Nijolė Sadūnaitė
Society

Dissident awarded Lithuanian Freedom Prize

Nijolė Sadūnaitė, 79-year-old nun, dissident and Soviet-era political prisoner, was awarded the Freedom Prize on the Day of Freedom Defenders at a solemn ceremony at the parliament on Saturday. […]

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Society

Lithuanian Railways to launch Vilnius–Daugavpils weekend train service

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) in launching on Saturday, Jan. 13, a weekend train service between Vilnius and Latvia’s second-biggest city of Daugavpils. […]

Vilnius University
History

Studies by GDL Vilnius residents in Europe

Studies abroad reflect the direction of a country’s integration into educational and cultural spheres as well as its degree. The scope of university studies that had grown in Europe in the 17th-18th century was tied to the processes of professionalization and rationalisation, which accompanied the strengthening of the role and bureaucratization of the state. In the Commonwealth, these trends expressed themselves somewhat less which is why the need for experts with a university education was small. […]

Donatas Banionis, 2014
Society

Famous Lithuanian actor Banionis worked for KGB during Soviet era – documents

Prominent Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis was recruited as a KGB agent during the soviet rule, the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre said. […]