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  • Culture

Kaunas interwar architecture awarded European Heritage Label

The European Union has awarded a European Heritage Label to the modern interwar architecture of Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city. The…

10 years ago
  • Culture

European Capital of Culture title “would put Kaunas on European map”

In an effort to get the title of the European Capital of Culture, Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas should include the…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian PM welcomes decision on private kindergartens

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has welcomed the decision of Kaunas District Municipality to support parents whose children attend private kindergartens.…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Swedish shop equipment producer to build new factory in Kaunas

AB ITAB Novena, a Swedish producer of equipment for shops, will build a new 10,000-square-metre factory close to its current…

10 years ago
  • Society

EUR 48,000 raised during 25th Christmas charity event in Kaunas

On Sunday, 28 December, the traditional Christmas charity evening was held in Kaunas Town Hall. It was the 25th Christmas…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Interwar Kaunas architecture may be granted European Heritage Label

An international panel of experts has recommended to the European Commission to approve Kaunas City Municipality's application 'Kaunas of 1919-1940'…

10 years ago
  • Sports

Kaunas to ask Lithuanian swimming champion Meilutytė to be the face of international games

Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas will ask the country's swimming champion Rūta Meilutytė to become the face and ambassador of the…

10 years ago
  • Sports

Kaunas to host International Children’s Games

Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas has won the right to host the International Children's Games, which is also known as the…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Vilnius and Kaunas to hold concerts in support of Ukraine

Lithuania's two largest cities of Vilnius and Kaunas will this month hold concerts to raise money for the treatment of…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Estonia to open consulate in Kaunas

Estonia plans to establish its honorary consulate in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas. The plans were announced by Estonian Ambassador…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania entices investors with more than just low wages

Competition. The small Eastern European country strongly believes that technology and science will attract foreign companies, rather than just low…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Kaunas to apply to be European capital of culture

The Kaunas City Council on Thursday approved proposals to apply for the city to be the Lithuanian Capital of Culture…

10 years ago
  • Society

Spanish student in Lithuania: I prefer Kaunas to Vilnius

The city is green and safe, but people are cold. Adrian Martin Garcia, who has been living in Kaunas for…

10 years ago
  • Society

Jewish remains found at Kaunas Fort to be reburied this month

The Jewish remains found at the VII Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city, will be reburied in the place they…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Kaunas seeks to become European Capital of Culture

Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas will seek to become the European and Lithuanian capital of culture, under two draft decisions registered…

10 years ago
  • Society

Mayor of Kaunas signs up for military volunteer training

Andrius Kupčinskas, the mayor of Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas, and several other municipal officials will undergo basic military skill training…

10 years ago