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According to the data published in the quarterly airport review of ACI EUROPE (European Region of Airports Council International) for the first quarter of this year, Vilnius International Airport (VIA) is one of the fastest growing airports in Europe.
VIA is in the third place among 106 European airports in terms of the increase in the number of flights. The number of flights served at VIA during the first quarter of 2010 amounted to 5,863, which is 24.5 per cent more than during the same quarter of 2009.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (Belgium) and Antalya Airport (Turkey) are the two fastest growing airports in Europe with the actual increase in the number of flights amounting to 49.2 and 28.4 respectively. In terms of this particular indicator, VIA is the leader among the airports situated in the capital cities of Europe, most of which witnessed a reduction or only a slight increase in the number of flights. As compared to the neighbouring countries, the growth in the number of flights served at VIA was the fastest with that in Riga Airport amounting to 11.1 per cent (13 912 flights) and the number of flights served at Tallinn Airport going down by 3.4 per cent (5 968 flights). “The figures and tendencies show that the company has chosen the right strategy, and that competitive pricing, effective management and the optimisation of business processes at Vilnius International Airport have resulted in positive outcomes,” – says Director General of VIA Tomas Vaišvila. ACI EUROPE in its review says that VIA is in the fifteenth position in Europe among 106 airports according to the growth in the number of passengers. “The chosen strategy and the decisions taken some time ago are bringing the expected results. We already see the increasing number of routs and flights to Vilnius International Airport. Yet another important step would be to increase the flow of passengers travelling to this region, however this is the task that needs to be undertaken together with the institutions responsible for tourism,” – says Mr. Eligijus Masiulis, the Minister of Transport and Communications. Currently 15 airlines are operating regular routs from Vilnius and offering their passengers 25 direct flights.
Oct
6
Author and director of texts: Kristian Smeds (Finland)
Choreographer: Ari Numminen (Finland)
Date: 15 and 16 September
Venue: Main Stage of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, GediminoAv.4
Designer of video projections: Ville Hyvönen (Finland)
Dramatist: Ivo Kuyl (Belgium)
Stahe-manager and costume designer: Jūratė Paulėkaitė (Lithuania)
Designer of lights: Gérard Maraite (Belgium)
2069. The almighty European Union has occipied the whole continent and assumed a new antique name of the Roman Empire. There are no boundaries, languages, and all national customs and singularities are prohibited. However, the Romans discover a group of rebels. They are Finnish. They live in a huge container, foster their native language and customs and deny all laws of the new Empire. The cosy micro-universe has everything what a Finn needs – from karaoke to sauna. All the more, the Finns are drinking a magic ancient drink (pontikka), which gives unearthly powers to them.
This artistic vision of Kristian Smeds – one of the most famous Finnish dramatist and theatre director created with the assistance of Jūratė Paulėkaitė – the recognised stage-manager from Lithuania and the international group of actors, dancers and musicians. This critical project elaborates on thoughts and expectations of residents of the contemporary EU. The play accentuates changes affecting both, issues of the European and of the national identity. The project will involve the most outstanding institutions of culture and famous artists from Finland, Belgium, Austria and Lithuania. This international project of high artistic quality is aimed at establishing a permanent dialogue and cooperation between artists representing a multifaceted cultural foundation of Europe.
Nov
2
Vilnius Television Tower is considered to be the symbol of Lithuania’s struggle for independence and democracy.
The city’s TV tower was the site of the bloodiest episode in Lithuania’s drive for freedom in the early ’90s. In the morning hours of January 13, 1991, Soviet troops stormed the tower, which was surrounded by hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, including many women and teenagers. Thirteen civilians were shot dead or crushed by advancing Soviet tanks. Crosses and flowers are placed at the base of the tower in memory of those who died, there is also a small exhibition devoted to the massacre inside the tower itself.
A lift goes up as far as the observation deck at 165 m, which rotates slowly on its own axis, and offers sweeping views over the city. Visitors can enjoy a meal or just have a cup of coffee in the restaurant “Milky Way”.
Every year on December 25 Vilnius TV Tower becomes the tallest Christmas tree not only in Lithuania but in all Europe as well.
This view makes a very big impression when you see it sparkling far away from the city centre. Visitors from foreign countries compare TV Tower to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Oct
3
Several countries claim to be at the heart of Europe, but according to the research of the French National Geographic Institute, the one and only geographical central point of the continent is in Lithuania, a fact that has even won recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 1989, a group of French scientists from the institute announced that the geographical centre of Europe was just to the north of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius – 26 kilometres to be exact – near the village of Purnuðkës.
The map references of their version of the centre of Europe are
54 degrees, 54 minutes latitude and 25 degrees,
19 minutes longitude.
