Life At Bonnier - Verslo Žinios

Meet Charles Amyx

By Bert Menninga on 2011-10-04
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GROW participant finds his way north from Winter Park to Vilnius.

When navigating a new city, if you bring a compass make sure it truly points north. So says Charles Amyx, who moved from Winter Park, Florida to Vilnius, Lithuania for three months under the GROW program. "I had brought a cheap button-sized compass with me because I thought it was one of those things I needed," says Amyx. "So, my very first day here I thought I should go to the grocery store for water and other necessities. I searched for one on Google Maps, made a note that it was northeast of my flat, and struck out on my first adventure in a new country.

Meet Josh Rashkin

By Bert Menninga on 2011-06-14
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GROW participant Josh Rashkin goes outside his comfort zone in Lithuania and finds things are actually pretty comfortable.

At the Bonnier Mountain Group in the U.S., Josh Rashkin, 29, is a web producer interactive developer, and at Lithuanian business daily Verslo Žinios, where he is on a three-month exchange with GROW, his title is interaktyvūs web programuotojo, which means interactive web developer.

Verslo Žinios Helps Business Help Charities

By Bert Menninga on 2010-12-10
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Verslo Zinios' Sales Champions League raises support for Save the Children and other organizations.

When Lithuanian business daily Verslo Žinios partnered with TMD Partners consulting firm to create the Sales Champions League, the participating companies weren't the only ones to benefit. While the goal of the competition ultimately is to help Lithuanian businesses improve their sales, the second phase of the Sales Champions League pitted sales teams against each other in garnering support for three different non-profits: Save the Children, Pifas animal shelters and youth development organization Kitas Variantas.

Verslo Zinios Gets New Managing Director

By Bert Menninga on 2010-07-13
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Ugnius Jankauskas takes over as managing director for Verslo Zinios. Former managing director Rolandas Barysas will continue to focus on the editorial side of the business.

Ugnius Jankauskas, 37, was appointed Managing Director of the publishing house Verslo Žinios in Lithiania on July 12.  He will replace former CEO Rolandas Barysas, who will remain editor-in-chief  of the business daily Verslo Žinios.

Front Page for Posterity

By Bert Menninga on 2010-05-28
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Verslo Zinios becomes a part of history at the Central European Bank.

How do you give future generations a taste of what life is like today? One way is by burying a time capsule with a range of objects that represent our daily lives. And what better way to show daily life than a page from a newspaper?

Setting an Example by Going Green

By Bert Menninga on 2010-05-10
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Lithuanian business daily Verslo Žinios chose to not only take its own environmental initiatives, but to use its influential position to encourage other companies to do so as well.

Newspapers around the world are looking at how they can be more environmentally responsible through a variety of initiatives.