Evelina Anusauskaitė snatches laurels at the international competition in New York
Wednesday night (New York time), at the awards ceremony Global Voices for Change, Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, and other celebrities announced the name of the winner of the musical talent contest Avon Voices from the ten finalists, including Evelina Anusauskaitė.
UN Human Development Report: first time Lithuania ranked among the very high human development countries
United Nations Human Development Report placed Lithuania 40, under the Very High Human Development category for the first time.
Geography can't measure impact of Lithuania's big summer
The detail that should not be forgotten is that Lithuania has an estimated 3.5 million residents and has been an independent nation since breaking from the Soviet Union in 1990. It is the 123rd-largest country by size and 131st by population -- behind Liberia and Moldova and slightly ahead of Mauritania and Mongolia - and shares borders with four other lands and the Baltic Sea. Imposing it is not.
Ernst & Young: Baltic countries have grown fastest in EU in
In its recent Eurozone forecast produced in cooperation with Oxford Economics, Ernst & Young says that in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011 three Baltic economies grew most in the EU: Lithuanian gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.3 percent, Estonia posted growth of 8.4 percent, and Latvia's economic output increased by 5.7 percent.
Ciurlionis and Beyond, Royal Academy of Music, review
Visual music” was how Roger Fry summed up the paintings of Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis when he included some – alongside Cézannes and Matisses – in his famous Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition in 1912. It was one of the few occasions when work by this visionary Lithuanian artist has ever been seen in London.
Young Lithuanian company strikes a deal with Business Angels at the U.S. Silicon Valley
A young IT company Pinevio, established by two Lithuanians, stroke a deal with Business Angels of Silicon Valley (USA), – reports daily „Verslo Žinios“ (Business News).
The biannual Fashion Infection Festival has already started hunting young talents for next spring fiesta
The biannual Fashion Infection Festival has already started hunting young talents for next spring fiesta. For the fifth time this year the festival is holding a competition "Injection" aimed to discover new talented designers. Winners from both Lithuania and foreign countries will compete for the main prize – the invitation to present their art in the "Fashion Infection" to be held in spring 2012.
Lithuania remains the leader in Europe in terms of optical fibre coverage
In Lithuania, optical fibre connection is accessible to the largest proportion of the population, announced the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council Europe on Tuesday. Lithuania has retained the first place on the FTTH Council Europe rating.
Vilnius extravaganza 2011 - with The Last Town Musicians of Bremen
On Saturday night, the third fireworks festival Vilnius Extravaganza 2011 took place in Vingis Park in Vilnius, bringing together several professional pyrotechnic teams, like ones from Germany, Croatia and Ukraine.
Dzūkija National Park makes it to the European elite network
The State Service for Protected Areas (VSTT) reports that the Dzūkija National Park and its Čepkeliai State Nature Reserve have received its PAN Parks certification at the International Conference in Estonia.
Žuvintas biosphere reserve is included in the UNESCO network
Lithuania is the second in Europe by international visitor growth in 2011
Lithuania introduces the world's first e-parking system
Lithuanian basketball film premiere picks up America’s plaudits
Lithuania ranks 23rd by economic freedom
