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Šarūnas Birutis
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Lithuanian culture minister: We must defend our identity, not only territory

April 19, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has stressed that when it comes to the country’s security, attention should be paid not only to the territorial defence but also to strenghtening national identity and people’s trust in the state. […]

On the Orange Bike in Vilnius on a summer evening
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Orange bikes’ season begins in Vilnius

March 31, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Vilnius city bike self-service system CycloCity Vilnius will start this season on 1 April. There are 37 self-service terminals installed in Vilnius. The stations are distributed in close proximity to each other in Vilnius city, Vilnius Tourist Information Centre reports. […]

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First Lithuanian national film funding competition comes to an end

March 29, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Lithuanian Film Centre (LKC) granted EUR 32,700 of state funding for the pre-production of two films. This concludes the first competition for state funding of 2015, the Centre said in a report. […]

Jonas Mekas in his loft Photo Ludo Segers
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Out-take of a diary. Interview with Jonas Mekas

March 13, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

Lithuania and the world lost one of the most talented film makers of our times. The New York Times wrote in its obituary: ‘It is rare to have consensus on the pre-eminence of any person in the arts. But few would argue that Mr. Mekas, who was often called the godfather or the guru of the New American Cinema — his name for the underground film movement of the 1950s and ’60s — was the leading champion of the kind of film that doesn’t show at the multiplex.’ Please, read an interview with Jonas Mekas done in his home in New York. Let’s remember one of the greatest Lithuanians of our times.

Here is a interview with Jonas Mekas in March 2015. Jonas speaks speaks about how the art scene changes and benefits from technological changes. He also answers some questions from prominent Lithuanians. […]

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Lithuanian arts syndicate among co-founders of European street performers’ federation

March 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Wide range arts syndicate Bad Rabbits was established in 2012 and immediately started to produce street theatre performances and theatre productions in non-traditional spaces and by doing that making Lithuania’s name a bit more known internationally. […]

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Ethnic minority literature in Lithuania: between academic multiculturalism and public nationalism

March 2, 2015 Taisija Laukkonen 0

Minority literature studies have a long and diverse history. Since its establishment nearly 25 years ago in the Western academia as well as in the public discourse in the West, it has been accompanied by the critique of the Western Canon in light of liberal pluralism. This critique has led to many revisions of the curriculum, which later provoked a conservative response (especially in the US) and, as some critics claim, minority literature has ended up in a kind of cultural “reservation area”. However, it has been developing as a field of research and, as we can see from the reemergence of conferences and projects on the subject, it is still a hot topic. […]

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BBC shooting War and Peace in Vilnius

February 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A six-part television series based on Leo Tolstoy‘s novel War and Peace has begun filming in Vilnius. The series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership with The Weinstein Company and BBC Worldwide/Lookout Point. […]