First Nordic-Baltic Film Festival in Canada
Last week the first Baltic-Nordic Film Festival “Ryskios Naktys” (“Bright Nights”) began in National Archive in Ottawa. Lithuania is represented by producer and director Rasa Miskinyte and her...
View ArticleBig business culture of Lithuania explained
In recent years, Lithuanians have entered into a more rigorous debate on the relation between the state and society on the one hand and business on the other. The public must have sensed that something...
View ArticleNearly 250 Latvian children adopted in 2012
248 Latvian children were adopted in 2012. 104 were adopted in Latvia, 144 – taken to foreign countries. 1 294 children are still waiting to be adopted. Most of them are of the age of 10 to 18,...
View ArticleVice-Minister of Culture hastened with bilingual signs statement – Prime...
Vice-Minister of Culture Edvard Trusevic, representing the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, has hastened with his statements about his key task to legalize bilingual signs in the areas of...
View ArticleLithuanians around the world – Exclusive from The Lithuania Tribune
On this delivery of “Lithuanians around the world”, we interview Mantas Balcius. A self-described “adventure-creator”, Mantas has lived many wonderful experiences in India and Turkey. An avid reader,...
View ArticleForeign Affairs Minister co-chairs event at the EU-CELAC summit
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius attended the Summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños,...
View ArticleNo postponement of Lithuanian-language exam for natl minorities – PM Butkevicius
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says that launching of the unified Lithuanian-language examination for national minorities, which has drawn criticism of Polish politicians, would not be postponed...
View Article“We are pleased with smoothly running LitPol Link project”– PM Butkevicius
As part of his working visit to Poland, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius had a meeting with Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, reported lrv.lt. The Prime Ministers discussed relevant economic and...
View ArticlePoland is Lithuania’s ‘strategic partner’
Speaking at a joint press conference in Warsaw on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius reiterated pledges of renewed friendship between the two countries and stated to his Polish...
View ArticleLithuania needs unselfish friends without preconditions – president
Lithuania needs to find unselfish friends who would want to be friends without preconditions, President Dalia Grybauskaite said. “We have problems of various level, including various external pressures...
View ArticleLithuanian flag unfurled in Scranton (USA)
The yellow, green and red flag of Lithuania was raised outside Scranton City Hall on Saturday in celebration of that country’s day of independence, writes the The Times-Tribune. The banner first was...
View ArticleLithuania has to try to preserve schools in Punsk, adviser says
Lithuania maintains small ethnic minority schools and efforts should be made to preserve small Lithuanian schools in Poland, Virginija Budiene, chief adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaite on...
View ArticleMFA Linkevičius: “The Eurasian Economic Union is one of Putin’s personal...
With regard to the issue of Polish minority, changes are due in the area of personal names and land titles ‘I am here expressing my personal opinion: we need to change laws that deal with personal...
View ArticleVU threatens to impose entrance exam of Lithuanian language
Vilnius University does not rule out introducing an entrance examination of the Lithuanian language due to significant differences of requirements of the graduation exam in Lithuanian-language schools...
View ArticleEducation Ministry set to allow facilitated Lithuanian-language exam
Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis intends to sign a decree on Wednesday, allowing facilitated requirements of the Lithuanian-language examination for graduates of schools of national...
View ArticlePolish Lithuanians ask Lithuania for school-closure mediation
Polish Lithuanians have asked the Government of Lithuania’s mediation in the dialogue with Polish authorities for three Lithuanian schools in Poland’s Punsk Gmina not to be closed. According to news...
View ArticleLanguage exam facilitation bad for Lithuanian culture, state – experts
Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis’ order on the facilitation of the Lithuanian language exam for ethnic minority school graduates is bad for the Lithuanian culture, civil community and...
View ArticleCulture Ministry distributes EUR 83,500 among natl minority projects
Culture Ministry has distributed 288,000 litas (EUR 83,500) among projects promoting cultures of national minorities living in the country. The money will go to 90 projects in small amounts of a few...
View ArticleAmerican Spring of Culture blooms for the third time
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the launch of the “American Spring of Culture” beginning on March 19th, and lasting until June 1. This will be the third “American Spring of Culture” in...
View ArticleInterview with Min of Culture: Culture needs to be part of financial,...
Linas Jegelevičius | the Lithuania Tribune Perhaps no other incumbent Lithuanian minister has encountered such an immense challenge as Šarūnas Birutis, the minister of Culture. With the sector often...
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