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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Lithuanians abroad are more valuable students
Starting this summer semester Lithuanians living abroad and graduates of Lithuanian schools abroad will receive special treatment in the selection process at the country's universities. The daily Vilniaus diena believes the Ministry of Education is on the wrong track with this initiative: "Should we all leave Lithuania, so that our children become more eligible for university entrance and education subsidies? ... In addition, the Education Ministry's plan is aimed less at benefiting Lithuanians living abroad than currying favour with Lithuanian universities. ... Many secondary school leavers have emigrated, while others have been scared off by the less than appealing financial aid system. The Education Ministry is pushing school leavers out of the country with one hand while stretching out the other to Lithuanians living abroad. This isn't 'positive discrimination', it's simply dishonest."
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Homo Sovieticus alive and well in Lithuania
At the EU summit on January 31, EU Commission President José Mauel Barroso called on eight EU members, including Lithuania, to take action against youth unemployment. The online edition of the daily Vilniaus diena regrets that it takes pressure from above for Lithuanian politicians to start acting: "Thanks go to EU Commission President Barroso, who cracked the whip and called attention to the major problem of youth unemployment in our country. ... Barroso unwittingly resembles the type of Moscow central committee functionary who used to perform great deeds for the party, socialism or his own clan with no more than a telephone call. And we act every bit the part of Homo Sovieticus, who only works to receive praise from on high. After Barroso pointed out this problem the Lithuanian president immediately convened her minister for labour and social policy. And on Wednesday this minister announced that the relevant institutions would work out proposals for fighting youth unemployment within a week."
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