500 artisits to celebrate Vilnius’ Culture Night
Over 500 artists invite the public to 150 events celebrating Vilnius’ annual Culture Night on Friday, June 20. Organisers of the festival said this year’s highlights will include theater, family …The...
View ArticleU Mosta to deliver mystical performance at Vilnius’ Russian Theater
The Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania will host Perm Theatre troupe, U Mosta’s performance of “The Cripple of Inishmaan”on July 24. U Mosta, rated one of Russia’s top ten theatres by Forbes magazine,...
View ArticleLithuanian prime minister speaks out against wiretapping journalists
BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said he did not approve of police wiretapping journalists in criminal investigations, on Ziniu Radijas news, Thursday. “I evaluate it negatively. I...
View ArticleA new season crowns 75 years of drama for Lithuanian National Theater
The jubilee 75th season of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (LNDT) in Vilnius promises to sum up the efforts of the past year. There are plans to show three large …The post A new season crowns 75...
View Article“Youropeans” project includes Lithuanian voices in celebrating EU’s diversity...
Christine Neijstrom | the Lithuania Tribune I recently spoke on the phone with my friend Paulina about the allure of Europe. Paulina, a 35 year-old Polish native, moved to the …The post “Youropeans”...
View ArticleFolklore Day of Song Celebration 2014 to start with Bread Ritual
More than 300 loaves of bread will be distributed to residents and guests of Vilnius city in the Cathedral Square on 4 July. The Folklore Day of the Song Celebration 2014, which will start with the...
View ArticleLithuanian presidential adviser will not work during state secret leak process
BNS Daiva Ulbinaitė, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite’s chief adviser, will not work in the president’s second-term team during the judicial process in which she is charged with having leaked a...
View ArticleLithuanian court jails former Soviet stormtrooper
BNS The Court of Appeals of Lithuania sentenced an 86-year-old man to five years in prison this week. The man was a stormtrooper for Soviet Lithuania’s State Security Ministry, reports …The post...
View ArticleLithuania’s election panel officially kicks Venckienė out of Seimas
BNS The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania announced Wednesday that it is rescinding Neringa Venckienė’s Seimas mandate due to excessive absenteeism. “We conclude that her mandate has ended and...
View ArticleLithuanian Poles to protest outside German Embassy
BNS Lithuanian Poles will stage a protest outside the German Embassy in Vilnius on Wednesday against discrimination against minorities. Vilnius Division of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania,...
View ArticleMaster of Lithuanian photography Antanas Sutkus opens exhibition at Galerija...
On June 26, at 6 pm, Galerija Vartai gallery presents the solo exhibition Untitled by the internationally acclaimed legendary Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus. The exhibition dedicated to the...
View ArticleBelarusian opposition parties meet with Lithuanian politicians in Vilnius
BNS Lithuanian politicians and representatives of Belarusian opposition parties are holding consultations in Vilnius on Monday. “This time we will mainly focus on the upcoming presidential elections in...
View ArticleSong Festival invites Lithuanians from all over the world
ELTA On 2-6 July, the Lithuanian Song Festival, the country’s most important cultural event, included in the UNESCO World Heritage list, will take place in Vilnius. Over 37,000 participants presenting...
View ArticleLeader of Vilniaus Brigade shot dead in Vilnius
BNS Igor Tiomkin, a leader of criminal gang Vilniaus Brigade, was shot dead last night in the Lithuanian capital, Delfi.lt news reported. An unidentified shooter shot and killed the man …The post...
View ArticlePM heading to Šalčininkai to discuss economic development
BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is traveling to the southeastern city of Šalčininkai on Tuesday to attend a conference on the regional economic strategy. The forum will focus on ways...
View ArticleFive undocumented individuals arrested near Lithuania-Belarus border
BNS Five border trespassers, two Georgians and three Chechens, were detained near the Lithuania-Belarus border on Friday, Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service said on Tuesday. The unnamed Georgians,...
View ArticleMosaic Singers to perform a concert in Vilnius
Ludo Segers ⎮ the Lithuania Tribune On Monday 14 July, the Detroit based Mosaic Singers will perform a concert in the splendid St. Casimir church (Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia). St. Casimir …The post Mosaic...
View ArticleLithuanian song festival: an education in Soviet-era living conditions
DELFI The Song Celebration, a massive traditional song and dance festival that concluded recently, was not only an opportunity for Lithuanians home and abroad to gather together but also a …The post...
View Article“Lithuanian film industry is going through transformation, but the future is...
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune Lithuania still needs to do a good deal of catching up with Latvia and Estonia in charting more foreign cinema waters, insists Algirdas Ramaška, …The post...
View ArticleClock at entrance to Bank of Lithuania will countdown to euro transition
Elta EN After the EU General Affairs Council adopts the final decision on the adoption of the euro in Lithuania, a countdown timer above the door of the Bank of …The post Clock at entrance to Bank of...
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