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Culture

The Lithuania Tribune wishes all our readers a Happy King’s Coronation Day!

The Lithuania Tribune would like to wish all our readers a Happy King’s Coronation Day!

Lithuanians around the world will be celebrating the coronation of Lithuania’s first king, Mindaugas, and Lithuania’s statehood day, which is a public holiday in Lithuania. We will not be publishing today.

If you want to know more about Lithuania’s only king, read our feature today on Mindaugas and the importance of his name to Lithuanians.

We hope you enjoy the day! […]

Interwar Kaunas
Culture

Red lights and erotic cinema – an alternative history of Interwar Lithuania

Interwar Kaunas had a red light district, women were scandalizing conservative prudes with their skirts and haircuts and every other film shown in Kaunas cinemas was a naughty picture, historians say.

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Culture

The Top 10 Lithuanian writers of all time

Tradition and modernity mix in almost equal measures in the works of men and women of letters who built and continue to build the edifice we call the Lithuanian literature. Here is our pick of top 10 Lithuanian authors you should be aware of, many of them translated into English.

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Giedrė Žičkytė
Culture

Lithuanian director’s film nominated for European Film Award

“I’m Not from Here”, a film by Lithuanian director Giedrė Žickytė and Chilean director Maite Alberdi, has been nominated for the European Short Film 2016 Award. […]

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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. […]