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February 14, 2020            

Lithuania celebrates the State Restoration day this weekend. Each year the largest state flag flies from the TV tower in Vilnius             |              Credits @ LRT/E.Blaževič

POLITICS
Linas Linkevičius: France, a strategic partner in enhancing Lithuanian security


Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius had a meeting with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves le Drian in Paris. They discussed the key issues of bilateral cooperation, security, the European Union and NATO, and the European Neighbourhood.

The French Air Force conducted NATO air policing missions in the Baltic states for seven times already, five of which were in Lithuania. This year France is going to send the second mission of its servicemen who will join the NATO forward presence troops,” Mr Linkevičius said.


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The President: firm first steps made in negotiations on the funding of cohesion policy and direct payments for farmers


President Gitanas Nausėda met with Charles Michel, President of the European Council. During the working dinner the two leaders discussed the draft multiannual financial framework.

“Lithuania is prepared to contribute to the implementation of the EU strategic agenda by focusing on tackling climate change and development of innovation <...> ” the President said after the meeting.


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NATO Seen Favorably Across Member States

NATO is generally seen in a positive light across publics within the alliance, despite lingering tensions between the leaders of individual member countries. A median of 53% across 16 member countries surveyed have a favorable view of the organization, with only 27% expressing a negative view. But opinions of NATO and related issues vary widely across the countries surveyed, especially regarding the obligations of Article 5 of the 70-year-old Washington Treaty, which declares that an attack against one member nation is considered an attack against all members.

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BUSINESS & SCIENCE

Lithuanian Women in Tech             |              Credits @ Lithuanian Stories

British AI company Satalia expanding Lithuanian development and R&D operations


Satalia, the full-stack AI company, has announced plans to expand its operations in Kaunas, Lithuania. Over the next two years, the company intends to hire up to 50 new employees and expects its Kaunas office to grow as its core location for development and R&D projects.

“We reckon Lithuanians, especially those in the tech and academic communities, for their proven ambition to explore the AI and machine learning fields,” states Daniel Hulme, Satalia’s CEO.

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Challenges and opportunities for business process automation community in Lithuania


Almost all foreign capital business service centres in Lithuania empowers process automation as a part of their daily operations. However, there is a lack of a broader debate regarding the economic impact of robotization – according to the organizers of the IPA meetup conference organized in Lithuania for the second time. There are also few opportunities to share the experience and success stories in this field and a shortage of training programmes for the employees, all resulting in the race for talent.

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New opportunities to tackle air pollution – first Lithuanian mobile drone


Lithuania has come up with a breakthrough technology – PANDRONE – air pollution measurement system with the mobile drone.

Air pollution assessment system with identification sources for pollutants is still not on the market. So far, in Lithuania as well as in Europe, pollution has been measured in a stationary manner and theoretically reflects larger area data, but very often weather conditions and buildings reduce the accuracy and reliability of the data.

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Podcast Technotronika: How AI Expands Our Creativity


Technotronika maintains the second season with another podcast. This episode presents the most impressive function of Artificial Intelligence – Creativity. Can it help people to become more creative?

Kamilė Jokubaitė, the CEO of Attention Insight startup explains how AI is integrated into creative working processes. The AI-based startup allows marketing managers and media channels to see the design of their products from the viewpoint of consumers. Before AI, a similar analysis of consumers could take a couple of weeks. Now, a consumer can be analyzed in less than two minutes.


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CULTURE & HISTORY

Opening of Lithuanian Rock History Museum            |              Credits @ Šiandienos Istorija

Utena A. and M. Miškiniai Public Library Won Important Library Award


Utena A. & M. Miškiniai Public Library was awarded EIFL Public Library Innovation Award and received a prize of US $1,500 for offering children, parents and grandparents the opportunity to learn advanced digital skills together in family training sessions.

Vice-Minister of Culture Ingrida Veliutė congratulated the director of the library Vida Garunkštytė. According to the Vice-Minister, today libraries adaptto technological changes, resonate with the needs and expectations of society.

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International cultural events at the Vilnius Book Fair 2020



Every year the Vilnius Book Fair and its cultural programme is devoted to a special topic. The focus of the 21st International Vilnius book fair: “You should live without formulas, be open to the world.” Jonas Mekas. These words of a very well-known Lithuanian and world artist Jonas Mekas who used to declare freedom in his life and artwork.


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Stranger Things 4 ‘starts filming in Lithuania’ as we inch closer to learning the truth behind The American


Stranger Things fans can rejoice as season four has ‘begun filming in Lithuania’.

According to Netflix Life, the cast and crew have reportedly begun production in the Batlic region of Europe before returning to the US for more filming in early March. Considering season three ended with a scene in prison where an unknown American is being held, we are getting so much closer to finding out who it is.


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Let’s celebrate International Day of Happiness together


We are celebrating the International Day of Happiness for the third time in Kaunas city and its district.

People and businesses actively engaged in this day last year: 150 various organizations joined the celebration creating 250 events for those who find it harder to get involved in cultural events: museums, libraries, exhibitions, public objects. And those who gathered to spend this day together wouldn’t fit even into two Žalgiris arenas – 36 500 people joined the festival. This year the celebration will take place on the 20th of March. The main theme of this year’s festival is Happiness to get along.


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Republic of Užupis: The Micronation run by artists            |              Credits @ Culture Trip

February 16
Vilnius, the city of freedom, invites to the events of February the 16th

Vilnius invites to a spectacular and festive celebration of February 16, taking part in the march along the Road to Lithuanian Statehood, raising the flags of the three Baltic States together, meeting at the 30 symbolic bonfires, enjoying a festive concert, experiencing a unique sense of unity and enjoying the atmosphere of the city of freedom.

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February 13 - 16
Light Festival Klaipėda

The brightest event in the city sees Klaipėda bathed in lights for a few days in February. Hugely popular with locals and tourists alike, the festival also includes a number of tours and other events.

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February 14
Light on Syria

The event invites to get to know Syria, its culture and history before and after the war - what does it mean to lose one's history, one's homeland, even one's identity?


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GLOBAL LITHUANIA
KTU Researcher From India: Kaunas has Changed Immensely

For his doctoral studies, Tiwari chose KTU Ultrasound Research Institute for its internationally acclaimed state-of-the-art research. “Anywhere in the world you go, and I mean – anywhere – if you have skills you will definitely get the job,” says Dr Kumar Anubhav Tiwari, a researcher at Kaunas University of Technology Ultrasound Research
Institute. Although now the situation has changed significantly, in 2015, when Kumar came to study PhD, the state scholarship was smaller than his salary in India. However, he rose up to the challenge and has never regretted the decision.

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Highlight of the Week
Lithuania celebrates State Restoration Day, February 16

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Photo credits @ Jurijus Azanovas / MFA

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