SocietyWho is E. Snowden?2013-07-25, 18:50Who is Edward Snowden anyways? The whole world asks this question when looking at the weird adventures of the most famous contemporary refugee. Recently, he became the 'resident' of the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. The situation reminds us of the movie's 'Terminal' script where Tom Hanks, who is playing an immigrant from fictitious Central European country Krakozhia, settles down in New York's JFK airport's arrival zone because his documents are invalidated. The character is deprived of the right to leave the airport. The similarities end here though because the case of E. Snowden is not a movie. During the Presidency of the Council of the European Union Lithuania will seek for such priorities in the area of information society and telecommunication: create the background for secure, reliable and user-friendly online transactions and to ensure the development of interstate telecommunications infrastructure. Rimantas Sinkevičius, the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania introduced the above priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency to Amalia Sartori, President of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) of the European Parliament as well as to the other ITRE members. Vilnius Airport records a 25% growth in passenger traffic over the first six months!2013-07-23, 16:42Over the first half-year, Vilnius Airport (VIA) handled 1,213 million passengers, showing a 25% increase, compared to the same period last year. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a son on Monday, the third in line to the throne, a baby destined to be the 43rd monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the English crown in 1066. EU Ministers of Home Affairs Discussed how to Protect the Countries from the Cyber Attacks2013-07-20, 12:05During the informal meeting on the 18th of July in Vilnius, the European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs Ministers paid most attention to the issues of cyber security issues. Vilnius first to launch a virtual happiness index2013-07-19, 11:50Vilnius is the first city in the world that has started to measure happiness based on personal input. The results are displayed hourly. Residents and visitors alike can rate their mood throughout the day in Vilnius on the Happiness Barometer. Many stores decline to sell magazine amid criticism over glamorous cover image of Boston bombing suspect with story titled 'Jahar's World'. With his smoky eyes and tousled hair, the subject of the latest Rolling Stone cover story could pass for any rising US music star. Ethnic cleansing or genocide? The truth about Volhynia massacre2013-07-17, 11:37'At 3 am in the morning Ukrainians started mass massacres at all the villages and colonies. The massacres were organized in a way that all the Poles would be killed in the villages inhabited by Ukrainians. It is important to note that Ukrainians did such killings during their festivities. Axes were specifically attacked to long handles and Ukrainians would burst into Polish houses and kill everybody - men, women, elders, children who were torn or taken on their hands or legs and their heads were beaten to the posts. They searched all the Polish buildings, gardens, all the corners. If they found hiding people, they killed them.' (From Bolesław Dolecki, one of the survivors, letters). The Vilnius City Council has decided to grant Nobel Prize laureate and President of Israel Shimon Peres an honorary Vilnius citizenship. Survey: Lithuanians became more optimistic2013-07-16, 10:37This June more than half of Lithuanians – 55 % - thought that the current situation in the country are getting worse. 44 %, on the other hand, said that the situation is improving. |
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