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Fashion TV owner picks Vilnius as setting for new WWII film

Fashion TV founder and owner Michel Adam has chosen Vilnius, Lithuania, as the site for a full feature film. Shanghai 1939: Exodus from Vienna is based on his mother’s true life story during World War II. […]

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

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

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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The Summer of Sangaile included in the main programme of Berlinale Panorama Section

The Summer of Sangaile, a film by Lithuanian director Alantė Kavaitė, will be screened in the main programme of Berlinale Panorama. The film will have its European première in Berlin while its world première is scheduled in a couple of days in Sundance. […]

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President Grybauskaitė invites Lithuanians to join remembrance campaign

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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Lithuania prepares to commemorate Day of Freedom Defenders

A series of events to mark the Day of Freedom Defenders is starting in Lithuania on Monday in tribute to the victims of the Soviet aggression of 13 January 1991. […]

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

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. […]

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Vilnius celebrates Christmas with 3D fairytale projected on Cathedral façade

Vilnius Christmas tradition – a 3D Christmas Fairytale – in recent years has become the most welcome winter holiday event in the capital of Lithuania. To watch 3D Christmas Fairytale in the main city’s square, families come with children, relatives and friends from all over Lithuania and tourists from all over the world who wish to enjoy the spectacle. […]