Gintautas Trimakas
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Lithuanian national prize winner Trimakas breached ethical norms – watchdog

Lithuanian National Culture and Arts Prize winner, photographer Gintautas Trimakas violated the ethical norms of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, when he tried to enter into “non-academic relationships “with his female students, the higher school’s Ethics Committee has stated. […]

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Lithuania planning concerts, exhibitions in prestigious European spaces for centennial

Lithuania will celebrate the centennial anniversary of its statehood with presentation of Lithuanian art, music and movies in prestigious European art spaces abroad, with over a dozen of Lithuanian literature translations to be published. […]

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Philosopher Levinas’ centre planned in Kaunas, Lithuania

A center of Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, should be opened in Lithuania’s second city Kaunas, France’s Ambassador Philippe Jeantaud told Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]

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Some 135 Lithuanian schools closed due to flu outbreak

Some 135 schools in Lithuania, or 13 percent of all of its schools, have been temporarily closed due to an outbreak of flu and cold, according to figures released by the Education and Science Ministry on Monday. […]