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Vilnius Turns 700 Years Old in 2023: 7 Things Not to Miss (ALL.INCLUSIVE)

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, will be celebrating its 700th anniversary in 2023. Although this occasion is quite impressive, the city’s atmosphere and plans for next year will remain youthful and exuberant, as celebrations stretch from January 25th to the remainder of the year.

Seabed suitable for Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm (OFFSHORE.ENERGY)

Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project.

Check out this spectacular new northern European train route (TIMEOUT)

Previously, if you wanted to get a train between the biggest cities in Poland and Lithuania, it was all a bit complicated. While a rail service has been running between the Polish city of Białystok and the Lithuanian city of Kaunas for a few years, there was no a direct train from the likes of Warsaw and Kraków to Lithuania.

Lithuania Focused on Building a World-Leading Life Science Sector (GENENGNEWS)

In a compact laboratory on an upper floor of the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center is a biotech startup being held up as one of Lithuania’s growing success stories. Delta Biosciences, which is using microfluidics, DNA tags, and artificial intelligence to speed up drug screening, is hoping to start approaching European venture capitalists for investment next year.

Vilnius – Champions of shared mobility (VILNIUS.TECH.FUSION)

Vilnius is promoting car owning alternatives: car, bike and scooter sharing. Revamping public transport and expanding infrastructure. Although, few would argue that the future belongs to driverless cars. Soon most of the cars will not be owned anymore, but before we live in the future let’s dig into the most important numbers when it comes to Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.

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