“Geeks” + “elves” + journalists = success in countering disinformation.

This is the formula that Debunk.eu and its partners use in Lithuania.

They are busy all the time. Russia has launched a full-scale propaganda and disinformation assault on Lithuania aimed at “a very huge variety of targets,” says Tomas Ceponis of the Lithuanian military. In a three-month period, bots created half of all "Russian-language news about NATO in the Baltic states and Poland," according to Rolf Fredheim, a data scientist at NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia.

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Chiune Sugihara’s son tells how he learned of his father’s rescue mission in Lithuania, which commemorates his achievements this year

As a child in in the 1950s and 60s, Nobuki Sugihara never knew his father had saved thousands of lives. Few did. His father, Chiune Sugihara, was a trader who lived in a small coastal town about 34 miles south of Tokyo. When not on business trips to Moscow, he coached his young son in mathematics and English. He made breakfast, spreading butter on the toast so thinly “nobody could compete”.

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The opportunity cost from Brexit is not always obvious. But in fintech terms, one only needs to look at Vilnius to see how others are benefiting from the UK’s likely exit from the EU.

The Lithuanian capital may not be home to any large fintech unicorns such as Adyen in the Netherlands or Klarna in Sweden. But Vilnius is the second-largest centre in the EU for fintech measured by the number of regulated companies. It has issued licences to more than 100 fintech companies, many of which are looking to set up a base in the EU to keep their passporting rights to operate across the bloc after the UK has left.

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"To attract more visitors to Siauliai region and provide more information on local tourists attractions, the new app will allow tourists to use the provided routes interactively and get acquainted with information about attractions using a mobile decide," Ruta Stankuviene, head of the local tourism information center, said in a statement.

This is the first app about Siauliai region and it will provide photos and descriptions of tourist attractions in four languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian, English and Russian.

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While Lithuania has yet to produce a film to be nominated for a Golden Globe, the country was mentioned during Sunday's award ceremony, as the best limited series prize went to Chernobyl, a TV drama which was mostly shot in Lithuania.

In a press conference after the ceremony, the series' writer-executive producer Craig Mazin expanded on collaboration with the communities where the show was shot and which experienced the 1986 nuclear disaster.

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Plantarium welcomes those interested in domestic plants and their positive impact on health, as well as those who care about the future of our planet.

Aistė Virketė has been taking care of abandoned, forgotten or merely tired plants for almost two years now. After spending months in a village in Kaunas region, the young woman has transferred all of the plants and activities into the city. Located in Urmas shopping town, the first Plantarium in Lithuania will be officially opened on January 19.

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