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Vilna Yiddish literary reading circle invites to its next meeting
After a successful experiment at the first session it was decided that each week’s session would start with an intriguing article from a different prewar Vilna Yiddish newspaper. In addition to reading from the photocopies provided, participants will be able to view the original newspaper. The session, which lasts an hour-and-a-half total, will then move on to the literary text being read. This Sunday the circle will start reading a humorous text by Der Túnkeler, “The Dark One,” pseudonym of Joseph Tunkel (1881 – 1949), a Litvak Yiddish humorist born in Bobruisk, now in Belarus. […]
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Kaunas undertakes to clean up old Jewish cemetery
The municipality of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas is beginning to clean up an old Jewish cemetery in Žaliakalnis, with identification and inventory of the graves planned at the start of the project, the municipality said on Thursday. […]
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Scenes of Trakai on display in Belgium
As part of the photo exhibition “Two Worlds”, presenting the photography of Ludo Segers and Sabine Richter, several scenes of Trakai castle and its surroundings will be shown in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium. […]
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Two Lithuanian films recommended for nomination in European Film Awards 2015
Organizers of the European Film Academy awards have announced the titles of the 52 films on this year’s selection list. Two Lithuanian titles made into the list – Peace to Us in Our Dreams directed by Šarūnas Bartas and The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alantė Kavaitė, the Lithuanian Film Centre reports. […]
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Lithuanian and Polish film professionals to promote cooperation on an unconventional expedition across the Baltic Sea
How could two neighbouring countries encourage cooperation and creativity among their film producers? An unconventional approach will be presented by the Lithuanian Film Centre on September 12–14. […]
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Lithuania submits The Summer of Sangaile for foreign language Oscar nomination
The Lithuanian Oscar Committee has decided that Alantė Kavaitė’s film The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailės vasara) will be Lithuania’s official candidate for the Oscar-nominations as Best Foreign-Language Feature. […]
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The Vilna Yiddish Reading Circle starts 17th season
The Jewish Cultural and Information Center, a partnership project of the Jewish Community of Lithuania and the Vilnius Municipality, is proud to host the 17th annual Vilna Yiddish Reading Circle this season. […]
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Lithuania opens unique treetop walkway
A canopy walkway was on Friday officially opened for the public in Anykščiai, eastern Lithuania. The treetop walk, meandering in the picturesque forest of Anykščiai Regional Park, is the first and so far only such structure in Lithuania and Eastern Europe. […]
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Vilnius mayor happy to trade Green Bridge statues for 16-century Lithuanian Statute
There will be more clarity about the fate of the Soviet statues which were recently removed from the Green Bridge of Vilnius in autumn, says Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, adding that he has already received six official requests to take the statues. […]
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Vilnius mayor says he would agree to trade Green Bridge statues with Russia
Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has confirmed that he has indeed received requests from Sovetsk City Mayor Nikolay Voishchev and Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov to hand over the Green Bridge statues to Russia. […]
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Lithuanian Film Centre distributes nearly EUR 400,000 state aid for film projects
The Lithuanian Film Centre has granted €390,378 of state funding for 14 national film projects. Nine projects – including one interactive project – were granted financial assistance for development, and five film projects – two features, one documentary, one short animation, and one short fiction film – received support for the production. […]
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City in Kaliningrad wants to take over Green Bridge statues from Vilnius
The administration of Sovetsk, a city in the Russian Kaliningrad region, has officially sent a request to the Vilnius leadership to hand over the Soviet-era sculptures removed from the Green Bridge. […]
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Archaeologists uncover secrets of Napoleon’s soldiers buried in Vilnius
Archaeologists are convinced that at least 3,269 soldiers of Napoleon’s army perished in Vilnius from starvation, Forbes reports. […]
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Steve Jobs biopic producer plans to shoot a film in Lithuania
American film producer David Traub, best known for his Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs” (2013), is visiting Lithuania where he says he is considering to shoot a film, reports LRT.lt. […]
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What should replace Green Bridge statues: Grand Duke Vytautas or Spongebob Squarepants?
Following a prolonged public debate, this week Vilnius authorities have removed four groups of Soviet-era statues that have stood on the Green Bridge since the early 1950s. What remain are four empty-looking pedestals overlooking the banks of the Neris River. People of Vilnius have already started making proposals for what should replace the old statues. […]