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IMF: LITHUANIA IS A MODEL OF SUCCESFUL ADJUSTMENT Added 2011-10-13 “We can see a great recovery in Lithuania‘s economy, determined highly not only by global financial environment, but by active actions of the government as well. The recovery of economy reflected both global upturn and strong political actions,...
LITHUANIA IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO FOSTER THE LITVAK HERITAGE AND HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-09-23  Lithuania is firmly committed to honour and remember the more than six hundred years of history of the Lithuanian Jews, their culture, traditions and the victims of the Holocaust, says Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius...
LETTER OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA MR. AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE EVENT DEDICATED TO THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST (SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, THE YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH) Added 2011-09-23 New York, September 22nd, 2011 Dear Mr. Jonathan Brent,  Dear Litvaks, our friends and the guests of this evening,  I am touched to be invited here to join you on this special evening in listening together to the Jewish songs and poetry....
IN ANTAKALNIS CEMETERY, A MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED TO THE WEHRMACHT SERGEANT WHO SAVED JEWS IN THE VILNA GHETTO Added 2011-09-22   On 22 September in Vilnius, the memory of Anton Schmid, the Righteous among the Nations, was honoured in Antakalnis cemetery. „The Austrian who served in the army of the Nazi Germany dared to disobey insane orders and was...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ACQUAINTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE PERPETUATION OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND JEWISH CULTURE IN LITHUANIA Added 2011-09-22   On 21 September in New York, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis acquainted representatives from Jewish organizations with Lithuania’s efforts to perpetuate Holocaust remembrance and to preserve the...
LITHUANIA AMONG TOP FIVE IN GLOBAL INTERNET SPEED STUDY Added 2011-09-22  September 22, 2011, Pando Networks, Invest Lithuania Lithuania ranks fourth among the world’s nations in terms of the Internet speed trailing only to South Korea, Romania and Bulgaria, Pando Networks, a US-based communication...
Lithuania Moves Up to Rank 24th in the World Economic Freedom Rating Added 2011-09-20  September 20, 2011, Delfi, Invest Lithuania Lithuania ranks 24th in terms of the overall level of economic freedom among the world’s 141 countries after climbing up by nine positions over the year, the Fraser Institute said in its...
LITHUANIAN, POLISH EXPERTS AGREE THAT STATE LANGUAGE EXAM WILL BE UNIFIED, EVALUATION WILL DIFFER (BNS, 20 September 2011) Added 2011-09-20     VILNIUS, Sep 20, BNS – A Lithuanian–Polish expert group on education issues agreed late on Monday in Warsaw that the form of the state language exam for all Lithuanian schoolchildren will be unified but the...
EVENTS OF THE YEAR OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LITHUANIA SCHEDULED TO MARK THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE GENOCIDE OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWS Added 2011-09-20   15 September 11.00 a.m. The Life Saving Cross awarding ceremony to the Righteous among the Nations at the Office of the President. Organizers: the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania...
LITHUANIA’S GOAL TO ASSESS AUSTRIA’S ACTIONS IS ALSO A STRUGGLE FOR EU VALUES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-07-19 When responding to Austria’s rapid decision to release the detained suspect in the January 13th case, Lithuania seeks for entire European Union to assess Austria’s actions properly and to learn well the lesson of the lack of...