Today, Norway celebrates 209 years of independence. Although Norway is not a member of the European Union, together with the countries of the Old Continent it is building a green, competitive and inclusive Europe. Norway supports Lithuania's economic and social development. Since 2004, Lithuania has received almost €270 million in funding from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway. With this support, Lithuania and Norway are strengthening ties in th

Exactly 37 years ago, on 26 April 1986, a cloud of radioactive material covered Europe. But for 36 hours after the event, the population was left in the dark, which experts say was one of the biggest mistakes in the response to the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The delay in informing at the time meant catastrophic consequences. To prevent a repetition, every effort is being made toda

In the first month of 2023, two-year project „Integration of the Voss model for the development of cultural accessibility and strengthening of cultural education in Panevėžys region“ activities, implemented by Panevėžys district municipality administration together with partners – Panevėžys district Naujamiestis Cultural center–Art Gallery and Voss Cultural School from Norway, has ended.

The public libraries of Panevėžys, Klaipėda and Kaunas districts offer meaningful, useful and high-quality leisure activities for children and teenagers aged 10-15. Draugoteka - a free, new and innovative mobile app for Android and iOS mobile devices - has been launched.

Do you know how children with language disorders communicate? The Alternative Communication - Symbol System method has been developed to help children who are unable to express their thoughts properly in words. The idea is to help the child to express his or her thoughts by using paper cards with different pictures on which the child can put together word combinations to communicate with others.

The Lithuanian Probation Service, as part of the project "Development of Quality Based Lithuanian Correctional Service System" is launching new activities at Pravieniškės Prison No.1 and Vilnius Prison to help prisoners prepare for life in freedom. Probation officers will be assisted by electronic monitoring specialists, mediators and social workers.

Living 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

The 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

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.

This 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