Litvak

  • Sports

Embassy of Israel invites to Trophy Basketball Tournament

The Embassy of Israel in Vilnius together with Šarūnas Marčiulionis Basketball Academy is organizing a youth basketball tournament in Vilnius.…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

World Lithuanian Economic Forum invites to discuss business and science in Israel

The Lithuanian and Israeli businesspeople, diaspora members and people interested in fostering relations with Lithuania will meet for the seventh…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president hands credentials to first ambassador to South Africa

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday handed letters of credence to Sigutė Jakštonytė, the country's first ambassador to the Republic…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Renovation of synagogue starts in Vilnius

Renovation works of the synagogue on Gėlių Street in Vilnius has been started, the Department of Cultural Heritage said on…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuanian Diplomatic Star awarded to Dr. Richard Maullin

On Sunday evening, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, awarded in Los Angeles the diplomatic start to Dr. Richard Maullin.…

10 years ago
  • Society

Unique Jewish heritage site opens in Šeduva

More than two years of work on the restoration and preservation of Jewish heritage in Šeduva were marked in a…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Jewish organisations invited to participate in World Lithuanian Economic Forum

Lithuania's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius has paid a working visit to Tel Aviv, Israel. The minister invited…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Oscar-winning French director says he is happy with his Lithuanian name

Oscar-winning French film director Michel Hazanavicius, who has visited Vilnius, says he is grateful to his grandfather for not changing…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Israel and Lithuania have much to offer one another, says Lithuanian official

Opening of the Embassy of Israel in Vilnius and Political consultations between two foreign ministries, led by political directors Rolandas…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Sergey Kanovich: Holocaust Museum and Holocaust of Memory

What a silly title, I thought after I wrote it. There is no such thing in Lithuania. There was a…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Israel Diary. On the cloud named Lithuania

We offer you a recent interview with Grigory Kanovich who several weeks won the National Prize of Lithuania for Art…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Litvak Days in London presented Jewish cultural heritage of Lithuania

This year, the Lithuanian Embassy in London organised the Litvak Days in London for the fourth time and invited its…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Litvak art in Philadelphia

Philadelphia can lay claim to a few superlatives in art. Probably nowhere are so many paintings by Renoir and sculptures…

10 years ago
  • Culture

In memoriam of Romain Gary

This year, Lithuania hosted several cultural events in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat and…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Exhibition “Hello, Paris! The Path of Litvak Artists” opens in London

On 11 November, representatives of the British, Jewish and Lithuanian communities in London attended the opening of the exhibition "Hello,…

10 years ago
  • Society

Rūta Vanagaitė: Lithuania is still competing with the Holocaust

Rūta Vanagaitė’s project “The Paneriai Lullaby”, which lets you interact with Jewish culture for a day, is one of the…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Litvak lenses influenced sensibilities of Nobel prize winning author Nadine Gordimer

Earlier this week the media honoured Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel and Man Booker prize winning novelist with a wealth of…

10 years ago