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Your Weekly News from Lithuania | April 23

Apr 23 2021

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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Lithuania stands in solidarity with the Czech Republic and is ready to assist this country

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Lithuania's representative elected as the Vice-Chair of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

On 20 April, at the 65th session of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the OPCW, Ambassador Vidmantas Purlys was elected Vice-Chair of the Executive Council of the OPCW to serve in that office for a period of one year.

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HISTORY & CULTURE

Jewish Vilna and Beyond: Contemporary Art and Historical Memory

In her series of paintings “We Are Guests”, Lithuanian artist Eglė Ridikaitė depicts fragments of the Great Vilna Synagogue, which were uncovered during recent archaeological excavations. The excavations took place over several summers, directly beneath the windows of the artist’s studio. Ridikaitė’s works were first exhibited at the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius in 2020, which itself was built on the territory of the former Vilnius ghetto.

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STARTUPS

Startups Are Invited to “recharge”: Investors Have Prepared an Investment of EUR 100,000 For The “Startup Fair: Recharge” Competition

“Startup Fair: Recharge 2021”, an international and one of the most important startup events in Lithuania, which will take place for the 9th year in a row, announces that the major recharge of the startup ecosystem will take place in Vilnius on 3-4 June, when the networking will be relaunched after a long-time gap, and when the flow of investments to the most promising startups will be increased by another financial “recharge” amounting to EUR 100 000.

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TOURISM

Lithuanian passport among the world's most powerful passports for 2021

The gap in travel freedom is its biggest in decades and disparities in vaccination access between countries could make the situation even worse, says a new report.

The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world's most travel-friendly passports since 2006, has released its latest rankings and analysis.

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BUSINESS

Belarusian businesses investing in Lithuania will enjoy incentives for transfer of employees

The Government approved a package of laws initiated by the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation aimed to facilitate the transfer of companies’ employees and their family members by transferring a company’s activities (or part of activities) from third countries to Lithuania.

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CULTURE

Lithuania issues nature €2 coin

Lithuania’s next circulating commemorative €2 coin celebrates a natural place in that country.

The 2021 Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve highlights a place that is part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific Organization (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere Programme.

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