EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA Markta Urbnkov and Ondej - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

Markéta Urbánková and Ondřej Bažant

• Ambassador
• EDVILAS RAUDONIKIS
• Education: Charles University in Prague, M.A.

in Political science and Czech language

• Second secretary
• MINDAUGAS STANYS

Our questions:

• What do you think about the Czech cuisine?
• - It is fat, with a lot of sugar, cabbage and potatoes. And it is a bit similar to our

cuisine.

• What about the relationship between the Baltic States?
• They are like three sisters, they cooperate together. Three small states next to one big-
• Russia. In the past there were some silly wars, such as, egg war, chicken war, etc.
• What is the Lithuanians´ religion?
• People belong to Roman Catholic Church and are very faithful.

• What do you like about the Czech Republic?
• The mountains! I like skiing and hiking. And also beer, but it is much less strong than the

Lithuanian’s. When we go to the pub we usually have one or two glasses of beer, not six as in the Czech Republic. Czechs drink because they love socialising, discussing problems, their lives…

• What do you think about Russian policy?
• *shows the map* Here is Kaliningrad area and here is Lithuania. In Kaliningrad area are

more than 50% of citizens connected to a military. I guess, you can imagine, what can happen…

• How long have you been to the Czech Republic?
• Since 2014.
• Where were you before coming to the Czech Republic?
• In Belarus. It was completely different. They clim that they are democratic state with
• freedom. But in fact there is a censorship…
• How many languages can you speak?
• Four except Lithuanian. I understand Polish, I have 12 years of experience with Russian,

than Byelorussian and Ukrainian. Then little bit Czech and French.

• What about languages in Lithuania?
• There is Lithuanian language, than Latvian and in the past also Prussian. We are very

proud of our language. And we are always trying to save it from different influences, mainly from the Slavic languages. And the letter-w- is an issue for Polish minority (8%) because it isn´tin dictionaires.

• What are the most important character qualities for being good

diplomat?

• You don´t have to be shy! You have to be talkative, have big general overview, have

knowledge of the language and be able to move out of every situation. Be able to answer any question: Can you milk a cow?

• And why is good to study in Lithuania?
• Because you can speak Russian, education of English is on an high level and IT

technology is very good too.

Yummy, tinginys

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION