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New time-lapses fascinate with the change of nature colors through different seasons

January 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Project “Lietuva tavo delne” (Lithuania in your palm) cameras captured how seasons change and nature turns white in various parts of Lithuania. All locations featured in this projected got new time lapses and photos that let visitors see how colourful autumn replaces green summer and how it is then overcome by white winter; how spectacular Christmas trees glitter and how storms rage in the seaside. […]

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Scholars offer recommendations for history policy makers of Lithuania and Belarus

January 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Historical memory has a strong impact on the cohesion of political society. The historical memory of any given society is affected by a whole range of factors, such as the methodology and content of history teaching at school, the creation of various memorials and alternative sources of information about the past. Most of these factors depend on the political sphere and are a direct consequence of political or administrative decisions. In short, a consequence of state history policy. […]

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Lithuanian film Redirected among nominees of UK’s National Film Awards

January 16, 2015 BNS 0

Redirected, a film by Lithuanian director Emilis Vėlyvis, has been nominated for Britain’s National Film Awards. […]

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President Grybauskaitė invites Lithuanians to join remembrance campaign

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Over 1,500 Lithuanian schools, state institutions and organisations have responded to the invitation by the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania and President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is a patron of the initiative, to participate in the civic campaign Memory is Alive Through Testimony, which is dedicated to the Day of Freedom Defenders. […]

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Almost 50,000 visit Euro Exhibition in Vilnius

January 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In over slightly more than two months, 46,000 visitors from all over Lithuania visited the Euro Exhibition, which was open at the National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. It was arranged with a view to introducing in advance the population to the new currency, euras.lt reports. […]

Antanas Sutkus
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Photographer Antanas Sutkus: Recognized from Paris to Rio but slighted at home

January 1, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The internationally acclaimed Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus’ photographic signature in thousands of photo works is recognized in art galleries from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. Over the last 50 years, the artist has seen his distinguished photo works showcased in some of the world’s most prestigious art and culture centers, including the National Library of France in Paris, the International Center of Photography in New York, the Dresden Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Paris Museum of Photography, and many others. […]

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas
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Eurimages extends grant to Baltic co-production Seneca’s Day

December 23, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Eurimages, the Council of Europe‘s film support fund, extended a grant of EUR 220,000 to the film Seneca’s Day directed by the Lithuanian director Kristijonas Vildžiūnas. […]