The first results of the year 2024 in Europe are coming. And they are interesting. At least. Ember consultancy few days ago published: for the first time in 2024 solar generation overtaken coal generation (as wind overtaken gas in 2023). The use of gas was fifth year in decline:


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Today was a very special day for people interested in Lithuania's history (and neighbouring countries). Today it was revealed that the crown of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander as well as the crowns of Elisabeth von Osterreich - Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Duchess of Austria (wife of Sigismundus Augustus, the ( Read more... )

The year 2025 came. What we saw in the year 2024 and what we will see in the year 2025?

One milestone that one not big but very very advanced country achieved: nearly 90 percent (precisely 89,8 percent) cars sold in Norway in 2024 were EVs. Best result in the world and now country looking to the new milestone: if in 2025 they will achieve 100 ( Read more... )

A few days ago close to the town Panevezys near the motorway Via Baltic opened a new "fuel station". First such fuel station in the country. What's special about it? It's big and has "fuel stations" - charging points - only for EVs. There are no petrol and gasoline at all here:


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Most of the Americans oppose strongly sending US troops abroad these days. But there are some exceptions. One of these exceptions is stable and strong support of the use of American troops to defend Baltic countries if necessary. This support is stronger than similar support for the defence of Taiwan and Israel e.g.

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There are still no official confirmation here but in some countries the following commercials were made public. It seems that real legend is coming.

4 July - Stockholm, 7 July - Tampere, 10 July - Kaunas, 12 July - Warsaw :)


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Today Lithuania witnessed extraordinary event - the crash of an airplane. It should be noted that the last time the crash of Lithuanian airlines plane or other airlines plane in Lithuania happened in 1973: the crash of a plane Tupolev 124 on a flight between Vilnius and Moscow which happened in Moscow oblast (it is sometimes called "doctor's crash ( Read more... )

The difference between photos is about 100 years.  Nice colorization using AI technologies by user Edmas from miestai.net. Original of photo is in Polish state archives:


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These events happened in July but details are starting to appear only now. Simply - special services of the Russian Federation tried to organize the airline crash over the Atlantic. Simply tried to explode cargo plane between Europe and North America. Or in other words - behaved like al-Qaeda, ISIS and some other infamous organizations. It also is ( Read more... )

Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT today published interesting interview with Petras Vaitiekunas, former Lithuanian foreign affairs minister (in 2006-2008), former ambassador to Belarus and Latvia, EU envoy to Ukraine. The interview is interesting but one place I decided to translate and publish. The talk cited happened in 2008:

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