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Unfrozen life: making sense of the war through family and artLiving through the war, or next to it, is a life-altering experience. Both are traumatic in their own way. Lithuania has become a temporary home for Ukrainians fleeing the war in their homeland. For Lithuanians, this war is a painful reminder and a real threat that they have lived with every day since the start of the war. How can these experiences be related? Can they enrich both nations’ understanding and help them make sens
2023 01 23 17:05
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Locking the Door at Night—CybervigilanceThe annual hit to the global economy from cybercrime was estimated at more than $6 trillion in 2021. If that were a nation, then the country of cybercrime would be the world's third-largest economy after the United States and China, notes Cybercrime Magazine. Contributions from the EEA and Norway Grants have created a team to investigate human behaviour in cybersecurity and formulate methodologies to fight back. The project Advancing Human Performan
2023 01 23 17:03
Read moreInterim evaluation of the 2014–2021 EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms for Lithuania
In order to evaluate the implementation process, relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact of the 2014–2021 EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms for Lithuania, private limited company UAB „Smart Continent LT“, upon the request of the Lithuanian National Focal Point, conducted the interim evaluation of the Financial Mechanisms.
2023 01 11 13:24
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Strengthening the prevention of domestic violenceThis year Lithuania has seen fewer outbreaks of domestic violence than in the previous year, which were particularly high due to the quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the problem remains relevant, with a hundred and a half cases of violence reported every day. The Police Department's measures, such as the purchase of body cameras, a risk management information system and the training of thousands of officers, are expected t
2022 12 22 11:33
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Behind the scenes of "Tower of Babel": from an idea to the processTower of Babel. Planet Earth/Game Over/Reset - one of the largest international productions in the history of Lithuanian theatre. Four European theatres - Norway, Iceland, Hungary and Lithuania (The National Kaunas Drama Theatre) - joined forces to create a joint production. The creators share their impressions and thoughts about working together with their partners.
2022 12 12 17:31
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The project known as the 'cultural heritage ambulance' completes its first phase"To prevent heritage from losing its pulse" - this is the aim of the FIXUS Mobilis team, which has been successfully operating in Lithuania for three years now, taking care of the preventive maintenance of cultural heritage objects. The activity is similar to that of doctors: they go to see the patients - cultural objects; they are given the most appropriate treatment - preventive maintenance work is ca
2022 12 12 17:16
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The international symposium gathered researchers of religions and gender equality in EuropeHow do religions relate to implementing and understanding gender equality in European countries? All religions provide some reflection on gender and embody gender ideologies in their teachings and practices. What are these reflections, and how do religion, gender, and ‘genderism’ interact in contemporary society to shape the perceptions and practices of gender equality? The International Sym
2022 11 30 16:37
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Aristavėlė‘s Manor begins its journey around LithuaniaThe desire to change one's surroundings, at least occasionally, is a characteristic not only of today's man, but also of the 18th- and 19th-century lord of the manor. Chests full of fans, pipes, books, purses and other precious things would be the first to arrive at the residences, together with the servants, and once they were settled, so would their lords. One of these summer residences was Aristavėlė‘s manor, which is star
2022 11 15 16:16
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A new free service for families with a newborn - home visitationA service popular in foreign countries, where specialists visit woman who are pregnant, have given birth or are raising children under age of 2 at their home, is now also offered in Lithuania. The aim is to help families acquire skills in caring for babies and treating children well, as well as to help mothers get a foothold in the labour market, recognise postnatal depression and prevent domestic violence.
2022 10 17 09:29
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As the demand for psychological services grows, more opportunities to take care of yourself are availableOn 10 October, we celebrated World Mental Health Day. It was a reminder that the psychological health of the world's population is getting worse. The statistics for the Lithuanian population are not encouraging either - the results of the latest 2019 survey conducted by the Lithuanian Statistics Department revealed that as many as 18% of the population had experienced symptoms of depre
2022 10 13 14:06
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