Europe shouldn’t be squeamish about seizing frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine keep fighting, according to Lithuanian central banker Gediminas Šimkus.
ECB’s Šimkus backs EU plan to mobilize Russian cash for Ukraine’s defense
Legal niceties aren’t the only way that Europe can lose trust in its currency, Baltic governor warns.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Europe shouldn’t be squeamish about seizing frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine keep fighting, according to Lithuanian central banker Gediminas Šimkus.
March 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“The Wise Old Man" by Žygimantas Amelynas and Tadas Šimkus (Kaunas, Lithuania).
September 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
“The Wise Old Man" by Žygimantas Amelynas and Tadas Šimkus (Kaunas, Lithuania).
Even the revolution's leader needs to rest at some point
3D model ports by @/Zeppersart #simarkus #simkus #daz3dstudio
3D model ports by @/Zeppersart #simarkus #simkus #daz3dstudio
November 28, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Even the revolution's leader needs to rest at some point
3D model ports by @/Zeppersart #simarkus #simkus #daz3dstudio
3D model ports by @/Zeppersart #simarkus #simkus #daz3dstudio
"Europe shouldn’t be squeamish about seizing frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine keep fighting, according to Lithuanian central banker Gediminas Šimkus."
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ECB’s Šimkus backs EU plan to mobilize Russian cash for Ukraine’s defense
Legal niceties aren’t the only way that Europe can lose trust in its currency, Baltic governor warns.
www.politico.eu
September 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"Europe shouldn’t be squeamish about seizing frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine keep fighting, according to Lithuanian central banker Gediminas Šimkus."
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BBC Radio 3
Composer of the Week: Christmas in Latvia
Now Playing
Peteris Vasks, Vestards Šimkus, Latvian Radio Chorus & Sigvards Kļava
The Fruit of Silence
Composer of the Week: Christmas in Latvia
Now Playing
Peteris Vasks, Vestards Šimkus, Latvian Radio Chorus & Sigvards Kļava
The Fruit of Silence
December 24, 2024 at 4:35 PM
BBC Radio 3
Composer of the Week: Christmas in Latvia
Now Playing
Peteris Vasks, Vestards Šimkus, Latvian Radio Chorus & Sigvards Kļava
The Fruit of Silence
Composer of the Week: Christmas in Latvia
Now Playing
Peteris Vasks, Vestards Šimkus, Latvian Radio Chorus & Sigvards Kļava
The Fruit of Silence
1980 Gottlieb Time Line widebody pinball machine.
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #1980s #gottliebpinball #brewery
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #1980s #gottliebpinball #brewery
March 25, 2026 at 3:40 PM
1980 Gottlieb Time Line widebody pinball machine.
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #1980s #gottliebpinball #brewery
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #1980s #gottliebpinball #brewery
1980 Stern Electronics Flight 2000 widebody pinball machine.
6,301 units produced. Designed by Harry Williams with art by Gerry Simkus and Doug Watson and code by Bill Pfutzenreuter.
#pinball #arcade #marlboroughma #1980s #sternpinball
6,301 units produced. Designed by Harry Williams with art by Gerry Simkus and Doug Watson and code by Bill Pfutzenreuter.
#pinball #arcade #marlboroughma #1980s #sternpinball
May 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
1980 Stern Electronics Flight 2000 widebody pinball machine.
6,301 units produced. Designed by Harry Williams with art by Gerry Simkus and Doug Watson and code by Bill Pfutzenreuter.
#pinball #arcade #marlboroughma #1980s #sternpinball
6,301 units produced. Designed by Harry Williams with art by Gerry Simkus and Doug Watson and code by Bill Pfutzenreuter.
#pinball #arcade #marlboroughma #1980s #sternpinball
A rare 1989 Stern Electronics Star Gazer pinball machine.
869 units produced. Designed by Brian Poklacki with fantastic art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum aka VFW in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #stargazer #80s #arcade #sternpinball #1980s
869 units produced. Designed by Brian Poklacki with fantastic art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum aka VFW in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #stargazer #80s #arcade #sternpinball #1980s
December 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A rare 1989 Stern Electronics Star Gazer pinball machine.
869 units produced. Designed by Brian Poklacki with fantastic art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum aka VFW in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #stargazer #80s #arcade #sternpinball #1980s
869 units produced. Designed by Brian Poklacki with fantastic art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum aka VFW in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #stargazer #80s #arcade #sternpinball #1980s
#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming Pink Panther (Gottlieb, 1981) 2,840 units were made of this three flipper widebody SS. Designed by John Buras, art by Gerry Simkus. Located at Pinball PA, Aliquippa, PA.
May 30, 2026 at 4:33 AM
#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming Pink Panther (Gottlieb, 1981) 2,840 units were made of this three flipper widebody SS. Designed by John Buras, art by Gerry Simkus. Located at Pinball PA, Aliquippa, PA.
Beautiful Scandinavia 🩶 I’ll be performing across Denmark, Norway and Sweden next summer.
📸 Andrius Šimkus
📸 Andrius Šimkus
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Beautiful Scandinavia 🩶 I’ll be performing across Denmark, Norway and Sweden next summer.
📸 Andrius Šimkus
📸 Andrius Šimkus
#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming #PastTimesArcade Big Game (Stern, 1980) This four flipper solid state wide body had 2713 units produced. Designed by Harry Williams, art by Doug Watson and Garry Simkus. This was Sterns first wide body. Located at Past Times Arcade, Girard, OH.
May 8, 2026 at 5:12 AM
#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming #PastTimesArcade Big Game (Stern, 1980) This four flipper solid state wide body had 2713 units produced. Designed by Harry Williams, art by Doug Watson and Garry Simkus. This was Sterns first wide body. Located at Past Times Arcade, Girard, OH.
Two more new G9 models for me thanks to @zeppersart.bsky.social 's porting work and @/leelany-world for sharing Markus with me after commissioning him! #simarkus #simkus #daz3dstudio
December 22, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Two more new G9 models for me thanks to @zeppersart.bsky.social 's porting work and @/leelany-world for sharing Markus with me after commissioning him! #simarkus #simkus #daz3dstudio
1980 Gottlieb Timeline widebody pinball machine.
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #gottlieb #80s #1980s #retroarcade #classicarcade
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #gottlieb #80s #1980s #retroarcade #classicarcade
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
1980 Gottlieb Timeline widebody pinball machine.
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #gottlieb #80s #1980s #retroarcade #classicarcade
3,167 units produced. Designed by Allen Edwall with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #gottlieb #80s #1980s #retroarcade #classicarcade
Every euro spent in Europe makes our economy grow faster.
Great discussion with Gediminas Šimkus, Chair of the Board of @lietuvosbankas.bsky.social 🇱🇹on the future of the #EuropeanInvestmentUnion and how to incentivise Europeans to invest more into European defence industry 🇪🇺
Great discussion with Gediminas Šimkus, Chair of the Board of @lietuvosbankas.bsky.social 🇱🇹on the future of the #EuropeanInvestmentUnion and how to incentivise Europeans to invest more into European defence industry 🇪🇺
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Every euro spent in Europe makes our economy grow faster.
Great discussion with Gediminas Šimkus, Chair of the Board of @lietuvosbankas.bsky.social 🇱🇹on the future of the #EuropeanInvestmentUnion and how to incentivise Europeans to invest more into European defence industry 🇪🇺
Great discussion with Gediminas Šimkus, Chair of the Board of @lietuvosbankas.bsky.social 🇱🇹on the future of the #EuropeanInvestmentUnion and how to incentivise Europeans to invest more into European defence industry 🇪🇺
Cracks in the European Central Bank: Lithuania’s Šimkus flips Lagarde’s warning, saying €140B frozen Russian assets should fund Ukraine — because the euro’s future is on the line.
💶 Read the full story: euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/30/e...
💶 Read the full story: euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/30/e...
Top euro banker flips Lagarde’s warning, says euro safer if Ukraine wins
ECB central banker breaks ranks, saying the euro faces a bigger risk from Russian victory than asset seizure.
euromaidanpress.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Cracks in the European Central Bank: Lithuania’s Šimkus flips Lagarde’s warning, saying €140B frozen Russian assets should fund Ukraine — because the euro’s future is on the line.
💶 Read the full story: euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/30/e...
💶 Read the full story: euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/30/e...
1981 Gottlieb Pink Panther widebody pinball machine.
2,840 units produced. Designed and coded by John Buras with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Pinball Gallery in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinkpanther #pinball #arcade #80s #1980s #gottlieb #gottliebpinball
2,840 units produced. Designed and coded by John Buras with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Pinball Gallery in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinkpanther #pinball #arcade #80s #1980s #gottlieb #gottliebpinball
September 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
1981 Gottlieb Pink Panther widebody pinball machine.
2,840 units produced. Designed and coded by John Buras with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Pinball Gallery in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinkpanther #pinball #arcade #80s #1980s #gottlieb #gottliebpinball
2,840 units produced. Designed and coded by John Buras with art by Gerry Simkus.
As seen at the Pinball Gallery in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Continued…
#pinkpanther #pinball #arcade #80s #1980s #gottlieb #gottliebpinball
#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming Split Second (Stern, 1981). Split level, 4 flipper widebody SS. Designed by Harry Williams, art by Doug Watson and Gerry Simkus. Located at Pinball Planet, Parma, OH.
June 24, 2026 at 2:07 AM
#pinball #retrogames #retrogaming Split Second (Stern, 1981). Split level, 4 flipper widebody SS. Designed by Harry Williams, art by Doug Watson and Gerry Simkus. Located at Pinball Planet, Parma, OH.
ECB’s Šimkus backs EU plan to mobilize Russian cash for Ukraine’s defense
ECB’s Šimkus backs EU plan to mobilize Russian cash for Ukraine’s defense
Legal niceties aren’t the only way that Europe can lose trust in its currency, Baltic governor warns.
www.politico.eu
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
ECB’s Šimkus backs EU plan to mobilize Russian cash for Ukraine’s defense
ECB's Simkus sees equal chance of rate hike or cut reut.rs/4aEc8Bh
ECB's Simkus sees equal chance of rate hike or cut
The European Central Bank is equally likely to raise or cut interest rates but it is hard to know when any such move will take place given the prevailing uncertainty about trade and geopolitics, ECB policymaker Gediminas Šimkus said on Monday.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
ECB's Simkus sees equal chance of rate hike or cut reut.rs/4aEc8Bh
Starters for Nebraska
Murray/Sigler
Allick/Jackson
Adriano
Reilly
L: Choboy
Starters for Northwestern’s 6-2
Hazan/Bullington
Kauffman/Simkus
Paris/Elnady
Carter/Noordemrmeer
L: Wright
Murray/Sigler
Allick/Jackson
Adriano
Reilly
L: Choboy
Starters for Northwestern’s 6-2
Hazan/Bullington
Kauffman/Simkus
Paris/Elnady
Carter/Noordemrmeer
L: Wright
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Starters for Nebraska
Murray/Sigler
Allick/Jackson
Adriano
Reilly
L: Choboy
Starters for Northwestern’s 6-2
Hazan/Bullington
Kauffman/Simkus
Paris/Elnady
Carter/Noordemrmeer
L: Wright
Murray/Sigler
Allick/Jackson
Adriano
Reilly
L: Choboy
Starters for Northwestern’s 6-2
Hazan/Bullington
Kauffman/Simkus
Paris/Elnady
Carter/Noordemrmeer
L: Wright
Hands down, my favorite thing about SABR is that I am *always* learning something new about baseball from someone. Adam’s research (and Scott Simkus/Von Spalding) on the 4,000-hit club has been enlightening and so, so fun: sabr.org/research/art...
September 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hands down, my favorite thing about SABR is that I am *always* learning something new about baseball from someone. Adam’s research (and Scott Simkus/Von Spalding) on the 4,000-hit club has been enlightening and so, so fun: sabr.org/research/art...
This was the beautiful crowd at the Kaunas Show.
📸 Andrius Šimkus
📸 Andrius Šimkus
August 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This was the beautiful crowd at the Kaunas Show.
📸 Andrius Šimkus
📸 Andrius Šimkus
ECB must prepare for new shocks including Russian aggression, Simkus says reut.rs/45zpBYk
ECB must prepare for new shocks including Russian aggression, Simkus says
European Central Bank policy fits the moment and the economy has adapted well to volatility but the bank must prepare for new shocks, possibly from Russia's military threat, ECB policymaker Gediminas Simkus told Reuters in an interview.
reut.rs
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
ECB must prepare for new shocks including Russian aggression, Simkus says reut.rs/45zpBYk