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☆ I live in Lithuania, the happiest place on earth for under 30s. As a very happy 28-year-old, here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with a digital marketer Aivaras Vilutis, about being a 28-year-old living in Vilnius, Lithuania. I've lived here most of my adult life. Vilnius is an affordable location for young peopleWhile working in Vilnius, I've earned more than my parents did in their small town. I prefer Vilnius to other places I've lived as a young personI love my country. I don't think people in old age would classify Lithuania as one of the happiest places in the world.

Persons: —, Aivaras, I've, I'd, didn't, We're, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, NASA, Nord Security Locations: Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuanian, neurophysics, America, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Italy, it's, Soviet, Portugal

☆ A couple headed to Spain on vacation was instead flown 1,500 miles away to Eastern Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementPassengers with disabilities or reduced mobility are legally entitled to special assistance without an additional charge when flying from the UK, the US, and many other countries. "We have been away lots of times and always had special assistance, so this was nothing new to us," Victoria told the BBC. AdvertisementIn a statement sent to Business Insider, a Ryanair spokesperson said special assistance is "provided by Bristol Airport's special assistance provider — not Ryanair." "We sincerely apologise to these passengers for any inconvenience caused as a result of Bristol Airport's special assistance provider's error and have assured that they will be fully compensated by Bristol Airport," the statement concluded. AdvertisementA spokesperson for Bristol Airport told BI that the situation is being investigated, and the couple will be contacted to "direct their complaint to the correct business partner for resolution."

Persons: —, Victoria Gore, Andrew, Victoria Organizations: Service, BBC News, Ryanair, Business, Bristol Airport, Bristol Airport's, BBC, Kaunas Airport, Department of Transportation, Bristol, BI, ABM Locations: Spain, Andrew, Barcelona, Victoria, Lithuania, England, Bristol, Kaunas, Riga, Latvia

☆ The global treasures in the running for UNESCO’s World Heritage status
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is reviewing nominations from both 2022 and 2023, with participants from across the world attending the session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to examine almost 50 contenders. According to UNESCO, sites must be of “outstanding universal value” to be included on the World Heritage List. So far, the World Heritage Committee has inscribed approximately 1,157 sites in 167 different countries onto the World Heritage List. Seo Heun Kang/UNESCO World Heritage Nomination OfficeOnly those countries that sign the convention creating the World Heritage Committee and list are permitted to nominate sites. Gordion, the capital city of ancient Phrygia in Ankara, Turkey, is also nominated for a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Persons: John E, Seo Heun Kang, Bale, Gordion, Mustafa Ciftci, Midas, Morten Rasmussen, Sarah Langrand, Dominique Marck, Bani Ma’arid, Bani Ma'arid, Hamad Al Qahtani, Koh Ker, Mount Pelée, Canada Bale, Francesca Street Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Cultural Organization, UNESCO World Heritage, Heritage, World, Anadolu Agency, Danish Agency for Culture, Fine Arts Department, de Nîmes, National Center for Wildlife, Architectural Museum, Kazan Federal University, Khinalig, Tunisia ESMA Museum, Clandestine Center of Detention, Wooden Posts, Greece Historic Center of Guimarães Locations: Gaya, Denmark, Thai, Ohio, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Hancock, United States, Goryeong, South Korea, Addis Ababa, Phrygia, Turkey, Ankara, B.C.E, Madagascar, Si Thep, Thailand, Si, Nîmes, France, Gorokhovets, Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Erfurt, Germany, Cambodia, Khmer, Courland, Latvia, Kaunas, Lithuania, Ab’aj, Guatemala, India, Karakum, Tajikistan, Menorca, Spain, Ethiopia, Iran, Klondike, Canada, Czech, Odzala, Kokoua, Congo, Mount, Northern Martinique, Benin Ha Long, Ba Archipelago, Vietnam, Forests, Azerbaijan, Jericho, Palestinian Territories, Kazan, Tunisia, Argentina, Belgium, Suriname Royal, Netherlands, Anatolia, Bisesero, Rwanda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Masouleh, Turan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Northern Apennines, Italy, Tajikistan Highlands, Mongolian, Mongolia, Greece, Portugal

☆ Germany must decide where Patriot missiles are stationed, says Polish president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WARSAW, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It is Germany's decision where its Patriot air defence units are stationed, the Polish president said on Friday, adding that it would be better for Poland's security if they were on Ukrainian territory near the border. "From a military point of view, it would be best if they were located in Ukraine to also protect Polish territory, then they would protect both Ukraine and Poland most effectively," Andrzej Duda told a news conference in Kaunas, Lithuania. "But the decision rests with the German side." Reporting by Alan Charlish and Pawel FlorkiewiczOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

"We are talking with our allies about how to handle Poland's ... suggestion," a German government spokesperson told reporters in Berlin. Berlin offered Warsaw the Patriot system to help secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed and killed two people in Poland last week. Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak later asked Germany to send the fire units to Ukraine instead. Stoltenberg's comments came after German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht on Thursday said sharing Germany's Patriot units outside NATO territory would require prior discussions with NATO and the allies. Duda later said that Germany could send the Patriot units to Ukraine without NATO troops to operate them, something he says Kyiv has been asking for for a while.

☆ ȚSKA Moscova a obținut a opta victorie consecutivă în Euroliga de baschet
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Formația din Moscova împarte primele două locuri în clasament cu Barcelona. Catalanii au învins, acasă, cu 87-71 pe Olimpia Milano. Cel mai frumos slam dunk al confruntării l-a reușit jucătorul leton din lotul Barcei, Roland Smits.Într-un alt meci, Zalgiris Kaunas s-a impus în deplasare cu 81-69 în fața grecilor de la Panathinaikos Atena.Paulius Jankunas a jucat a 354-a sa partidă în Euroliga de baschet, ce reprezintă un record absolut.La acest capitol, jucătorul formației lituaniene l-a depășit pe spaniolul Felipe Reyes de la Real Madrid.

Persons: Roland, Panathinaikos Atena.Paulius Jankunas, Felipe Reyes Organizations: Olimpia Milano, Panathinaikos Atena.Paulius, Real Madrid Locations: Moscova, Barcelona, Kaunas

Înainte de „Chernobyl”, lucrarea sa cea mai apreciată a fost scenariul filmului „The Hangover Part II” (6.5), potrivit Meduza.io. Scriitorul consideră că trecerea lui de la comedii la un film istoric despre o catastrofă este una „destul de consecventă”: „Am apărat întotdeauna autorii comediilor. M-am gândit la istoriile pe care le spunem în Occident despre Holocaust și despre cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial și despre faptul că ne străduim să nu distorsionăm realitatea, pentru că acesta este un semn de respect”. Am încercat să o redăm așa cum a fost această catastrofă, cum a fost simțită Au fost multe nuanțe. Noul film a fost anunțat pe Instagram de producatorul lui Danila Kozlovski - Alexandr Rodnianski.

Persons: Craig Mazin, Mazin, Marlon Wayans, Vechnaya, June, suedez Stakka Bo, Chanel, Johan Renk, Stakka Bo, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, David Bowie, Senna Walenberg, Scenaristul, Filmările, Chris Watson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Luke Hull, Odile Dix, Merier, Alexei Muradov, Igor Petrenko, Nadejda Mihalkov, Danila, Ananenko, Alexandr Rodnianski Organizations: Universitatea Princeton ., Pripyat, CIA Locations: Brooklyn, New Jersey, suedez, Stockholm, Cernobîl, Occident, Holocaust, Lituania, Kiev, Vilnius, Moscova, Kaunas

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