Discussion at Lithuanian Embassy in Stockholm
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Lithuanian embassy in Stockholm holds discussion about historical memory

On 13 November, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm in cooperation with the Swedish Lithuanian youth community and Ukrainian student representatives organized a discussion about historical memory. The focus of the event was to discuss the importance of historical memory, commemorate the victims of totalitarian regimes and to draw attention to current political developments in eastern Ukraine. […]

Danguolė Navickienė
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Petras Geniušas and Liudas Mockūnas at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC  Photo Ludo Segers
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Čiurlionis’ music revisited in Washington, DC

Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis had a short, yet very prolific life (he was just 35 when he died in 1911). He considered himself a synesthete, in that he perceived colours and music simultaneously. Čiurlionis composed about 400 pieces of music, mostly for the piano, and he also created 300 paintings – many with musical names. In addition, he wrote literary works and poems. An asteroid – 2420 Čiurlionis – was named after him. Few artists have left such deep influence on Lithuanian culture. […]

Kęstutis Eidukonis
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Kęstutis Eidukonis: World Lithuanian community does not need more members

Just after Lithuania regained its independence, Kęstutis Eidukonis, a Lithuanian who had completed the US military service in Panama, began to correspond with the government and proposed to create a register of ships after the Panamanian example. When he came to free Lithuania for the first time, the United States reserve lieutenant colonel had to deal with bureaucracy and corruption. […]

Photo courtesy of the Lithuanian Embassy in Stockholm
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Seminar in Stockholm – on 2014 NATO summit decisions and implications for Baltics, Europe and Trans-Atlantic relations

Addressing the participants of the conference, organised by the Swedish Atlantic Council, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 1 October, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas welcomed the decisions adopted in Cardiff and stressed the necessity of their urgent and smooth implementation. […]

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What do foreigners know and think about Lithuania?

What do foreigners who have ever stayed, lived or are currently living in Lithuania think about the country and its people? And how are Lithuanians perceived by those who have never been to Lithuania? […]

Paulius Saudargas. Photo Ludo Segers
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Humanitarian mission to Ukraine

The history of the partisan resistance is an integral part of Lithuania’s resistance to Soviet-Russia’s aggression and still speaks to the imagination of most Lithuanians. The present situation of Russian aggression and warfare in Eastern Ukraine and the forceful annexation of Crimea have brought back dreadful memories to many in Lithuania. […]