Lithuanian Customs officers chose an unconventional but tongue-in-cheek solution for decorating the windows of the Customs Department this holiday season. The small, ornamental Christmas town decorating their windows on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius was made of cardboard boxes that had contained illegal contraband tobacco seized from smugglers. […]
A group of third graders from Vilnius have pledged to give up their Christmas presents this year in support of an animal shelter. The class of 19 children from Žiburio elementary school decided in unison that they would not only give up their presents, but would also sell homemade sweets at Cathedral Square to raise money. […]
Project “Lietuva tavo delne” (Lithuania in your palm) cameras captured how seasons change and nature turns white in various parts of Lithuania. All locations featured in this projected got new time lapses and photos that let visitors see how colourful autumn replaces green summer and how it is then overcome by white winter; how spectacular Christmas trees glitter and how storms rage in the seaside. […]
Eleven towns and cities in Lithuania are organizing a traditional winter campaign that sees Christmas trees collected for biofuel, the country’s Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday. […]
Vilnius Christmas tradition – a 3D Christmas Fairytale – in recent years has become the most welcome winter holiday event in the capital of Lithuania. To watch 3D Christmas Fairytale in the main city’s square, families come with children, relatives and friends from all over Lithuania and tourists from all over the world who wish to enjoy the spectacle. […]
With just days left before Christmas and everyone feverishly trying to finish up on their end-of-the-year errands, one is sometimes hard-pressed to find reasons to smile. A Lithuanian photographer has come up with an idea to change that. He has decided to dress up as Santa Claus and take snapshots of people eating their lunch in the central street of Vilnius. […]
Foreign diplomats have donated 24,000 litas (EUR 6,900) to the SOS Children’s Village in Vilnius that fosters nearly 70 children. […]
The Lithuanian Community in Australia welcomes everyone in the Bankstown Community and beyond to attend our Lithuanian Sports and Cultural Festival to be held from 26/12/14 – 31/12/14 in Bankstown. The theme being “Ten mūsų tėvynė, čia mūsų namai” translated means “That is our Homeland, this is our Home”. […]
As expected, the upcoming introduction of the euro has brought much new business to wallet sellers. As the euro notes are bigger in size than the litas notes they are replacing on 1 January, around 10-20 percent more wallets were bought in the first week of December 2014 compared with the same period of 2013. […]
Vilnius city residents and guests will be able to try a new ice rink in the Lukiškių Square, Vilnius City Council said. […]
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