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Lithuania’s 17th Mission Siberia expedition leaves for Kazakhstan
Lithuania’s 17th Mission Siberia expedition is leaving for Kazakhstan on Thursday morning. […]
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Listeria-tainted frozen vegetables removed from market in Lithuania
Listeria-tainted frozen vegetables, produced by Polish company Greenyard Frozen Poland, are being removed from the Lithuanian market. Vegetable mixes were supplied to the Lithuanian market for at least two years. […]
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Kaunas Public Transport launches ‘Voice’ app
At the start of 2017, the Kaunas city public transport bus company launched the ‘KVT Voice’ app (Kaunas Public Transport ‘Voice’) for blind and visually impaired persons. The development of the app, from conception stage through various design and development phases to full implementation, has taken less than a year, an Efcom.lt press release states. […]
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Lithuanian company transfers EUR 475,000 to fraudsters
A Lithuanian company has transferred 475,000 euros to fraudsters in Hong Kong. […]
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The City of Panevėžys sets up Robotics Competition Centre
“The establishment of the new centre will provide more possibilities for the pupils from the region to acquire the basic knowledge about robotics, to take part in competitions, to develop the skills of creativity, logical thinking, team work, engineering competences, to organise and participate in regional, national and international world standard competitions,” – says the Deputy Mayor Aleksas Varna in a press release from the city municipality. […]
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Experience of a Lithuanian working in Silicon Valley: what actually happens in the cradle of innovation?
Many people all over the world believe that working in a company based in Silicon Valley is the dream of a lifetime. Giedrė Pociūtė, referring to herself as a citizen of the world, not only dreams the dream but also purposefully pursues her goals. This graduate of Vilnius University Business School leads her life as if no boundaries or rules exist and now openly shares her not-so-easy daily life in the world’s cradle of information technologies, a press release from the business school states. […]
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Latvian citizen detained in Lithuania for transporting illegals from Vietnam
Lithuanian border guards detained four illegal immigrants from Vietnam and a Latvian citizen who was driving them on Saturday, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said. […]
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Totorių Street is being renovated in the Capital
Works of restoration of the section of Totorių Street from Gediminas Avenue to Labdarių Street were started in the Old Town of the capital. In a couple of months, new asphalt pavement will be built, also replacing about 2000 sidewalk tiles and road curbs. The City allocated about 70 thousand euro for the repair of Totorių Street. The Totorių Street has not undergone any major renovation since the stone pavement was replaced with asphalt on the street, a Vilnius city municipality press release states. […]
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Automatically lifting barrier gates – in the Gediminas Avenue
The works of installation of new modern automatically lifting barrier gates were started in Gediminas Avenue. The City has arranged for the installation of new stainless steel hydraulically lifted and lowered barrier gates by the end of the summer. This modern system, which cost about 50 000 euro, was brought to the capital from Great Britain. Traffic is restricted in a part of the avenue in the evenings of working days and on weekends, giving way to pedestrians and cyclists, city sightseeing tours and active recreation, a Vilnius city municipality press release states. […]
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Šiauliai family that received the layettes, was congratulated by Finnish ambassador as well
Mayor of Šiauliai city Artūras Visockas presented a gift for the family from Šiauliai city who gave birth to the first new-born this month – a layette. Such a kind of gift will be given to all children born in Šiauliai city. Finnish ambassador Christer Michelsson congratulated the family as well. The tradition of giving layettes, necessary things to parents was born in this very country. […]
History
Archaeologists from Lithuania, Israel and USA exploring territory of the Great Synagogue complex
Vilnius which is changing every day makes every effort to preserve values of cultural heritage – archaeological explorations of the complex of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius (at Vokiečių g. 13A) started on 12 July, and on 2 – 6 September, creative workshops for preserving its heritage will be held. The restoration of the entire territory and the adjacent areas is planned by 2023. […]
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Lithuanian court refuses to endorse energy inspectorate, Danpower deal
The agreement is part of a wider amicable agreement between the Energy Ministry and Danpower. The court endorsed it in two other cases. […]
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The Centre of Excellence of Creative and Cultural Innovations in Kaunas
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) of Creative and Cultural Innovations is scheduled to open in Kaunas as one of the initial Centres of Excellence in the Baltic States. It will provide diverse specialized services under experimental research hubs and co-operative collaboration environments for high level research being accomplished by the European and worldwide scientists. The vision of the Centre of Excellence of Creative and Cultural Innovations will be presented in the International Forum on 11 of July, 2018, a VDU press release states. […]
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Henke reelected chairwoman of World Lithuanian Community
Dalia Henke of Germany has been reelected as chairwoman of the Lithuanian World Community (LWC). […]
History
Remains of Lithuanian 1918 independence act signatory Biržiška reburied in Vilnius
The remains of Mykolas Biržiška, one of the twenty signatories of Lithuania’s 1918 declaration of independence, was reburied in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]
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Medications with impurities capable of causing cancer recalled in Lithuania
Blood pressure reducing medications containing valsartam, an active ingredient produced by China’s Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals, are being recalled in Lithuania as they may contain impurities capable of causing cancer. […]
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STT detains examiners assessing foreigners’ knowledge of Lithuania in corruption case
Officers from Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) on Tuesday detained in Vilnius District three members of a special commission assessing foreigners’ knowledge of the Lithuanian language and Constitution and six private persons in a suspected corruption case. […]
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ECHR awards ex-gang member EUR 12,000 for inadequate detention conditions in Lithuania
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Lithuania to pay over 12,000 euros in compensation to a convicted gang member for inadequate detention condition in Lukiškės Remand Prison. […]
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Lithuania’s H1 immigration doubles, emigration down by almost a fourth
Lithuania’s immigration rate more than doubled in the first half of this year compared with a year ago, while its emigration rate fell by almost one-fourth, according to the latest official statistics. […]