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Lithuania is increasingly wary of remote work and meetings from beach
Baltic News Network
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June 26, 2025
Working from home, or from a sunnier location, became commonplace during the pandemic, and in many places it has still maintained its position, but efforts can also be observed to bring employees back to the office, writes LRT. Kaunas City...
US fintech giant Robinhood establishes first European hub in Lithuania
Nordic Fintech Magazine
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July 1, 2025
Robinhood, a leading US financial services company, has established its first European hub in Lithuania. The company obtained both a Category A financial brokerage license and a crypto asset services provider license, from the Bank of Lithuania....
Lithuania Approves Major Armed Forces Overhaul
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 26. The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania has approved the Ministry of National Defense's proposal to amend the Law on the Fundamental Structure of the Armed Forces. The reforms are aimed at...
NATO: Was There a Summit?
Valdai Discussion Club
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NATO’s modest 2025 summit does not indicate a deepening trend toward crises in the alliance, but reflects the desire of its leadership to use the effect of continuing external challenges and changes in the internal dynamics in NATO following...
Florida Tech’s Domantas Marocka Named Empacher-IRCA All-American Honorable Mention
Space Coast Daily - Florida
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July 1, 2025
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association has announced the 2025 class of Empacher-IRCA All-Americans, and Florida Tech’s Domantas Marocka has been selected as an Honorable Mention member for his hard...
Is Europe going off the rails?
Eurozine
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According to Eurostat, as of 2023, the European Union had more than 8,556 kilometers of dedicated high-speed rail lines. However, the overall size of the European railway network has contracted by 1.3% between 2013 and 2023. This is hardly the...
Zaha Hadid Architects to Redesign Vilnius Airport Arrivals Terminal, Merging Baltic Heritage with Futuristic Vision
Rus Tourism News
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June 30, 2025
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been announced as the winner of the international design competition for the new Arrivals Terminal at Vilnius Airport, Lithuania’s largest and busiest air hub. This milestone project is more than a striking new...
Business-Science Cooperation: Investment in the Future of Biotechnology in Lithuania
The Baltic Times
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Biotechnology today has a significant impact on the quality of our lives: from more precise disease diagnostics to cleaner industrial production and more sustainable agricultural solutions. Current trends in IT and biotechnology development are...
Zaha Hadid Architects selected to design the new arrivals terminal at Vilnius Airport
World Architecture Community
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June 30, 2025
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been announced as the winner of the international architectural competition to design Vilnius Airport's new arrivals terminal, according to a statement released by Lithuanian Airports. In order to meet the projected...
Lithuania To Expand Defense Industry With Medium-Caliber Ammunition Plant
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. Lithuania has taken a major step toward strengthening its national defense industry by signing a memorandum of understanding with U.S. defense technology leader Northrop Grumman and Norwegian...
Lithuania signs memorandum with Northrop Grumman, Nammo amid Russian threat to regional security
The Kyiv Independent
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June 25, 2025
Lithuania has signed a memorandum with American defense firm Northrop Grumman and Norwegian Nammo to secure the production of ammunition amid Russia's war against Ukraine, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry announced on June 24. "By strengthening our...
Palanga Gears Up To Host Global Lithuanian Sports Games
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. As many as 3,000 Lithuanians from around the world will gather in Palanga on July 3 for the XII World Lithuanian Sports Games, Trend reports. The event, often dubbed the“Olympics for...
LONGi ignites Romania’s energy transition with 54.1 MW BC technology triumph
Balkan Green Energy News
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June 30, 2025
LONGi Solar, a global leader in solar technology, has deployed 54.1 MW of its Hi-MO 9 back contact (BC) modules at the CEF Chișineu-Criș solar park in Romania’s Arad county. Developed for NEPI Rockcastle and its subsidiary Solpower Energy, and...
Small nations, shared threats: Philippines, Lithuania ink defense deal
Philippine STAR
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June 30, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines signed a defense cooperation agreement with Lithuania on Monday, June 30, establishing a "strategic-level" partnership between two countries separated by thousands of miles but facing similar threats from...
Lithuania Prepares For Quantum Future With National Cybersecurity Initiative
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. The Ministry of National Defense has hosted the inaugural meeting of Lithuania's National Coordination Working Group on Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition, marking a significant step in...
The Last Truck
Charter 97
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4 Irina Khalip 11.07.2025, 10:42 9,820 Irina Khalip The museum in the prison and the park in Drozdá. There is a museum of testimony and memory in the Albanian city of Shkoder. At the entrance, where ticket prices are listed, it says: "For former...
Korea, Lithuania discuss ways to bolster cooperation in advanced industries
The Korea Times
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June 30, 2025
Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun met with his Lithuanian counterpart Monday to discuss ways to expand bilateral trade, investment and industrial cooperation, especially in advanced industries, Ahn's office said. Ahn held a meeting with...
S. Korea, Lithuania discuss ways to bolster cooperation in advanced industries
Yonhap News Agency
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June 30, 2025
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun met with his Lithuanian counterpart Monday to discuss ways to expand bilateral trade, investment and industrial cooperation, especially in advanced industries, Ahn's office...
Lithuania warns Europe against making ‘big mistake’ of breaking off from US defense industry
Breaking Defense
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June 24, 2025
Kestutis Budrys, Lithuania’s foreign minister, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) BELFAST — Europe...
Lithuania to tighten control over the transit of Russian passengers
The Odessa Journal
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Main image: Vilnius Railway Station. Photo by D. Umbrasas / LRT Lithuania will strengthen control over the transit of Russian passengers through its territory following an incident in which a Russian citizen escaped from the Adler–Kaliningrad...