Holocaust
Society

Embassy of Israel welcomes Lithuania’s decision to adopt the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism

The Embassy of Israel welcomes the Lithuanian Government’s decision to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of anti-Semitism, the Embassy of Israel stated in a press release. […]

Jonas Gasiūnas
Society

Vilnius Academy of Arts suspends professor amid sexual abuse allegations (Updated)

Audrius Klimas, the rector of Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, says that Professor Jonas Gasiūnas has been suspended for two weeks following reports that he allegedly sexually abused female students. […]

Designer Kalinkin
Society

Strasbourg court: Lithuania unjustifiably restricted ‘Jesus’ and ‘Mary’ ad campaign

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Lithuania unjustifiably restricted a clothing advertising campaign that used models and captions referring to “Jesus” and “Mary”. […]

No Picture
History

The yard of a medieval artisan

In the 13th and 14th century, artisans and merchants used to build their homes in the safe neighbourhood of the main castle mounds. More numerous communities of artisans represented a new object in the social landscape because they were not typical in the earlier society of husbandmen and cattle raisers. Quarters inhabited by artisans and their families stretched next to the main political and administrative centres – the castles where dukes resided together with the people constituting their closest environment. Artisans worked to meet the demands of the ducal court. Supposedly, they would sell part of their products or exchange them for daily bread. […]

EHU
Society

EU pledges to continue support to EHU in Lithuania

The European Union (EU) will for now continue support to the European Humanities University (EHU), a Belarusian university operating in exile in Vilnius that has recently drawn a negative expert conclusion. […]