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Andreas Schleicher: on how to reform Lithuanian education system
What the country’s education is today, such is the state economy tomorrow. Based on this axiom, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), prior to accepting Lithuania into its ranks, performed an analysis of […]
European Union
Lithuania won’t slow down pace of accepting refugees – Minister of Interior
Lithuania will not slow down the pace of relocation of refugees after expiry of the European Union’s (EU) two-year program, says Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. […]
Politics
Seimas passes amendments for in-absentia trial of ex-bankers
Lithuania’s parliament on 19 October passed amendments initiated by President Dalia Grybauskaitė that en able the country’s law-enforcement to put financial offenders who have fled the country on trial. […]
Society
Watchdog records rise in harmful online content after cannabis ad on Facebook
Lithuania’s Communication Regulatory Authority received 1,069 reports of unlawful or harmful online content in the third quarter of this year, which is an increase by a factor of five year-on-year. […]
Society
KTU rector pledges to appeal against ethics watchdog’s finding
Petras Baršauskas, rector of the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), plans to go to court over the finding by the Lithuanian academic ethics watchdog that accused him of violating citing rules and requirements of academic ethics, dismissing the accusations as political retribution. […]
Politics
10 police officers sent to help Migration Dept with document processing
Amid a heavy increase in workflow at the Lithuanian Migration Department, ten police officers from migration units have been sent as temporary backup, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said. […]
Society
Putin awards editor-in-chief of Lithuania’s Russian-language weekly
Russia’s president has awarded the Medal of Alexander Pushkin, a state decoration, to Valerij Tretjakov, editor-in-chief of Lithuania’s Russian-language weekly newspaper Litovskij Kurjer. […]
Society
KTU rector breached citing rules, academic ethics – watchdog
Petras Baršauskas, rector of the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) violated citing rules and requirements of academic ethics, the Lithuanian Service of Ombudsman of Academic Ethics and Procedures concluded. […]
Global LT
Pavilionis: dual citizenship clauses limit free movement, trans-Atlantic integration
The existing provisions on dual citizenship limit the free movement of Lithuanian citizens in European Union (EU) countries, which bars full exercise of trans-Atlantic integration, conservative MP Žygimantas Pavilionis told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Klaus Schwab: Lithuania is a country with great Potential”
13 October the regalia of honorary doctor of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) were awarded to Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the international organisation, which is encouraging the collaboration between public and business organisations. Professor Klaus Schwab is the 45th Honorary Doctor of KTU. […]
Global LT
If Constitutional Court doesn’t allow dual citizenship, Lithuania’ll need referendum – PM
If the Constitutional Court does not pave way for dual citizenship for Lithuanians who have left for other countries of the European Union (EU) and NATO, politicians will have the duty of holding a referendum on amendments to the country’s main law, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Fragments of Jewish gravestones collected from various parts of Vilnius
Fragments of Jewish gravestones, which were used for construction during the Soviet era, are being delivered to the territory of a former Jewish cemetery on Olandų Street from various locations of the Lithuanian capital. […]
Society
KTU rector stepping down amid plagiarism suspicions
Petras Barsauskas, rector of the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), is stepping down amid suspicions of plagiarizing his habilitation thesis. […]
Society
Lithuania ordered to compensate non-pecuniary damage to lawyers of mercury-polluted court
A court on Wednesday awarded non-pecuniary damages to lawyers who worked in a Ukmerge courthouse polluted by mercury. […]
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Polish national convicted of hurting child in car accident in Lithuania
A Polish national has been convicted of hurting a child cyclist in a car accident in Lithuania. […]
History
Role of female slaves in the ancient Balts societies
Issues related to the history of slavery in Lithuania have neither been properly studied nor have they drawn a greater international attention yet due to the scarcity of sources. This aspect of the early history of Lithuania can be brought to light by employing only very sparse sources and the comparative context as the background. The social structure and evolution of Lithuanians and other Balt peoples resembled that of societies in Northern and Eastern Europe. The historiographic description of Lithuanians as “Vikings of the overland”, by Edvardas Gudavičius, represents more than a mere metaphor as it reveals typological similarities which become evident in comparing Viking and Curonian societies. The same is true speaking of other Balt tribes. […]