On 5 May, some 200 artists protested against tax increases in the Lithuanian capital, as the European Union’s cultural capital continues its celebrations. New blogs in Vilnius
Artists protest ‘breakdown of culture’ in EU cultural capital
Wednesday, May 13 2009 By Dionizas | Public comments | 5 comments
On 5 May, some 200 artists protested against tax increases in the Lithuanian capital, as the European Union’s cultural capital continues its celebrations. Continue reading ...
SeVilnius: Let the fountains spring
Monday, September 1 2008 By Indre | Sevilnius | 7 comments
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How many fountains do you know in Vilnius? Does the city need fountains? What can you do near fountains and do citizens use fountains? - citizens of Vilnius were asked these questions on one not really rainy afternoon. Other, very similar ones, were asked in Seville. It is obvious, that fountains are not closely involved in life of citizens: they are not noticeable, not memorable and remain as a far dream...
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Why are the plates broken? (video)
Monday, June 30 2008 By Indre | Lithuania in palms | 5 comments
This post is also available in: Lithuanian Russian
What kind of family does Lithuania need, what strategies does Europe
suggest, and how should we evaluate them? Those were the questions
analyzed by the discussion of the association Babel Lietuva.
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Smells like labour laws (video)
Tuesday, June 10 2008 By Indre | Lithuania in palms | 2 comments
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“Employer could or maybe even should teach the employees to defend
themselves from him.” - this conclusion arises after the trade union
representative, lawyer and free market supporter discussion which was
organized by association “Babel Lietuva”.
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Red Statues – Position in Negotiations
Wednesday, May 21 2008 By Indre | Public comments | 8 comments
This post is also available in: Lithuanian Russian
The 9th of May is the day of victory in the Second World War for
Russia. For Lithuania, as well as for other Baltic countries, this date
means something totally different. That is the beginning of the
occupation. Occupation, which itself is a negative action, because the
nation loses its sovereignty, the opportunity to rule its country,
while it is taken by the government of other state.
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Sevilnius: eurchasing power
Saturday, May 10 2008 By Dionizas | Sevilnius | 3 comments
This post is also available in: Lithuanian Russian
From north east to south west 3870 kilometers separate two European cities Seville and Vilnius. Keeping in mind that both of them are still creating their European identity one can believe that such distance looses its meaning. We are saying that technologies, historical and demographical data enables us to give to the distance a new sense. Continue reading ...
Life Extention for Nuclear Plant
Monday, May 5 2008 By Indre | Public comments | one comment
This post is also available in: Lithuanian Russian
In joining the European Union Lithuania signed the Treaty of Accession Protocol No. 4, according to which, our country commits itself to phase out the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) by 2009. However, it was suddenly realized, that closing the nuclear plant means leaving Lithuania without a sufficient nuclear power supply for about 6 to 9 years (until a new power station can be built). Continue reading ...
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