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Weekly News from Lithuania, October 23

 
 
 
 
 
POLITICS
 
 
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius: We need an international format to be equipped to work together, so the UN is still relevant and necessary

 

On 22 October, to mark the UN’s 75th anniversary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania held a virtual conference “The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need. Lithuania’s Contribution to Multilateralism”, aimed at encouraging the Lithuanian society, especially young people, to take an interest in the organisation's activities and efforts to maintain international peace and security, to tackle social exclusion, and to improve human rights situations.




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The President discussed cooperation possibilities between Lithuania and Switzerland



President Gitanas Nausėda met with Isabelle Moret, President of the National Council of Switzerland, to discuss security situation in the region, deteriorating situation in Belarus, the Ostravets nuclear power plant as well as strengthening of bilateral cooperation, fight against the climate change and consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

 


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Vilnius TV Tower could house EU cyber security center

 

Lithuania's National Defense Ministry is suggesting using the TV Tower in Vilnius to house a EU cyber security center.

Member states are expected to decide on the establishment of the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Center in November and the center could start operating next year.

 



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GovTech I: Lithuania’s tech savvy governance

 

With the launch of the GovTech Lab, the Baltic nation of Lithuania has taken some early steps towards creating an innovative public sector environment.

“Lithuania is a relatively young democratic country and that gives us ambition to innovate and employ a challenge-solving attitude to make changes faster, both in the public sector and in society,” said Virginijus Sinkevičius, the current EU environment commissioner.

 

 

 

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BUSINESS & SCIENCE
 
 

How can startups be empowered, in Lithuania, to collaborate with the government and investors? This panel discussion will reveal some great insights about the possibilities for startups and corporates' approach towards startups engagement     |
Credits @ Startup Fair

 
 
 
Financial Times recognises Klaipeda FEZ for sustainability

 

The annual Free Zones of the Year ranking, conducted by fDi Intelligence, a foreign direct investment service by the Financial Times group, recognised Klaipeda FEZ for sustainability solutions offered by its management as well as other companies operating within the Zone. It is the first award of this kind in Lithuania.



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Vilnius Airport joins Copenhagen Airport in EU project for carbon-neutral aviation

 

In close collaboration with Danish Technological Institute, a consortium led by Copenhagen Airport (CPH) in collaboration with 14 other European partners has won an EU tender to create the sustainable airport of the future. A grant of close to EUR 12 million will be spent to develop and demonstrate specific solutions, exemplifying how an airport can be designed to operate completely without carbon emissions and deliver infrastructure to carbon-neutral aircraft. The results of the project are to inspire the entire continent of Europe.

 

 


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Forbes: Prof Šikšnys deserves to share the glory of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry

 

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry still evokes resonance not only in Lithuanian but also in the most respective foreign publications. Various world science magazines write that Prof Virginijus Šikšnys from Vilnius University (VU) should share this Nobel Prize and fame with scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Institute in Berlin and Jennifer Doudna from the University of California for discovering and developing the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9.


 

 

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Pandemic teaches creative thinking: a company celebration on hotel balconies

 

How do you maintain a sense of community in your team when your staff are working remotely and you cannot organise group celebrations or trips? The personnel department at iToGroup faced a difficult challenge – finding a format to replace typical events.



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CULTURE & HISTORY
 
 
 
 
 
Lithuanian immigrant song from post-war New York. White Shroud by Antanas Škėma

 

When given the chance to write some pieces on Lithuanian works of fiction available in English translation, I never had any doubts about where to start. Start with the best, obviously. With the book that you genuinely want more people to hear about and experience, the book that you care about the most, and if you only ever get one chance to do this sort of thing, then at least you’ve used it well.

 

 

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A Historical Accent was Unveiled in Kaunas – a Monument Commemorating Chiune Sugihara

 

To commemorate the year of Sugihara in Lithuania, Sugihara Week returned to Kaunas. The festival invited visitors to learn more about Japanese culture and the history that unites Lithuania with Japan by participating in film screenings, concerts, lectures, fairs and other activities. The main accent of Sugihara Week – unveiled bronze sculpture next to Laisvės avenue, which commemorated the brave consul.

 



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Lithuania’s VDU university grants honorary doctorate to Belarus’ Alexievich

 

Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city, has granted Nobel Literature Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich an honorary doctorate degree.

"Our university is glad and proud that respected honorary writer Svetlana Alexievich accepts doctorate regalia from the VDU and plans to come to Lithuania to meet with the community, once circumstances allow," VDU Rector Juozas Augutis said in a statement.

 

 

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Nida invites to recharge at special forest

 

 

From the end of August 2020, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts is showing The Spectral Forest – an international group exhibition of eight contemporary artists working across a range of media and themes, exploring a spectrum of histories, ecologies, and mythologies intertwined with both local and planetary woodlands.



 

 

 


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October 22-25
 
Vilnius Gallery Weekend
 

 

This year, the 5th edition of the Vilnius Gallery Weekend brings together over 30 different art spaces. The participants include not only private galleries, but also project spaces run by artists and independent curators, galleries of well-established organizations with deep traditions, as well as museums, art centres and private collectors.


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November 6

Harnessing Investment and Innovation: Getting on the Fast Track

 

On 6 November, the Bank of Lithuania will host a virtual economics conference “Harnessing Investment and Innovation: Getting on the Fast Track” with Mantas Katinas from Invest Lithuania, Ilja Laurs from Nextury Ventures and Algimantas Markauskas from Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics.

 

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Highlight of the Week
 
 
 
New exhibition for the spooky season at the Pakruojis Manor

Pakruojis
Photo credits @ Pakruojis Manor

Oct 23 2020

Weekly News from Lithuania, October 16

 
 
 
 
 
POLITICS
 
 
The President: Lithuania is prepared to work for EU Green Deal goals

 

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda arrived in Brussels for a two-day session of the European Council convened to discuss the fight against climate change, the Brexit negotiations, and EU-Africa relations. The EU leaders also assessed the overall response to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the epidemiological situation and progress in vaccine development.



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Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with Canada’s Foreign Minister in Vilnius


The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with his Canadian counterpart François-Philippe Champagne in Vilnius. The Foreign Ministers discussed bilateral relations, the situation in Belarus and Ukraine, the relationship with Russia, and the current security environment in the region.

Canada’s Foreign Minister will visit Lithuania for the first time in 24 years. The Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy visited Vilnius in 1996.

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The Lithuanian transport sector is planning an essential transformation in order to implement the EU Green Deal


Minister of Transport and Communications, Mr. Jaroslav Narkevič introduced the objective to the managers of the enterprises within the regulatory area of the ministry to prepare a wide programme for the transport sector,  aiming to transform the transport sector according to the European Green  Deal, to help to restore the sector after COVID-19 crisis and to use  the opportunities provided by the new EU facility for that purpose.

 



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Lithuania looks to expand participation in WHO's coronavirus treatment trial


Clinical trials of Covid-19 treatments are taking place in Lithuania and the number of participants could soon be increased to 200, the country's Health Ministry says.

Solidarity is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for Covid-19, launched by the World Health Organization and partners. In Lithuania, the trial is being carried out by Vilnius University's Santara Clinic in Vilnius and the Kaunas Clinic of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.

 

 

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BUSINESS & SCIENCE
 
 
 
 
 
Lithuania: riding the wave of KYC/AML growth

 

As money laundering schemes become increasingly more complex and sophisticated and the volume of such schemes continues to amplify, financial institutions find themselves faced with a number of issues. Firstly, they need to accurately evaluate and mitigate the risks associated with money laundering. Alongside which, they need to implement processes to ensure they become compliant with the anti-money laundering (AML) regulations imposed by regulatory bodies and governments across the globe.

 

 

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Lithuania to build one of the largest battery parks in the world

 

Lithuania will build one of the largest battery storage systems in the world by the end of 2021, its energy minister told Reuters, to ensure smooth supply of power as it disconnects from the Russian-controlled grid.

The country plans to invest 100 million euros (90.8 million pounds) to install four 50 Megawatt(MW) batteries with at least 200 Megawatt hours (MWh) of storage capacity, said Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas.

 


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Lithuania's GDP dip to be smallest in Europe, IMF expects

 

Lithuania's economic contraction this year will be the smallest one in Europe, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Overall, the world economy will have weathered the Covid-19 pandemic better than initially feared, the IMF estimates, mostly thanks to extensive stimulus packages passed by governments and monetary easing.

 

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Klaipėda harnesses foreign experts for the development of blue economy

 

Scientists and practitioners of international renown will share their knowledge of shipping, ports, biotechnologies and other prospective areas at Klaipėda University (KU). By making use of the unique Blue Growth Leaders Academy programme, the port city looks to accelerate the growth of its blue economy.



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CULTURE & HISTORY
 
 

The CityTelling Festival, one of the biggest events of the "Kaunas 2022" programme "Memory Office", announced its start yesterday and will last until this Sunday, October 11! During the first day of the festival, two exhibitions opened their doors, four history-enriched lunches took place, a work of street art and other artistic events were presented. And in the evening, the sound and lights installation "Piece, piece..." that honored the composer Vidmantas Bartulis of the cantata that unites history, memory, different denominations, generations, artists and communities closed the first day of the festival     |       
Credits @ Kaunas2022

 
 
 
Berlin to build memorial for Nazis' victims in Baltics, Eastern Europe

 

A tribute to the victims of Nazis in the Baltic states, Poland and Eastern Europe is heralded as a “milestone” in Germany's remembrance culture.

The German Parliament agreed Friday that a new memorial should be constructed in the capital city to commemorate all victims of Nazi Germany's war of extermination, including those in Eastern European nations affected by the Nazi occupation.

 

 

 

 

 

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Vokiečių (German) Street in Vilnius is an historical open-air shopping centre

 

A defensive wall engirdled Vilnius, and at the same time gates around the city were installed. Because of them, some old street names still survived: Aušros (Dawn), formerly known as Medininkų (Woodmen) and Aštriųjų (Sharp) streets; as well as Trakai, Castle, Bernardine, Vilnius and Tatar, which became well-known capital streets.

 

 


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October 23-31
 
Kaunas Design Event
 

 

Week of events to explore and discuss questions on city and its design, architecture, as well as to get familiar with best practices from neighboring countries


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Ministerial meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Canada and Lithuania - after 24 years

Vilnius
Photo credits @ URM

Oct 16 2020

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