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Lithuania’s Andrej Drukarov at the Olympics after the GS

Baltic skiers attack Olympic giant slalom

February 19, 2018 Jennifer Virskus from Pyeongchang 0

Lithuania’s Andrej Drukarov and Estonia’s Tormis Laine made their Olympic debut in the men’s giant slalom Pyeongchang while Latvija’s Kristaps Zvejnieks scored a personal best. […]

Ieva Januškevičiūtė at the slalom at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Ieva Januškevičiūtė: I had to do my job

February 16, 2018 Jennifer Virskus from Pyeongchang 0

23-year-old alpine skier Ieva Januškevičiūtė scored a solid 43rd result in her second Olympic slalom appearance. […]

Ieva Januškevičiūtė at the the women’s giant slalom at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang

Alpine skier Ieva Januškevičiutė shows attitude in Olympic GS

February 15, 2018 Jennifer Virskus from Pyeongchang 0

Ieva Januškevičiutė finished the women’s GS in 54th position; Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S.A. won her first of what is likely to be several gold medals of the Games. […]

Alpine skier Ieva in Pyeongchang: I’m exited but I don’t feel the Olympic vibe yet

February 13, 2018 Jennifer Virskus from Pyeongchang 0

So as Lithuanians, we’re used to cold weather. But the frigid temperatures and biting wind chill in Pyeongchang can make even a January day in Vilnius feel balmy. I met up with Ieva Januškevičiūtė, representing Lithuania in the women’s alpine skiing events, the night before what was supposed to be the women’s giant slalom. But wind speeds up to 80km ultimately cancelled the race. It was rescheduled for Thursday. […]

Is Nausėda already forming the ruling majority? Only three parties were invited to meet

October 7, 2024 0

While the heads of the opposition parliamentary parties are ironing their suits and preparing for their meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, the ruling parties shrug their shoulders. Counting down the days until the parliamentary elections, […]

Complicated Sino-Lithuanian relationship

October 1, 2024 0

As the Seimas elections approach, more parties, especially opposition parties, promise to change their foreign policy. The most significant change, in their view, is in relations with China. The opposition believes that seeing China as […]

Economist speaks out about the unstoppable rise in prices: ‘It’s getting a bit scary’

September 24, 2024 0

Prices in Lithuania decreased by 0.5% over the month, but annual inflation is again approaching the 1% mark. The most significant price increases over the year were in cafes and restaurants – nearly 9%. Some […]

Who could have thought? Germans give us a brigade, we give them electricity

September 20, 2024 0

Rokas Masiulis, the Head of the electricity transmission operator Litgrid, was one of the energy experts who, at the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, calmly and even optimistically looked to the future: Lithuania would […]

The EU must stop funding the brutal Cuba regime

September 16, 2024 0

Russia has always been Europe’s enemy. This is something that many of our Western and Central European friends seemed to forget since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not so in Eastern Europe and the […]

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

September 13, 2024 0

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]