asks Russia to extradite suspect charged with multiple murders and other crimes
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has turned to Russian prosecutors, asking to extradite Romas Zamolskis, a suspect in a number of crimes committed in Lithuania. Zamolskis was recently detained in Yekaterinburg. […]
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“He was like a captain of a ship,” Kaunas ghetto resistance leader commemorated at Holocaust Exhibit
The Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum Holocaust Exhibit, housed in a traditional wooden green house on Pamėnkalnio gatvė, commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Kaunas ghetto on 30 September. The commemoration was scheduled to coincide with the centennial of the birth of the museum’s co-founder and Kaunas ghetto leader, Dmitrijus Gelpernas. […]
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Lithuanian police bust international group that plundered corporate funds
The Lithuanian police has busted an international group that was engaged in large-scale plundering of property of big companies across Europe, the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau said. […]
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100 protesters in Vilnius demand higher pensions
One hundred members of the Lithuanian Pensioner Party gathered outside the government building in Vilnius before noon on Wednesday to demand higher pensions. […]
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Danish Chamber of Commerce throws charity dinner to help children’s cancer clinic
The Charity Gala Dinner and auction in Belmontas on 23 October will officially open the Children’s Cancer Foundation established recently in Lithuania at the initiative of the Danish Chamber of Commerce. […]
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President Grybauskaitė tells youth organisations to fight disinformation
President Dalia Grybauskaitė discussed civic initiatives and issues of information security with representatives of Lithuanian youth organisations on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuania continues to lose population due to migration
In 2013, international net migration remained negative in Lithuania as the number of emigrants exceeded that of immigrants by 16,800. […]
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President Grybauskaitė tells Lithuanian prosecutors to modernize their operations
During her meeting on Tuesday with top officials of the Prosecutor General‘s Office and chief regional prosecutors, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė pointed out lengthy pre-trial investigations, underlined their quality and the need for prosecutors’ offices to modernise. […]
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Anatoli Mikhailov appointed president of EHU
After more than two decades of service, the Founding Rector of the European Humanities University (EHU) Professor Anatoli Mikhailov has accepted the newly-created position of President of the University. […]
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Lithuania organizing Constitution exam
Lithuania is holding the Constitution exam on Tuesday, with all citizens of Lithuanian being able to take it. […]
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Vilnius commemorates founding day
September 28 is taken as the day of the founding of Vilnius, the present capital of Lithuania. The founder of the city was Grand Duke Gediminas who ruled Lithuania in the 14th century and mentioned the city as his ducal seat in letters dated 1323. The legend says that Gediminas founded the city on the confluence of the rivers Neris and Vilnelė after he had a dream about a howling iron wolf – which represented the great history that was waiting for Vilnius. […]
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Information war in Lithuania: Five-pointed stars and computer games
With a massive propaganda machine at its disposal, the Kremlin has already started an information war in Lithuania, claims an officer of the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence. […]
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Membership in political parties going up, trade unions down in Lithuania
The number of members of political parties in Lithuania has increased in 2013, while membership in trade unions has gone down, shows statistical data published on Friday. […]