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History

Drinking in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Alcohol, produced by fermenting liquids, has been known in many continents and cultures from as far back as the stone and bronze ages. The first knowledge of consumption of alcoholic beverages in the Balt lands, provided by the Anglo-Saxon traveller Wulfstan who visited the lower reaches of the Vistula River, date back to the end of the 9th century: “Kings and nobility drink mare milk, while the poor and slaves drink mead.” […]

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History

The sacrifice of captives

Human sacrifice is attributable to the most forbidding customs of ancient tribes. Among Asian and European cultures, it permeated unevenly. The Greek myths speak of human sacrifice but historical sources provide no data of any actual practice of the kind. In the ancient Greece, it was considered an old yet no longer exercisable rite replaced by the sacrifice of animals. Although the gladiator fights point to the fact that the Romans enjoyed terrifying shows, neither can they be associated with the human sacrifice as a common feature of their customs. […]

Lukiškių Square
History

The development of the Lukiškės suburb during the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Lukiškės, which today is part of the city centre of Vilnius, for a long time was one of the oldest suburbs of the city, or to be more precise, a settlement near the city. It is a territory with one of the most unclearly defined territories in the city that has caused a number of conflicts and problems, which was fated to sooner or later become a part of the city due to its location. […]

Gediminas Castle Hill
Society

Panel proposes to declare national emergency over Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

The Lithuanian government’s emergency commission proposed on Tuesday to declare a national emergency over the poor condition of Vilnius’ historic Gediminas Hill, which is suffering from landslips. […]

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Economy

Lithuania’s ambition to become the leader of business tourism of the Baltic region

Opportunities for organising business events in Lithuania are attractive not only to European countries, but also to the USA, Canada and Australia. Those seeking new business tourism destinations believe that the main strengths of Lithuania are the country’s security and sustainability, implementation of innovations, professional employees and even progress in the area of gastronomic tourism, a press release from the State Department of Tourism says. […]

Vilniaus Lyceum
Society

School enrolment halves in Lithuania over 16 years

The number of school students declined by nearly a half in Lithuania over the past 16 years, dropping by a factor of three in some municipalities, which has a direct effect on the worsening quality of education, authors of the Reitingai magazine have said. […]