On 28 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto to discuss opportunities for bilateral cooperation, topical issues of the European Union, cooperation with NATO, situations in Turkey and Ukraine.

According to the Foreign Ministers, although relations between Lithuania and Finland are intense, there is so much untapped cooperation potential in such new areas as nuclear safety.

L. Linkevičius drew P. Haavisto's attention to the elements of the EU's new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) that were of great importance for Lithuania, including agricultural and cohesion policy: "We understand that a large share of the new budget will be dedicated to overcoming emerging challenges, but the reduction of funding of these spheres is very painful for Lithuania," said the Foreign Minister.

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Zalgiris is one of the most prominent signs of Kaunas and it also stands behind the name ‒ the capital of basketball. Not only it brings together generations of Kaunas citizens under its green and white flag, not only it chants the name of Kaunas across Europe and beyond, but also it is an integral part of the city and its identity. Unė Marija Jurkštaitė, Chief Business Officer of BC Zalgiris, tells us about the invisible but very important work with the special brand of Zalgiris, which is dear to every citizen of the city.

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As Lithuania gears up to mark 2020 as the year of the Vilna Gaon and the History of the Jews of Lithuania, a story about a visionary Litvak business family, their success, and the ultimate fall in the Holocaust, is brought to you by LRT English together with Vilnius University and Jewish Heritage Lithuania.

Back in the 1930s, a prominent family of Litvaks and Klaipėda business owners ‒ the Nafthals ‒ lived in a house on Liepų Street.Nathan was the most successful of the three brothers – even before World War One, he brokered in wood trade and organised timber exports.

Nathan obtained permission from the occupying German Ober Ost authorities to travel freely behind the front lines in Lithuania and Poland.

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Gediminas Hill reinforcement works, which began on 3 January 2017,  accidentally unearthed burials. Following the identification of the remains of the participants of the 1863-1864 uprising, executed in Lukiškės Square in Vilnius, the continued search led to the unearthing of the remains of 21 men. It was decided to hold a State Funeral ceremony for the commanders and fighters of the 1863-1864 uprising in cooperation with Poland, in exactly one month, i.e. 22 November. The reburial will take place at the Rasos Cemetery in Vilnius.

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If Mariami Silagadze from Tbilisi worried what others thought about her disabilities due to cerebral palsy and slight limp, she may have never ended up in Vilnius. Whether hitchhiking
to Berlin, or living and working in Lithuania, she says that she’s an example that it’s possible to overcome childhood physical disabilities and to be successful.

“Lithuanians are too concerned what others think about them. That drives what they do and they are missing a lot of opportunities,” says the 29-year-old. She is combining work with studies in the Social Work with the Youth programme at Mykolas Romeris University.

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