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Vilnius and its 700-year history: key dates (LRT)

During its 700 years of existence, Vilnius has experienced periods of prosperity and devastation, has been a cradle of cultures and victim of pan-European catastrophes.

Lithuanian filmmaker receives best director award at Sundance (LRT)

The filmmaker Marija Kavtaradzė has been awarded as the best director at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature film Slow had its international premiere at the prestigious US festival.

Save the date - Life Sciences Baltics is back to Vilnius (LIFE.SCIENCES.BALTICS)

Lithuania has an ambitious goal to become a leader in the life sciences industry by 2030, with the sector accounting for 5% of the country’s GDP. The conditions for innovation and growth in Lithuania’s life sciences ecosystem will be even more favourable in the autumn when the potential of the sector will be presented to an international audience at Life Sciences Baltics, the leading life sciences event in the Baltics.   

Lithuania’s laser industry from then to now (VILNIUS.TECH.FORUM)

Not a lot of people know that Lithuania had laser technology since 1966– longer than most other countries in the world. Lithuania’s laser industry can be traced back to three students who were all sent to Moscow in 1962 to study quantum electronics– and, with it, the emerging field of laser technology. They helped fire the first laser in Lithuania in 1966 and went on to found the Laser Research Center at Vilnius University and the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology – which is where I am now head of the Department of Laser Technologies. Anyone in Lithuania with anything to do with lasers has some sort of connection to at least one of these bodies, and usually to both of them. They’re only 20 kilometers apart. Commercial lasers for science have been built in Lithuania since 1983.

What Lithuania offers life sciences start-ups (DDW-ONLINE)

A one to watch, would be my first thoughts when thinking about Lithuania and its start-up sector. After a visit to the country, in which I was able to tour some of the various companies, hubs and universities that are driving the sector, I garnered that what could be an unassuming country in terms of life sciences has a thriving and developing community of start-ups and researchers. 

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