Our weekly selection of the TOP news about Lithuania (24-01-05)
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Genomika, a Lithuanian deep-tech biotechnology company located in Tech-Park Kaunas, has reached a significant milestone by securing a substantial investment of over €5 million from the European Union, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The funding is aimed at revolutionizing genetics through pioneering research in data storage using DNA molecules. This achievement not only marks a major success for Genomika but also highlights the importance of its work in the eyes of the European Innovation Council, which has launched the targeted investment initiative, Pathfinder.
Foreign languages are increasingly heard on the streets of the capital city of Lithuania, and bilingualism in office environments is becoming commonplace. This trend is also supported by statistics: according to the July data from Vilnius Tourism and Business Development Agency Go Vilnius, as many as 71 000 residents in the capital are foreigners. The majority of those who have started living in Vilnius are citizens of Ukraine and Belarus, as well as skilled professionals from Western Europe and the USA.
Lithuania’s lifesciences industry is among the fastest growing in Europe (Life Sciences Baltics)
And is regarded as one of the most developed in CEE, representing 3% of the nation’s. But this hasn’t been an overnight success. The foundations were laid through targeted investments in infrastructure, academia, and nurturing a research culture over many years.
Small Is Beautiful: 10 European Cities Where You’ll Feel Welcome (Forbes)
Free from the cruise passengers that can take over other Baltic capitals, Vilnius has remained a bit more undiscovered. But a series of celebrations this year in honor of the city’s 700th birthday—a date determined by a 1323 letter from Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Vilnius, that announced to his European neighbors that the city would welcome newcomers—have been putting the Lithuanian capital on the cultural map. It has a number of quirky draws: a pink (beetroot) soup festival, exuberant door decorations, a former prison turned cultural hub, and a gently anarchist neighborhood with its own constitution that includes things like “the right to make mistakes.”
Reviving Lithuania’s inland waterways to cut emissions (EIB)
A plan to revive Lithuania’s inland waterways with electric barges could cut carbon emissions by cutting 48 000 trucks journeys each a year.
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