Donatas Montvydas
Culture

Can Donny’s hair derail Lithuania’s Eurovision chances?

This week has been all about Donny Montell’s hair in Stockholm where the Lithuanian Eurovision performer switched from a smooth hipstery coiffure to something in the vein of the 80s perm craze (think Olivia Newton-John in the final number of Grease). If that sounds trite, you should not underestimate Lithuania’s investment into doing well at Eurovision. […]

Refugees
CORPORATE

What is happening with Lithuania’s refugee relocation programme?

Lithuania has promised to accept more than 1,000 refugees over the next two years but has barely received a handful of asylum seekers. Though it is not believed that they will start arriving by the hundred this year, the number of those interested in coming to Lithuania is increasing. […]

The Green Lakes
Society

Investigation into illegal construction in Lithuania’s regional parks launched

The Seimas Committee on Environmental Protection is considering asking the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office to investigate certain buildings built in the Pavilniai and Verkių regional parks to defend the public interest. […]

No Picture
Culture

The Pope Versus Hitler: ‘Docudrama’ on controversial WWII pope being filmed in Vilnius

Pope Pius XII has long been called Hitler’s Pope for his failure to openly denounce Hitler‘s genocide in World War II, but a new “docudrama” being filmed in Vilnius for National Geographic – Pope Versus Hitler – aims to shed some light on this controversial pope’s actions. […]