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Monday, June 7th, 2010
Next year (2011) we will have a huge event in Lithuania. Second time in our country history we are organizing European basketball championship. First time was in 1939 years.
We hope that will come lots of visitors from foreign countries and will increase our economics.
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Lithuanian Government and the multinational computer, IT and technology corporation IBM have signed a letter of intent setting up a joint research centre in Lithuania at the headquarters of the IBM in New York. The document has been signed by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, and Reeves Thomas, IBM`s global vice president for research and intellectual property licensing. The agreement regarding the largest IT project in the history of Lithuania is expected to be signed within the current half year.
The future centre will conduct research in the strategic IBM areas: nanotechnology, life sciences, healthcare innovation, and intellectual property for innovative management. Researchers will study advanced nanotechnologies, including an integrated silicon photonics, new photovoltaic and photonic materials. Lithuanian university researchers working in the field of innovations will cooperate in the centre.
“Joint research centre with a global high-tech giant undoubtedly marks a huge achievement for Lithuania. This means that out of a country applying innovations we are turning into a country creating innovations for the entire world”, said Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius.
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
So what’s new in Lithuania? Nothing new. In the Parliament position and position fights like always. Journalists fights against pedofilia clans, corruption and injustice.
A half of million people do not have a job (of 3 000 000). Lithuania citizens looks for the job in other countries. The taxes are growing.
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
President Dalia Grybauskaitė expresses deep condolences to the people of Poland over the plane crash near Smolensk that resulted in tragic loss of life.
A plane carrying the Polish state delegation, headed by President Lech Kaczyński, crashed near the Smolensk airport. President Kaczyński, his wife Maria and a group of high-ranking Polish officials were flying to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.
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