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Your Weekly News from Lithuania | January 29

Jan 29 2021

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Professor Marija Gimbutienė - globally recognised scientist and archeologist, January 23rd was her 100th birth anniversary. For this reason, 2021 is named the year of Marija Gimbutienė.

UPCOMMING EVENT

Between Archaeology and Feminism: Great Goddess in the Work of Marija Gimbutas

February 11 | Online

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POLITICS

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Human rights violations can neither be tolerated in Moscow, nor Minsk, nor Hong Kong

On 25 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the Foreign Affairs Council meeting. Ministers discussed the EU's response to the detention of Alexei Navalny, the strategy for sharing COVID-19 vaccines with our eastern partners, transatlantic relations in the light of the inauguration of the new U.S. President, the situation in Venezuela, Hong Kong, and other foreign policy issues.

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BUSINESS & INNOVATION

EUR 10 million to be invested in Manufacturing Innovation Valley in Vilnius

The Manufacturing Innovation Valley will open doors in Vilnius to provide a platform for small manufacturers, start-ups, technology developers, and researchers to carry out manufacturing activities, create digital innovations and prototypes, and test their innovative ideas. It will offer the right facilities, manufacturing equipment, and expert advice in around 20 different technological areas. Lithuanian and foreign businesses and individuals are welcome to join the Valley. Approximately EUR 10 million will be invested in the Valley.

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SOCIETY

Giant snow sculptures pop up after snowstorm in Lithuania: from octopuses to an ice Ferrari

30 mind-blowing photos of snow sculptures in Lithuania, made by ordinary people after a heavy snowstorm.

Lithuanians don’t get heavy snowfall every winter, but when they do, they get really creative. After the country was hit by a snowstorm on Wednesday causing traffic disruptions, sunken roofs and a snow cover of 30 centimetres, people were quick to start sculpting. Surprisingly, a 4-meter tall snowman was just the beginning of it all.

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STARTUP

Biotech Startup Droplet Genomics Raises €1 Million From Practica Capital To Commercialize Droplet Microfluidics Technology

Droplet Genomics, a Lithuanian biotech startup, has today announced that it has raised a total of €1M in a Seed funding round led by Practica Capital, with contribution from Angel investors.

Droplet Genomics is a Lithuanian biotech startup that aims to commercialize droplet microfluidics technology. Owing to its unparalleled throughput, droplet microfluidics enables researchers to study single cells and single molecules. Experiments performed at such resolution, allow scientists to uncover new facets of human biology, diseases and speed up drug discovery research.

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Vilnius celebrates city's 698th birthday with a light spectacle across the city

| Credits @ Vilnius City Municipality

FINTECH

London fintechs flock to Lithuania post-Brexit

Following the UK’s exit from the EU, several prominent London fintechs have announced plans to relocate or create new headquarters on the continent.

Revolut, Curve and, most recently, Yapily have all declared that properly serving their existing client base will depend on expanding operations and creating new offices outside of the UK. Interestingly all three have chosen the same location: Lithuania.

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CULTURE

14 projects by Lithuanian architects, including ‘Paupys’, nominated for an Oscar of Architecture

The list of the best creators participating in the most important European architecture competition include quite of few Lithuanian names. In 2021, as many as fourteen out of 400 possible nominations were awarded to the works of Lithuanian architects in the prestigious ‘Mies van der Rohe’ awards organised every two years. This number is higher than ever before.

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