Tag Archives: Vilnius University

Marriage in Lithuania: Dangerous Liaisons

Marriage in Lithuania: Dangerous Liaisons

Lithuania is resisting the rising unpopularity of marriage a bit more compared to other countries in Europe. A tenacity that has been carefully held by the quite influential church who suffers at the idea of sacrificing its main institution on the altar of ‘new social tendencies’. An interview between Vilnius, Kaunas and an imbroglio of […]

Soviet Mentality Brakes Education Reform

Soviet Mentality Brakes Education Reform

‘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 […]

California of the East

California of the East

From a distance, the small two-storey building melts into the grey of Vilnius’ northwestern suburbs. Once past the modest entrance and a small EU flag sticker you only need to go up a few stairs to discover a dozen high-tech laboratories. These belong to the Lithuanian company EKSPLA, owner of some of the most cutting-edge […]