The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited Skopje, North Macedonia, and the Albanian capital of Tirana together with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Poland,Latvia, and the Undersecretary for European Affairs at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.

The Foreign Ministers expressed their strong support for the EU aspirations of North Macedonia and Albania, and discussed the countries’ progress, possible practical support, the political situation in the region of the Western Balkans, met with the representatives of the academic community of Skopje and Tirana, discussed the challenges of the Euro-Atlantic integration of North Macedonia and Albania, and shared the EU accession experience of the Baltic states and Poland.

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The first hackathon this year and the third one in total, defence and technology development camp DELTA1 will take place at Juozas Vitkus Engineer Battalion of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Kaunas. Scientists, inventors, fans of the military and experts of numerous areas will be developing innovative solutions for defence and the Armed Forces of Lithuania through the weekend on April 3–5. Monetary prizes will be awarded for the best creations. This year the focus is on military engineering, cybersecurity, communication and IT solutions.

The Lithuanian fintech sector has grown considerably in 2019 with a remarkable growth of 24% in terms of the overall number of companies, claims the annual Fintech Landscape in Lithuania report. Going by the same, there are 210 fintechs and 102 issued licenses that make the country the second-largest fintech hub in Europe.

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Holidaymakers lounge on an indoor beach, stretching out on towels and slathering one another in suncream. They play sudoku, fret and sing, while around them kids run among the supine pale bodies. There are ice creams, there is lassitude and threat. We catch the sunbathers’ thoughts and anxieties in song, as the imminence of ecological doom grows ever closer.

This was Sun and Sea (Marina) at last year’s Venice Biennale, which won Lithuania the international art show’s prestigious Golden Lion. The audience looked down on the work from above and even more people queued outside, as word got round that this was the one thing in the biennale not to be missed.

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