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Fakin’ Zeitgeist: Your favourite book
Your favourite book is admired by others? Cliché it out! […]
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Lithuania wants to get on UNESCO Executive Board
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius informed Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in Paris on Wednesday of Lithuania’s wish to join the UNESCO Executive Board in 2015-2019. […]
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Much ado about Eurovision voting: Why Lithuanians gave zero points to Russia
Eurovision, the annual festival of music, kitsch and politics, has once again delivered its due doze of entertainment and controversy from Vienna. The most hotly-debated issue in Lithuania after this year’s song contest was: how come Lithuanians gave zero points to their big neighbour, Russia? […]
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Lithuanian films to be screened for passengers at Vilnius Airport
Vilnius Airport has launched an airport movie theatre Film Box LT. Now passengers waiting for their flights can spend time watching films by Lithuanian filmmakers free of charge. […]
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Everything you always wanted to know about Lithuania – in a myth-busting mock game show
Is it true that Lithuanians like their soup pink, put herrings into bedsheets and are the inventors of basketball? A witty presentational video instructs on some peculiarities of the Baltic nation. […]
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Lithuania’s Monika & Vaidas proceed to Eurovision Song Contest finals
Lithuanian Eurovision fans celebrated on Thursday night as the country’s entry song, This Time, performed by Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila, qualified for the music competition finals on Saturday. […]
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Sculpture to John Lennon unveiled in Vilnius
A sculpture of the legendary musician and songwriter of The Beatles, John Lennon, was unveiled in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
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Sculpture of John Lennon to be unveiled in Vilnius
A sculpture to the legendary musician and singer of the British band The Beatles, John Lennon, will be unveiled in the Lithuanian capital on Thursday. […]
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Fakin’ Zeitgeist: Ideas for romance novels
Besides vampires and werewolves, what other creatures could make for good subjects in romance novels. […]
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Polish journalists’ book about Lithuania presented at Warsaw Book Fair
A book about Lithuania’s road to independence, in which Polish journalists look at their neighbours through the eyes of Czeslaw Okinczyc, a signatory to the Lithuanian Act of Independence, was presented at Warsaw Book Fair on Saturday, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reports. […]
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Lithuania’s pavilion at EXPO 2015 visited by 10,000 people
It is estimated that over 10,000 people visited the Lithuania’s Pavilion at the universal exposition EXPO 2015 in Milan, Italy, over a period of several days, Lithuania’s Ministry of Environment said. […]
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Lithuanian government and Jewish community agree on plan to preserve Jewish heritage sites
Representatives of the Lithuanian government and the Lithuanian Jewish Community on Thursday agreed on an action plan to preserve Jewish architectural heritage and cemeteries in Lithuania as well as raise awareness about Jewish history. […]
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Language school invites non-nationals to immerse themselves in Lithuanian culture at summer camp
The only Lithuanian institute of Language and Culture in Vilnius, Lingua Lituanica, has announced its annual Summer Camp for internationals will begin on the weekend June 6-7, 2015. […]
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Vilnius named among Europe’s most beautiful holiday destinations
“Travel website theculturetrip.com has voted the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, as the 10th most beautiful European holiday destination out of 15. […]
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Lithuania to mark end of World War II on 8 May
Lithuania will celebrate the end of World War II in Europe on 8 May, with official events to be attended by the president and the prime minister. […]
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Fakin’ Zeitgeist: Serious Literature
In order to encourage the public’s interest in serious literature, the government passed a law to sell serious literature bellow the price of popular titles. […]
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George Washington University singers to tour the Baltics
Collegiate choral ensemble to perform works by American composers in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. […]
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More visitors come to Lithuanian theatres and museums
More people visited Lithuanian museums and theatres in 2014, as compared to earlier years, while the number people going to libraries and cinema theatres is virtually unchanged, the Statistics Department said on Friday. […]
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New Vilnius administration halts reconstruction of Green Bridge sculptures
The new administration of the Lithuanian capital has halted the competition for reconstruction of the controversial Soviet-era sculptures on the Green Bridge, Vilnius new Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said on Friday. […]
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Austrian writer to receive award for translating Lithuanian literature into German
Lithuania’s Culture Ministry will confer its sign of honour award to Austrian writer and translator Cornelius Hell. […]