"Mission Lapland" on the way to meet the Santa Claus in Lapland
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President leaves for Lapland with children from care homes

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and a group of children from care homes left for Lapland on Monday to meet Santa Claus and give him a package of letters with drawings and Christmas wishes from Lithuanian kids. […]

International Christmas Charity Bazaar  Vilnius  Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune (41)
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15th International Christmas Charity Bazaar

The International Christmas Charity Bazaar opened Saturday morning in the Vilnius City Hall, Rotušė. There was the usual excitement and plenty of smiles on the faces of young and old. This was the 15th edition of the charity event organised by Lithuania’s International Women’s Association with all proceeds going to support very worthy causes, 10 in all, carefully selected by the Committee. […]

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EUR 35 mln euros allocated for Lithuanian scientists’ research projects

Some 35 million euros in EU funds have been allocated for selected high-level research projects by scientists from Lithuanian universities and scientific institutes, the Education and Science Ministry said on Friday. […]

Creative Shock 2017 finalists
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Urges to get involved with social business

Organized for the seventh time by students of ISM University of Management and Economics, the international social business case competition “Creative Shock” once again invites students from various countries to come to Vilnius and to compete in a four-day finale, where they will solve problems of real-life social businesses, according to a press release by ISM University of Management and Economics. […]

Vilniaus Old Town
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Lithuania gets prime time on Israel and China TVs

Israeli culinary guru Gil Hovav’s new TV show Open Skies about Lithuania on Keshet 12 channel counted about a million viewers. The half-hour show featured a variety of Lithuanian dishes along with the most interesting stories from different corners of the country. This month, Lithuania has also been shown on four TV editions on Travel China Channel made by reputed China’s traveller Zhang Wei, each show reaching 20 million viewers. The nine-minute shows managed to capture the best of Lithuania, including amber cathing, Samogitian partying, basketball game at the Kaunas Žalgiris Arena, as well as stories about the Lithuanian rain, the old town churches of Vilnius, the miracle tile, Pažaislis, M. K. Čiurlionis’s oeuvre, the Cross Hill, etc., a State Department of Tourism press release states. […]

Nüman
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Recognition: Scandinavian Michelin worth Lithuanian restaurants

The chefs of as many as eight restaurants in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda woke up as part of the Baltic cream of the crop following the reputable Scandinavian White Guide 2018 evaluations of restaurants that happened for the second time now in our country. Eight from fifteen restaurants evaluated in Lithuania made it to the Baltic top 30 restaurants, with Nüman in Kaunas reaching the third place, a press release from the State Department of Tourism states. […]

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Christmas Tree to be lit in Cathedral Square in Vilnius

A Christmas Tree will be lit in the Cathedral Square in Vilnius on Friday, kicking off a series of festive events in the Lithuanian capital. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė with children at Palanga
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Inspirational Conference on Children’s Rights and Business Principles

On Tuesday 28 November the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius in cooperation with the Presidential Palace of Lithuania, Swedish Institute, Save the Children and Global Child Forum are organising a high level inspirational conference regarding business opportunities and responsibilities relating to children’s needs and rights, under the National Campaign For a Safe Lithuania, an initiative by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Lukiškių Square design by Andrius Labašauskas
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Vilnius central square monument contest winner says sculpture tradition is ‘dead’

Andrius Labašauskas, the winner of a competition for a monument to be installed in Vilnius’ central Lukiškių Square, says that the tradition of sculpture in art is obsolete, adding that he entered the contest to offer an alternative project. […]