Ten Useful and Interesting Links about Lithuania

Published: 20 May 2002 y., Monday
The Customs of Lithuania
www.cust.lt/eng Often foreign guests face weird and unusual legal order on the Lithuanian border. As far as Lithuania is not EU member, there will be a lot of misunderstandings in Lithuanian customs. This page provides information about customs and legal stuff every foreigner should know.
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The Competition Cauncil
www.konkuren.lt/english The Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania is an independent observing institution of fair competition. If some companies make anti-trust agreements or unfair competition is uncovered, the Council takes legal actions to stop this. Find out more about competition regulation in Lithuania.
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Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists
www.lpk.lt/eng.html The Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists is a very powerful institution uniting Lithuania businessmen. The Confederation can influence policymaking and push the Government expressing the ideas about Lithuanian business development. Recently the Confederation declared its position about illegal software and the legislation concerning it.
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Dorado Raganos Sci-Fi club
www.qedata.se/dr/eindex.htm Lithuanians are not so brilliant in science fiction, the writers are not known in the world. In Lithuania the interest in sci-fi literature is enormous, there are some clubs, anual conferences are held, etc. This site can only introduce to Lithuanian science fiction.
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InfoBalt Copyright Agency
www.infobalt.lt/agentura/english The copyright issues are very painful for Lithuanian businessmen and clerks. The legal software costs a lot but not everybody can afford it, so illegal software usage begins. Agency fights for the rights of software producers and consumers, introduce legal instruments how to improve the present situation.
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English-Lithuanian dictionary online
http://alkonas.fotonija.lt The main problem of Lithuanian Internet is the lack of English versions of the sites. Sometimes some useful information is available in Lithuanian only and foreigners cannot read it because of language. Now there is an online dictionary. Just copy the Lithuanian word and paste it in the field, then press "iðversti" button. Very helpful for learners.
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Legal Information Center
www.litlex.lt/Litlex/defaulte.htm This site contains some basic Lithuanian laws. Pity, but only a small part of them are translated to English. These are basic business laws. Foreign investors are interested in how to start a business in Lithuania, so these laws are helpful in understanding the system.
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Lithuanian World Center
http://www.lwc.lt/index_en.htm The organization to assemble all powers of Lithuanian scientists and authors to create and express the idea of free Lithuania. This organization promotes scientists and young emigration generation who are forgetting the mother tongue.

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Your ideas online
www2.omnitel.net/idea2000/indexa.htm Laws are based on smart or not so smart personal experience. Here one can find the idea and to put his/her own. Interesting site, please visit it.
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Vilnius Hitch-Hiking Club
www.autostop.lt/main.html Lithuania is hitchhiking friendly country. Many students go home before weekends this way; drivers are used to see a row of people standing on a highway. This is not prohibited by Lithuanian traffic rules as in Western Europe. Lithuanian hitchhikers travel around the world and their impression can be found on this page, also a lot of tips and instructions.
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