TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. Local and with small funds, mostly subsidized by government and EU. Lithuania is now fourth in the global fintech ranking after the U,S,, the U,K, and Singapore. What are the tech investors like?

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Yesterday, Meta blocked RT and Sputnik on both Instagram and Facebook after receiving requests to do so from a number of governments in the EU. It’s the latest example of internet platforms blocking Russian media outlets in response to the war. TikTok also banned the two channels.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

This week, TechSoup Global/Guidestar International's Keisha Taylor has been participating in the Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania. A beautiful rendition of "What a Wonderful World" opened this year's IGF in Vilnius, Lithuania. read more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

What’s notable here is that Vilnius, Lithuania-based Nord has been bootstrapped for the last 10 years (it was founded in 2012), a state that doesn’t seem to have held back its growth. This round values the startup at $1.6

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

And the French government is taking advantage of this opportunity to make some progress on the tech startup policy front. At least 16 countries have agreed to sign the pledge — Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Poland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal and Spain.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

Parliamentarians from the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia had all arranged video calls with a hoaxer claiming to be Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to imprisoned Russian anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny. . | Artist: William Joel. We don’t want to harm our country”. They plainly know which side their bread is buttered.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

Twitter makes its API free for public announcement accounts Twitter announced on May 2 that it is making its API free for verified government or public-owned services posting about public utility alerts such as weather alerts, transportation information and emergency warnings. But once you refresh the page it disappears.

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