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Global LT

The challenge of a healthy diet – how to eat on weekends while spending time in Lithuanian nature?

As we approach a summer full of weekends, many already dream of enjoyable picnics in nature. More often than not, these trips into nature go hand in hand with pizzas, barbecued meats and lots of snacks. Such a weekend trip can therefore pose a real challenge for healthy eating enthusiasts and those who are on a diet. So, how can you stay focused on your goals, resist temptations and maintain a balanced diet? […]

100 Lietuvos moterų
Global LT

100 women of Lithuania that all Lithuanians worldwide are proud of!

The list of women that Lithuanians worldwide is proud of has been announced. It has been created for Lithuania’s 100th year Restoration celebration and includes Lithuanian women that we are proud of due to their talent, creativity, achievements and civil activities. The list includes well-known and appreciated women as well as those who are exceptional, brave, innovative, young professionals and artists, who work in Lithuania and across its borders. […]

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Global LT

A record-breaking swarm of air balloons will variegate the sky above Kaunas this weekend

This weekend a hundred air pilots from the whole world intend to make a gift to Kaunas – a festival “With a Wind of Freedom” of unprecedented scale. If the weather conditions are favourable, colourful air balloons will rise up to the sky for 4 days in a row seeking records and competing for a symbolic monetary prize of EUR 1009 and an outstanding cup. […]

Švyturys brewery
Economy

Švyturys and Brooklyn opens new craft brewery in Lithuania

On the 28th of June, after 3-year reconstruction Švyturys Brewery opened its doors in Klaipėda port of Lithuania. Here, the modern craft beer line, gastrobar, shop, beer museum as well as conference and degustation halls fit under the same roof. The project is a joint investment of Carlsberg Group and Brooklyn Brewery, strengthening the partnership between two brewers to excel in European craft beer market. […]

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Society

The Song Celebration charms clients in Vilnius stores

This week, 36,000 Lithuanian and international performers flooded into Vilnius as the Lithuanian Song Festival, which is dedicated to Lithuania’s Centenary this year, had started. The festive atmosphere can even be felt far away from the amphitheater at Vingis Park or on the stages in Kalnai Park, where intensive rehearsals are currently taking place. Surprisingly, the Song Celebration participants started singing cheerful songs together with employees and clients in three of the biggest Maxima stores. This way, the singers invited Vilnius residents and guests to attend the numerous events taking place during this special Lithuanian Song Festival, a press release from Maxima says. […]

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Society

Family Card Programme to be launched in 2019

The Seimas has adopted the Law on Family Card and amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government, thus introducing the family card into the national system as from 1 July 2019. A total of 110 MPs voted in favour of the Law, with 1 MP voting against and 4 abstaining, a Seimas press release states. […]

Karlovy Vary festival
Culture

A retrospective of Baltic documentaries and premieres of latest Lithuanian productions at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

The name of Lithuania will be reiterated louder than ever at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival which opens today. After a 15-year hiatus the audiences will have an opportunity to see a retrospective of classics from the Baltic countries titled “Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary”. World premieres of two renowned Lithuanian filmmakers will take place at the festival with both films participating in the competition programmes. Lithuanians will also actively take part in industry events, a press release from the Lithuanian Film Centre states. […]

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Freetime

Lithuanians’ favourite fruit and vegies and how to keep them fresh

Summer is the time when the kitchen is filled with different types of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, these foods can often only be enjoyed for a relatively short time – just a day or two. The fruits and vegetables that are not properly stored spoil. Vilma Juodkazienė, food expert at retail chain IKI, says that in order to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer, it would be best to follow a few simple rules as well as to know what foods can be stored together and which should be separated. […]

SILVER CRANE (Sidabrinė Gervė) photo @ Audrius Solominas and Robertas Daskevičius
Culture

Lithuanian-Bulgarian-Polish co-production Miracle triumphs at the Lithuanian Film Academy Awards

On June 13, Eglė Vertelytė’s debut film Miracle – first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival – was awarded the Silver Crane (Sidabrinė gervė) for the best feature film of the year at the 11th Lithuanian Film Academy Awards. Vertelytė also received the prizes for the best writing and directing, while the award for the best acting went to Eglė Mikulionytė who appeared as the lead actress in the Miracle. […]

Friendly stories Kaunas Photo @ Elijus Kniežauskas
Society

Friendly City maps challenge the stereotypes in and about Kaunas

Thursday, the new Friendly City Kaunas maps were presented at the Al Cantuccio Italian restaurant in the old town. 20.000 free copies of the Friendly City maps are now distributed around Kaunas and the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, promoting diversity and showing local friendliness to tourists. In addition to the maps, the big news this year is the Friendly Stories photobook which includes ten different interviews representing contemporary Lithuania. It can be read on any of Friendly City venues in Vilnius or Kaunas, all listed online at friendlycity.info . […]

Match Vilnius Culture Night
Freetime

New take on FIFA World Cup fever in Vilnius

Much like the rest of Europe, World Cup fever has hit Vilnius. However, focus shifted away from the tournament yesterday and onto another interpretation of the world’s most popular sport – a football-inspired dance performance piece called Match. The performance was one of many that took place yesterday throughout the evening and into the early hours of this morning as part of Vilnius Culture Night, an annual summertime event that transforms the city into numerous open-air stages for music, dance, theatre, cinema and photography. […]

King Willem-Alexander and the President Grybauskaitė at the Presidential Palace. Photo @ Presidential Palace
European Union

King of the Netherlands to meet with Dutch soldiers deployed in Lithuania in Rukla

On June 15 His Majesty King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander while conducting a state visit in Lithuania will meet with Dutch soldiers serving in the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Rukla. His Majesty will be escorted by President of the Republic of Lithuania HE Dalia Grybauskaitė, Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lt Gen Jonas Vytautas Žukas during the visit to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment in Rukla, the Ministry of Defence of Lithuania announced. […]

Moment from the opening ceremony of the Lithuanian Film Week_Representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre, Lithuanian producers and the Lithuanian Ambassador to China Ina Marčiulionytė
Culture

First ever Lithuanian Film Week in Beijing

On June 2–10, seven Capital Star Art Film theaters in the Chinese capital welcomed cinema-goers to 21 screenings of Lithuanian film. They had a chance to meet a delegation of the Lithuanian film industry – representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre and producers of the films selected to be screened at the event – who came to Beijing for the Lithuanian film week, the Lithuanian Film Centre wrote in a press release. […]

Painter Auksė Miliukaitė. Photo Deivis Slavinskas
Culture

Trips to a secret painting island: a conversation with painter Auksė Miliukaitė

Auksė Miliukaitė is a painter of the young generation whose bright-coloured canvases and their captivating stories have already been noticed by gallery visitors both in Lithuania and beyond. Before the upcoming solo exhibition of her newest paintings “Hush-hush Island”, the artist shares her thoughts about creative work and the soon-to-be-opened exhibition, and reveals the secrets of her private painting island, a press release from The Rooster Gallery states. […]

Alexei Gordin, Wastelands, 2018
Culture

9th International Art Fair Artvilnius’18 to showcase enticing Baltic art scene

Art lovers and professionals should mark June 7-10 on their calendars as ArtVilnius’18, an event drawing in over 22,000 visitors each year, invites them to the ninth edition of one of Eastern Europe’s biggest contemporary art fairs. This year the event, hosted at Litexpo exhibition space in Vilnius, is putting together a programme to mark the centenary of Lithuania’s independence restoration and focusing on the vibrant art scene of the Baltic States, a press release from ArtVilnius states. […]

International Yoga Day 2018
Freetime

Jurgis Didžiulis: ‘To me, yoga is an art of self-improvement’

On May 21, ‘Yoga for Everybody’, a public presentation of the International Yoga Day, took place right next to the Vilnius Town Hall. The International Yoga Day itself will be celebrated in Vilnius, as well as the rest of the world, a month later, on June 21. Yoga is becoming increasingly popular in many countries. The celebration of the International Yoga Day, which is officially approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations, is organized by the Consulate of India and its partners. The main goal of this annual celebration is to draw people’s attention to yoga’s benefits on the physical, mental, and spiritual healt of the human being. […]