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Letter From The Farm | How a Young Lithuanian Farmer Blends Science, Soil & Community
Resilience
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August 21, 2025
ARC’s Hannes Lorenzen met Vytenis Grigas in July 2025, at a conference of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy and its new financial framework. Vytenis is a young farmer and board member of...
Lithuania accelerates Leopard 2A8 procurement, replenishes ammunition stocks
Janes
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Lithuania is procuring 44 Leopard 2A8 MBTs by 2030. (Dutch MoD) Lithuania is accelerating its Leopard 2A8 procurement with the aim of the main battle tanks (MBTs) being produced for delivery by 2030, while continuing to replenish its ammunition...
Lithuania plans 30-mile ‘Baltic defence line’ against Russian invasion
The Times
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Lithuania has outlined its plan for a 30-mile-deep ribbon of defences along its borders with Russia and Belarus, including minefields and bridges primed for demolition in the event of an invasion. Alongside Poland, the three Baltic states have...
Lithuania Invests In Tourism Businesses To Boost Nation's Profile Overseas
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of Lithuania (EIMIN) has put its money where its mouth is, allocating 78,000 euros to back 21 projects by inbound tourism operators and tourism...
Industry 4.0 on the march – 41% P5G CAGR, 11% PTT CAGR, 19% IoT (etc) CAGR
RCR Wireless News
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August 19, 2025
Private 5G spending will hit $5bn by 2028 (41% CAGR), push-to-talk revenues will reach $12bn (11% CAGR), and Industry 4.0 sales will climb to $1.6tn by 2030 (19.4% CAGR) – reflecting rapid digital transformation across sectors. In sum – what to...
World’s fact-checkers to meet in Vilnius for GlobalFact 2026
Poynter
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August 20, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (August 20, 2025) — The world’s fact-checking journalists will convene in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius for the 13th annual GlobalFact summit in June 2026. Presented by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at...
Europe's new iron curtain: Lithuania plans 30-mile-deep 'defence line' along Baltic borders with minefields, booby-trapped bridges and anti-tank dragon's teeth to stop Russia invading
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
Lithuania has revealed plans to dig a 30-mile-wide ribbon of defences on its borders with Russia and Belarus that will include minefields and bridges set to blow up in case Russia invades. The plans are part of a Baltic-wide push for more defence,...
Embraer Defense Europe Signs Strategic MoUs with Lithuanian Partners
Aviation Pros
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August 20, 2025
Embraer has signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with key Lithuanian partners, marking a step toward long-term cooperation in aerospace, defense and innovation. The agreements were signed with eight prominent Lithuanian institutions...
Belarus views industrial cooperation with Iran as promising
Tehran Times
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August 20, 2025
TEHRAN- Belarusian Industry Ministry places great importance on the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between Belarus and Iran, Belarusian Industry Minister and Co-chair of the Belarusian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission on...
COMMUNITY DIGEST: Aug. 24, 2025
The Citizens' Voice - Pennsylvania
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August 24, 2025
Wyoming Valley Lithuanian Women’s Club of Wyoming Valley meeting: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27. The Cafe, Highway 315, Plains Twp. New members welcome. For information, call Betty at 570-868-3852. Wyoming Valley Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 6:18 a.m. EDT
Imperial Valley Press - California
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Pennsylvania's Chautauqua is a summertime haven for lifelong learners MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. (AP) — The central Pennsylvania town of Mount Gretna is a throwback to the period more than a century ago when the summertime get-togethers known as...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 7:47 a.m. EDT
The Porterville Recorder - California
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Pennsylvania's Chautauqua is a summertime haven for lifelong learners MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. (AP) — The central Pennsylvania town of Mount Gretna is a throwback to the period more than a century ago when the summertime get-togethers known as...
34 facts to learn about Ukraine this Independence Day
The Kyiv Independent
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August 24, 2025
Photo taken from a drone on Aug. 20, 2023, shows the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, with the Ukrainian trident insignia being installed on a shield in the statue's left hand and the Ukrainian national flag seen on the right. The Soviet hammer and...
The Rise in Popularity of Crypto in Lithuania
Disruption Banking
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August 19, 2025
Lithuania has quickly become a European fintech powerhouse. Crypto adoption has been relatively slow to date, but is speeding up as clearer rules and new technologies make their presence felt. Bitcoin ownership in Lithuania is around 1.17 percent...
Lithuania To Advance Key Weapons Payments With Higher Borrowing Cap
MENAFN
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August 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 16. Lithuania's new government has opened the floodgates by raising the 2025 borrowing limit for defense needs by 800 million euros, allowing the Ministry of National Defense to hit the ground...
Canada to send over $700 million in drones and ammunition to Ukraine in September
The Kyiv Independent
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August 24, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 24 that his country will provide Ukraine with drones, ammunition, and armored vehicles as part of an aid package worth over one billion Canadian dollars (more than $700 million), with...
Fmr Dem Rep Says If Trump Can 'Engineer' Ukraine-Russia Deal Then He'll 'Absolutely Deserve' Nobel Peace Prize
The Daily Caller
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Former Democrat Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. said Monday on Fox News’ “The Five” that if President Donald Trump can “engineer” a deal between Ukraine and Russia then he will “absolutely deserve” the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump met with Ukrainian...
From The Beatles to Taylor Swift, why stadium concerts still resonate with fans
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 24, 2025
The Sunday MagazineHow stadium concerts changed live music, from The Beatles to Taylor Swift If Mary Grace Bova could choose to relive just one day in her life, she wouldn't hesitate for a second. It would be August 15, 1965. She was just 14,...
An inspirational Baltic trip to see Lithuanian nature-friendly farming in action
Farming Life
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August 18, 2025
The trip was a chance to share experiences and knowledge with Lithuanian environmentally-conscious farmers and understand their successes and challenges in integrating biodiversity into their farming. Our visit got underway at the aptly-named 856...
Europe’s Energy Divide: Why the Green Transition Risks Leaving Half the Continent Behind
Social Europe
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August 18, 2025
The war in Ukraine has made one thing painfully clear: reducing Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels is no longer just about fighting climate change. It is equally about preventing future inflationary shocks — like those that eroded European...