President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received the President of Slovenia, Danilo Türk, who came to Vilnius on an official visit.
This is the first official visit by President Danilo Türk to Lithuania.
“It is symbolic that on the eve of March 11, the Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania, Vilnius is visited by [...]
Russians victims of their own propaganda
The number of negative articles on Lithuania is growing by the day on Russian Internet sites, writes the news portal Balsas:
“The readers then put their comments at the bottom, in which they delight – very much along the lines of Russian propaganda – that Lithuania has so many problems, without [...]
Despite temperatures of -5 Celsius, a huge crowd of Lithuanians brave the icy waters of the Baltic for a dip they say will keep them healthy.
Karen Selby reports.
Excellencies, distinguished priests of One God, colleagues parliamentarians, ladies and gentlemen!
Let me share with you some words on tragedies in plural, not only that unique we are commemorating.
Haiti disaster caused by the earthquake is an enormous and terrible human tragedy, which does continue until now.
The tsunami, which passed over Aceha and other Indonesian areas, caused [...]
video by Aivaras Averjanovas / Vilnius, Lithuania
Political leaders, NGOs and scientific elites from the nine Baltic countries are meeting on Wednesday in Finland’s capital Helsinki to take part in a Baltic Sea Action Summit on cleaning up one of the world’s most polluted and poisonous seas.
The sea was used to dump thousands of World War Two planes, chemical weapons and even [...]
Russian commentators have devoted enormous attention to the Russian-speaking communities in Estonia and Latvia, but they have largely ignored the Russian-speaking community in Lithuania not only because it is significantly smaller but also because Vilnius did not require Russians living there to do anything but ask for citizenship to obtain it.
Now, however, it appears that [...]
The Baltic Sea’s environmental problems are connected with many aspects of human life, such as production and consumption of energy, industry, forestry, agriculture, fishery, tourism, transport, and wastewater treatment.
(Source: RIA Novosti)
Winter in Finland is a fantastic time to enjoy the beauty of the country.
Winter in Finland can last as few as three months or as long as seven months which means that during extended periods there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy the cold weather activities.
Photo by Michail Kurejko
The World Economic Forum closed on Sunday in Davos.
Politicians advocated financial market reforms, among other things.
But industry representatives were unable to agree on a common strategy.
Still – cooperation is the key to the future, the European news media says.
La Vanguardia – Spain
According to the liberal daily La Vanguardia, the World Economic Forum in Davos [...]
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