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Lithuanian director’s film nominated for European Film Award

June 8, 2016 BNS 0

“I’m Not from Here”, a film by Lithuanian director Giedrė Žickytė and Chilean director Maite Alberdi, has been nominated for the European Short Film 2016 Award. […]

Lithuanian documentary Master and Tatyana shown at film festival in Sweden

February 8, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

A Lithuanian documentary about a mysterious photographer was screened at Gothenburg International Film Festival in Sweden. […]

Lithuania celebrates Užgavėnės – a festival to drive the winter out

February 8, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Although there is no snow outside and the spring, it seems, may already be getting ready to arrive, Lithuanians celebrated the annual festival Užgavėnės in Rumšiškės and around the country to drive the winter out. […]

Sweden’s Summerburst festival expanding to Lithuania

February 5, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Live Nation’s Summerburst festival, which already has had two editions in Sweden, is expanding to the Baltics. […]

21 films to be screened in Lithuania as part of French film festival Ecrans d’hiver

January 20, 2015 BNS 0

Twenty-one films will be shown in 12 Lithuanian towns from Thursday to 3 February as part of the annual French film festival Ecrans d’hiver (Winter Screens), organized by the French Institute in Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian actress selected for European Shooting Stars

December 17, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The European Film Promotion (EFP) has announced that Lithuanian actress Aistė Diržiūtė, 23, has been shortlisted among the ten talented newcomer actors selected for the European Shooting Stars 2015, the Lithuanian Film Centre said. […]

Animated film festival Tindirindis kicks off in Lithuania

November 28, 2014 Magdalena Verseckas 0

This week has began one of the most unique festivals in Lithuania, non-commercial 12th International Animation Film Festival “Tindirindis”. […]

Scanorama: action and redundant special effects-free, but still gripping hearts

November 7, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The Scanorama Film Festival starting Thursday, 6 November, will be taking cinema lovers for a ride on the emotional rollercoaster through a spectacular array of movies able to shake up one with the quintessential issues of human existence until the final screenings on 23 November. […]

Vilnius to host Festival of Light

October 2, 2014 Liudvikas Jakavicius-Grimalauskas 0

For the fourth consecutive year, next Saturday, 11 October, the Festival of Lights will take place in Vilnius organized by “BEEpart”. […]

Lithuanian culture minister to attend 2nd Edinburgh International Culture Summit

August 7, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis will lead a delegation from the Lithuanian government attending the Edinburgh International Culture Summit from 10 to 12 August 2014, held at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. […]

Lithuanian Days, longest consecutive ethnic festival in US, starting in Pennsylvania

August 6, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

This year, 16 and 17 August, American-Lithuanians in Pennsylvania will be celebrating their 100th Lithuanian Days festival, making it the longest consecutive ethnic festival in the USA. […]

Violinists gathered for “Čiurlionis and the world” conference in Druskininkai

August 1, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The twelfth year of the international arts‘ festival “Druskininkai summer with Mikalojos Konstantinas Čiurlionis“ is halfway over, but there’s plenty more ahead. More than 40 concerts, exhibitions, and contests will be held by the end of September. A conference called “Čiurlionis and the world” started last week and has attracted Lithuania’s most talented rising violinists to perform. […]

Palanga Summer festival opens in Lithuania’s Baltic coast resort

July 30, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Tuesday, Lithuania’s most popular seaside resort opened the Palanga Summer festival, which will continue until 9 August. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]