The American International School of Vilnius (AISV) has failed to get a permit from Lithuania’s authorities for its planned expansion for a year now. […]
A Lithuanian court has upheld a disciplinary punishment for a heritage protection official who dropped a case over Soviet soldiers’ tombstones at Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius. […]
As different institutions of Lithuania disagree on the future location of a monument to rescuers of Jews, an official of the government will work to align the positions. […]
Experts from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) approved in principle of a residential complex development project in Vilnius’ Old Town, but recommended refining the concept and design of an office building created by Studio Libeskind, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
Heritage officials and members of Lithuania’s Jewish community note that an increasing number of municipalities are taking the initiative to clean and maintain uncared-for Jewish cemeteries and memorial sites, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]
The Lukiškių Square Memorial to freedom fighters, which has won a competition, falls short of heritage protection requirements, therefore, a suggestion will be made to change the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department said. […]
The Neringa municipality plans to apply to the Cultural Heritage Department with a request to list Europe’s oldest kurenkahn Kuršis, a traditional wooden type of flat bottom boat that was used in the Curonian lagoon, in the register of cultural values, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Saturday. […]
Remaining and underground remains of the Vilnius Great Synagogue have been listed in the register of cultural values, Lithuania’s Cultural Heritage Department said on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s leaders say that Šnipiškių Jewish cemetery would not be affected by the reconstruction of the derelict Sports and Concert Palace in central Vilnius, dismissing the fears voiced by a group of US Congressmen as ungrounded. […]
Diana Varnaitė, director of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department, has proposed envisaging separate funding of maintenance of the Jewish heritage, an idea supported by Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
The attempts to stop Lidl investments in a building in Vilnius are unacceptable, and all obstacles on the path should be removed, says Diana Varnaitė, director of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department. […]
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