A Lithuanian charity ball in London celebrated the quarter-century anniversary of Lithuania’s independence and raised funds to be donated for suicide prevention. […]
During her meeting on Tuesday with representatives of the Lithuanian World Community, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė noted that, in her opinion, Lithuania’s election system should be changed by 2020, while the first ones to try out e-voting should be Lithuanians residing abroad. […]
The Seimas and the World Lithuanian Community Commission is starting its work in the Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday. The commission’s agenda includes issues related to preservation of Lithuanian citizenship, setting up a voting constituency for expatriates and refugee resettlement. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with representatives of the Lithuanian community of Iceland on the eve of the meeting of the Nordic-Baltic (NB8) prime ministers in Reykjavik. […]
A long time has passed since the creation of the Lithuanian World Community (PLB, Pasaulio lietuviu bendruomenė) and the Lithuanian-American Community (JAV lietuvių bendruomenė). The World Lithuanian-American Community definitely served a tremendous purpose when it was formed. Its charter is a worthwhile read for every Lithuanian both in Lithuania and in the diaspora. Both organizations continue to do a tremendous amount of good work. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė opened the first ever Israeli Litvak Forum in Tel Aviv. In her address to Jews with roots in Lithuania and their descendants, the president emphasized their special contribution to establishing Lithuania’s ties with the world and invited them to foster what connects Lithuanian and Jewish nations, the press service of the president said. […]
The seventh World Lithuanian Economic Forum is starting on Tuesday. This year, it is organized in Israel. […]
Minister of Economy of Lithuania Evaldas Gustas is paying a working visit to Israel. At the 7th Global Lithuanian Economic Forum in Tel Aviv the minister will present Lithuania’s investment environment, its advantages and business reforms and will discuss bilateral economic cooperation prospects with Israel. Particular attention will be devoted to bilateral cooperation opportunities in the areas of science, technology and innovations as well as implementation of joint projects. Gustas will also meet with Israel’s Economy Minister Aryeh Deri. […]
Refuting the myth that Lithuanian expatriates in the United Kingdom care little about social problems at their home country, some members of the Lithuanian community wish to bring focus on what they think is the biggest social sore in Lithuania, suicide. […]
The Lithuanian Athletic Union of North America (ŠALFASS) and the US Lithuanian community both held their conventions on the same weekend, 25-27 September, in Cleveland, Ohio. […]
Lithuanians flooded the small Irish town of Ballinrobe, in the west of the country, on 25-27 September for the traditional event “We Still Need Wings”. The celebrations were meant to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the feat of a Lithuanian pilot who crossed the Atlantic in 1935. […]
On Sunday, millions of people at the Papal Mass in Philadelphia and around the world heard a new composition by Julian Darius Revie, a Canadian Lithuanian. The piece was heard as Pope Francis received Communion. Revie’s “The Love of God” was performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra and the 350-voice children’s chorus and massed choir. This performance follows Revie’s recent premiere of another original composition, “Mass of the Divine Shepherd,” at Carnegie Hall this past June. […]
On 24 September, representatives of the British, Jewish and Lithuanian communities in the United Kingdom as well as members of parliament and foreign diplomats residing in London gathered at the Embassy to commemorate the victims of the Shoah in Lithuania, the Embassy reports. […]
One of the three kids that Pope Francis agreed to pose for pictures with during his historic visit in Washington, D.C., is 16-year-old American-Lithuanian Enija Davidonytė. […]
Documents issued by Belgium to citizens of the Baltic states will no longer have records “born in the Soviet Union”, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. […]
Asta Borusevičiūtė from Lithuania has been living in Hamburg, Germany, for five years and has been very emotionally involved, along with the entire country, in the ongoing refugee crisis. “I live on this subject. In my circles, everyone’s doing something for them [refugees]. I almost feel guilty for not finding time to help out,” the young woman tells DELFI, adding that she plans to volunteer at a charity processing office. […]
On 6 September near Stockholm, in Grödinge, the Lithuanian ambassador Eitvydas Bajarūnas greeted Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian communities in Sweden on the occasion of Baltic Unity Day. […]
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