Vilnius Old Town
History

The first GDL cities with Magdeburg Rights

Communities of city burghers created self-governing cities as a result of the city burghers’ struggles with sovereigns for cities’ rights and freedoms at first in Western Europe from the 11th century to the 13th century, and in Central Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. The self-governing city burgher communities were legally separated from the state and received independence from the noble class. […]

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European Union

Strasbourg court rejects complaint over Lithuanian writer Petkevičius’ book

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected a complaint by the daughter of the late Lithuanian writer Vytautas Petkevičius over her liability for false statements published in her father’s book about the father of Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis. […]

Queue at the migration office
Society

Migration Department in Vilnius replaces live lines with online registration for visas

The Lithuanian Migration Department in Vilnius has on Monday eliminated live queues for foreigners to come and fill out applications for national visas without prior registration. […]

Lithuanian University of Education Sciences
Society

Confidence in Lithuania’s education system lowest in 20 yrs – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll

The confidence of the Lithuanian population in the country’s education system is currently at the lowest level over the past two decades, shows a survey by Vilmorus published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]

Marius Ivaškevičius
Society

Sugihara Foundation names Lithuanian playwright Ivaškevičius Person of Tolerance

Sugihara Foundation – Diplomats for Life has named Lithuanian writer and playwright Marius Ivaškevičius as the Person of Tolerance of 2017, the Vytautas Magnus University said on Friday. […]