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“The country’s name is most famous for those who direct their talents in the right direction, who create and spread a culture that is not afraid to be different, sometimes even risk their lives. There is not and cannot be an exhaustive list of merits for Lithuania. , because each case is, and should be, unique, ”says G. Nausėda’s speech announced by the Office of the President.
Rimvydas Tumas, Head of the Department of Day Surgery at the Panevėžys Republican Hospital, and Dalius Vitkus, Head of the Laboratory Medicine Center of the Santara Clinics of the Vilnius University Hospital, received state awards.
Also awarded were Šarūnas Mačinskas, Head of the Outpatient Services Coordination Service of the Kaunas Clinics, Rokas Abraitis, Deputy Director of the Life Sciences Center of the Vilnius University, and Kristina Daniūnaitė, researcher of the Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory of the National Institute Cancer.
Donatas Miezenas, doctor of the Ukmergė Hospital and Marius Ellikas, Emergency Coordinator of the Emergency and Admission Department of the Šiauliai Republican Hospital, Deputy Director of the Institute of Biosciences of the Life Sciences Center of the University of Vilnius, who gathered a team of volunteers to study COVID-19
In presenting the awards, the President hoped that the focus on fighting the crisis would become an inspiration for future work that would strengthen Lithuania.
Remembering this commotion, when the entire country had to mobilize in the face of a coronavirus pandemic, we express our deepest gratitude to our doctors, who were at the forefront of the difficult struggle, and to all those who came to the aid when it was most needed. . On this State Day, we have agreed not only to be defeated, but also strengthened. We have seen how much we can do working together, ”says the President.
Athletes, artists, scientists, sponsors and other well-known figures from Lithuanian and foreign society were also honored with the awards.
Among them is the European pentathlete and world champion Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė. The highest order is dedicated to him: the Grand Cross of the Commander of the Order of Gediminas.
Opera soloist Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Nigro, Nobel Laureate in Economics Robertas Shiller, writer, translator and art critic Alfonsas Andriuškevičius, professor at Klaipėda University and archaeologist Vladas Žulkus also received awards on the occasion of State Day.
The awards were also presented to the president of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Jūris Banis, the businessman and patron Ramūnas Garbaravičius, art critic Rūta Janonienė, actors Liubomir Laucevičius, Jūratė Onaitytė, composer Maolelis, actor and director Valentinas Masalskis, choreographer Para Marche and others.
The winners list includes Justas Janauskas, Mantas Mikuckas and Milda Mitkutė, the founders of Lithuania’s first unicorn starter Vinted.
Žygimantas Kaminskas, cadet of General Jonas Žemaitis’ Lithuanian Military Academy, received the Cross of Salvation from the Dead after rescuing a deceased boy and four men from the Baltic Sea last August.
On July 6, the President awards prizes to famous and deserving people of Lithuania on the occasion of the coronation day of King Mindaugas of Lithuania.
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