Lithuania

Popkin BM. U. S. adolescent food intake trends from 1965 to 1996. Arch Dis Child 2000;83) Recently the small country of Lithuania has banned the sale of energy drinks, like Redbull and Monster, to anyone under eighteen years old because of the health dangers it possesses, such as obesity. (Stole,Esterl,Robinson, “Lithuania Bans Energy Drinks Sales to Minors”) Aside from that, Lithuania also has a policy along…

covered in chocolate and coconut. Vilnius is the largest city in the country of Lithuania, and it is the Capital. The weather in Vilnius is really cold in the winter, and cool in the summer. The people of Vilnius mostly speak Lithuanian, which is one of the oldest languages still used today. Lithuania is in the continent of Europe. The most popular sport in the country is basketball. This summer soup is found in Lithuania. The soup is made from sour milk and beets, which makes it purple. The…

The main objective of sustainable development in Lithuania is to achieve by 2020, the development level of the EU countries of 2003, according to the indicators of economic and social development as well as to the efficiency in consumption of resources, and to stay within the EU’s permissible limits, according…

Finding a job in this era was quite a challenge in and of itself. As one immigrant on the hunt for work described, “There was a crowd of about 200 men waiting for a job… twenty three were taken” (Antanas Kaztauskis, "From Lithuania to the Chicago Stockyards," Digital History. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2015. 5). This shows how few people were able to even get a job at the time. Then, the people that did secure employment put their health and even lives at risk every day by showing…

While Chiune was stationed in Lithuania, he saved about 6,000 Jewish people. This shows that he stayed strong and continued to sign visas, even when he knew that he would be punished for it. Consequently, the Japanese government found out he was illegally signing visas, leading to him…

This situation continued as Poland and Lithuania formed the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569, after almost two centuries of personal union. There were examples of legal discrimination against Tatars - for example, the first legal code of the Grand Duchy, passed by its parliament in 1529, prohibited Tatars from testifying against Christians in court. Nevertheless, this law was repealed in 1568, shortly before the Commonwealth’s formation. Settlement also came at a price. Tatar settlers…

genocide was one of the reasons why people felt sympathy towards the Jews, and the need to help. Chiune Sugihara was one of these people. Sugihara was a Consul-General from Japan who traveled to Lithuania at the beginning of World War II and decided to hand write visas to the Polish Jewish refugees in Lithuania. The horrendous events that took place during the Holocaust remind the human race to preserve its legacy, and never let it happen again. Sugihara’s story helped preserve the legacy of the…

had our ancestors remained in Lithuania, they would either have been killed, or indeed forced to abandon their traditions. By remaining, they would be victimized. By immigrating, my ancestors were given the opportunity to make their own choices about how to best to live their lives. For example, upon arriving in America, the Rudman’s clung to many of their traditional beliefs. Many kept kosher, married other Jews (often within their own family, as they had in Lithuania… my great grandparents…

world. It has seen the origins of the Turkish Empire, the Russian royalty of the Dark Ages, the Byzantine Empire, the United Socialist States of Russia. Its current nation-states include: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The similarities in these countries are seen most clearly in their language, religion and cuisine. Russian is the…

divorce, my mother decided to move to the United States of America. This had a great impact on my life, as I had to choose between two people and two different countries. The internal dilemma of choosing whether I wanted to stay in my birth country, Lithuania, or adventure into the unknown was the scariest and most difficult decision I have ever made. I always saw America as the land of opportunity and a better life. However, I was hesitant to make such a great life change and move there. The…