Efrat Hochstetler Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Embassy of Israel welcomes Lithuania’s decision to adopt the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism

February 1, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Embassy of Israel welcomes the Lithuanian Government’s decision to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of anti-Semitism, the Embassy of Israel stated in a press release. […]

Lithuania’s biggest cities to pay tribute to Holocaust victims

January 26, 2018 BNS 0

Vilnius and Panevėžys will Friday pay tribute to the memory of victims of the Holocaust, with events for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day held in other cities of Lithuania. […]

Vilnius hosts conference on anti-Semitism and xenophobia

November 9, 2017 BNS 0

Vilnius is on Thursday hosting a conference in which scientists and diplomats are discussing the historical memory of the Holocaust and ways of reducing manifestations of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in society. […]

Astravyets on an electoral platter: why are the Conservatives so fierce and the “Farmers” so silent?

July 3, 2020 0

The nearing Seimas elections and launch date of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant have linked these seemingly unrelated events. The opposition Conservatives are ever more fiercely critical of the ruling parties and the president for being […]

The Baltic Way Celebration in Paris Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithua

Baltic Private Equity and Venture Capital market is rapidly developing

July 3, 2020 0

The post-financial crisis period of 2010-2019 proved that the Baltic economies are able to cope and recover from large economic downturns successfully. During this period, the Baltics have seen growth in private capital manager’s activity, […]

Hijacking Ukraine’s green energy future

June 25, 2020 0

Several years ago, Ukraine became an attractive place for investors in the green energy sector after having established beneficial green tariffs – the payments for electricity produced from the renewable sources of energy. In addition […]

A. Ažubalis – I won’t give up my state

June 16, 2020 0

In the context of this pandemic, we tend to hear more active calls by Western politicians for urgent transformation of the European Union, i.e. achieving deeper political integration, which would supposedly meet the dynamics in […]

Can hardly wait for Nausėda to bang his fist on the table

June 11, 2020 0

President Gitanas Nausėda is increasingly often reproached for being too passive, and a “search for the president” is being announced ironically. Despite the fact that during the first presidential year, G. Nausėda spoke to the […]

Poll: due to uncertainty Lithuanians halt their plans to consume and borrow

June 2, 2020 0

A Spinter Tyrimai survey of Lithuanian residents performed in April on the current financial situation has revealed that within the coming three months, citizens are not planning any expenses. With the lockdown underway, the study […]