Society

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Lost Shtetl museum render
Society

Ground-breaking ceremony for “The Lost Shtetl,” a unique museum and memorial complex in Lithuania designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki architects

May 2, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

On Friday 4th May the ground-breaking ceremony will take place in Šeduva, Lithuania, for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. The ceremony will mark the official start of on-site preparations for the construction of the 3000m2 museum, which will stand to remember and teach about life in what was a predominantly Jewish area – before local populations were decimated by the Holocaust, according to a press release from Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. […]

2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Brian Kobilka
Society

Nobel Prize winner to speak at Life Sciences Baltics 2018 in Vilnius

May 2, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Brian K. Kobilka, MD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Hélène Irwin Fagan Chair in Cardiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on G-protein-coupled receptors, will be the keynote speaker at the Life Sciences Baltics conference to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on September 26-27, 2018, a press release from Enterprise Lithuania states. […]

Elections to the Seimas
Society

2 disabled voters in Lithuania get EUR 1,000 compensations for election obstacles

April 30, 2018 BNS 0

Two disabled people in Lithuania have been awarded 1,000 euros in compensation each for failure to ensure disabled people’s rights during the general election in October, 2016. […]

No Picture
Society

Nordic countries are desired cooperation partners to Lithuanians, study shows

April 27, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian citizens seek closer cooperation with the Nordic countries. The majority of population believe that small countries must cooperate with each other, as shown by the study commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, a press release from the office states. […]

No Picture
Society

Personal stories from the Holocaust in Lithuania told in new website

April 26, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

“We drank tea using the observational method: we would hang a sugar cube by a string and sip tea while looking at it. This didn’t make the tea taste any sweeter, but it cheered us up,” wrote Tamara Lazersonaite in her memoirs. She was the daughter of professor Vladimir Lazersonas, the pioneer of clinical psychology in Lithuania. Professor Lazersonas and his family drank their ostensibly sweetened tea in the Kovno Ghetto.” This is how the Lazersonas family, who were part of Kaunas intelligentsia before the start of World War II, are introduced in the new website stumblingstones.lt, a press release from manoteises.lt states. […]

Init
Society

Init fined EUR 150,000 for broadcasting Russian TV channel RTR Planeta

April 25, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) on Wednesday imposed a fine of 150,000 euros on the cable operator Init for defying its ban on retransmitting RTR Planeta and other versions of the Russian-language channel. […]

The cannabis' culture day in the front of the Parliament
Opinion

A jug of vodka or a joint?

April 24, 2018 Andrius Kristapavicius 0

Hello there! I am a lawyer and after getting acquainted to numerous scientific articles, I have come to a conclusion that for the sake of recreational reasons I would rather say “yes” than “no” to a joint. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do this in Lithuania any soon, not only because I conform to the Criminal Code, but also out of fear of being lynched by the so-called pseudo intellectuals. But first things first. […]