The ex-Baltic tiger will join the Frankfurt-based banking arena on January 1st, 2015. How are Lithuania’s preparations for joining the eurozone unfolding? How are citizens reacting to this new currency? Cafébabel went on the ground to gain a better understanding of the preparations. Inflation, economic development, identity loss, opening up to the European market…Lithuanians think […]
From 88% nuclear energy in 1993, the Baltic country used just 26% in 2007. The intervening 14 years saw its entry into EU and a dramatic increase in energy dependence on Russia. Lithuania is relying on Europe to guarantee its energy security but what is the answer? Nuclear, renewable or both? In 1993, Lithuania beat […]
‘We face the typical problems that a country as young as this faces,’ says Kęstutis Kaminskas, a professor and educational advisor for the Committee on Education, Science and Culture in the Lithuanian parliament. We meet in the new building currently being extended into a press centre and conference hall. ‘We can’t change how professors think overnight. More than […]
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