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Culture

Street artists decorate concrete park in Vilnius’ Old Town

On Saturday, there was more than music filling the streets of Vilnius. The dull concrete facade of Reformatų Park, almost hidden on the west side of Pylimo g., between Jono Basanaviciaus g. and K. Kalinausko g., got a colourful street art makeover. […]

Flemish Minister-President Bourgeois with Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Flemish Minister-President on importance of economic cooperation with Lithuania

Belgium is a federal state and the regions, Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels each have exclusive jurisdiction in a number of important areas such as education, healthcare, economic affairs, culture and tourism. In many aspects of the daily life of the citizens, the Regions matter most. […]

Rex, one of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis most famous paintings, a reproduction in Čiurlionis  House in Vilnius
Culture

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis: hearing colour, seeing sound

Making a name for oneself in art is a massive undertaking, particularly in the beginning of one’s career. Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911) set out at two disciplines at once. […]

Eros and Thanatos, stairs at the Writers Union in Vilnius   Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune
Culture

Discovering architectural gems during Open House Vilnius

Secret underground passages, hidden rooms, a nuclear bomb shelter in a theatre, an abandoned bank vault in a building dedicated to science; enough material to serve as backdrop for an intriguing movie. On a cold weekend in Vilnius, it was all part of a two-day opportunity to discover well-known and obscure buildings in and around the Lithuanian capital. […]

Images from the Dutch referendum on Ukraine
Opinion

Opinion: How the Kremlin infiltrated an EU referendum in the Netherlands

The student leaders of 1968 could probably not have imagined how their democratic ideas would be high-jacked by a combination of extremists and opponents of democracy exploiting technological progress and social media. Nobody understands the dangers of technology and social media better than dictators and demagogues. […]