- Aurelijus Zykas: “I am always amazed and fascinated by the ability of the Japanese to enjoy and value very tiny, miscellaneous hings”
You say Japanese is too hard to learn, let alone, to excel?
- How an Irish Journalist’s sojourn in Riga turned into something much lengthier
Having pondered moving to Australia, where her aunt lives, Doireann Mc Dermott, a journalist and anthropologist by profession, chose Riga instead.
- Chairman of PLJS Vladas Oleinikovas: ‘I wish we would look for commonalities instead of drawing lines between each other
28-year-old Vladas Oleinikovas was born in the second largest city of Lithuania, Kaunas.
- Agnia Grigas: “Theorists were wrong – nationalism is not dead and nation states are not going away”
Charming and savvy Agnia Grigas, an American political scientist, author and energy expert of Lithuanian descent, is a desired keynote speaker on any international panel, however, she takes a particular pride in having expertly contributed to several major Lithuanian business projects.
- Former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus: “Once you put your hand on the Constitution, your life changes forever”
Valdas Adamkus, the first president of a post-1990 independent Lithuania, is great to talk to. Attentive, friendly, insightful and open, Adamkus is a trove to any journalist willing to convey the messages the 92-year-old has for everyone: modernity cannot deny traditions but eyes cannot be closed to the societal developments of the world, and in Lithuania heroes do not sit in presidential palaces but are among the hard-working tenacious grassroots.
- An American’s journey: from running major editorial offices to owning a diligence company
Preston Smith, an American who has spent the last 27 years in Eastern Europe (he has been living in Warsaw for the last couple of decades now), had been an intrepid zealot-type investigative journalist and editor before setting up his diligence company in Warsaw.
- How one humble Latvian American makes a big change in Latvian kids’ lives
When Ilze Kreismane (in Latvian – Kreišmane), a Latvian American, in 1993 visited Latvia with her daughter, she knew right away that she wanted to live here.
- “Like Stockholm syndrome victims, the Soviet generation developed warm feelings towards its tormentor”
My journalistic inclination to provoke a little dangerously backfired with Nijole Ozelyte, a prominent Lithuanian actress and a signatory of the 1990 Lithuanian Independence Restoration Act.
- Presidential hopeful: Unfortunately, we deny Christianity and the Pope’s moral authority
The line-up of Lithuania’s presidential candidates in the 2019 election is far from being clear so far, yet one figure, Arvydas Juozaitis, stands out.
- Latvian and Estonia resolved the dual citizenship issue, Lithuania should do the same
Having left Lithuania for the United States in 2001, Rimvydas Baltaduonis, a resident of Utena in northeastern Lithuania, has seen his life unravel in the most amazing way.
- Tomboy-nerd no more, but still unwilling to ‘know her place’
Every year, Yale, one of the world’s top universities, awards a prestigious Joseph P. Kazickas Fellowship to one most deserving and promising Lithuanian scholar.
- I have a Dream, or where would I like to live?
When somebody asks me where I would like to live, I always reply: “Lithuania.” Having said that, I have been living between Switzerland and Lithuania for many years now and if I am completely honest, I spend more time in Switzerland.