Our weekly selection of the TOP news about Lithuania (23-03-17)
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How book smugglers kept Lithuanian language alive (LRT)
On Tuesday, Lithuania is marking the Book Smugglers’ Day (Knygnešio diena) to commemorate the people who are credited with keeping the Lithuanian language alive during repressive Tsarist policies in the 19th century.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a €2 million grant to Dr Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė Keen, a bioarchaeologist at Vilnius University (VU). Funding has been awarded for her project Past & Future Millet Foodways. Lithuania’s first recipient of an ERC Consolidator Grant says knowledge about the diversity, distribution, and integration of cultivated plants in the past can help address today’s global challenges: biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and climate change.
On 31 January, during an official ceremony, the construction of Vilnius Airport's new departure terminal was announced. The large-scale project is said to last two years. The first travellers will be able to use the new terminal in early 2025.
Lithuanian ‘Elves’ Fight Russian Disinformation About War in Ukraine (VOA.NEWS)
Across Lithuania and the other Baltic countries, thousands of activists are fighting Russian disinformation on social media. They called themselves elves — “because elves fight trolls.” Oleksii Kovalenko has the story for VOA. Camera: Oleksii Osyka
From Germany to the Baltics: How stock options compare across Europe (Sifted.eu)
Germany, Europe’s third biggest tech ecosystem, has the continent’s worst set-up for stock options in 2023, according to VC firm Index Ventures. The Baltic nations — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — remain the friendliest.
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