Sports Palace

  • Society

Fragments of Jewish gravestones collected from various parts of Vilnius

Fragments of Jewish gravestones, which were used for construction during the Soviet era, are being delivered to the territory of…

7 years ago
  • Society

No museum possible in Vilnius Sports Palace – rep of US Jewish organization

The Vilnius Sports Palace, which has been built on an old Jewish cemetery, is not an appropriate location for a…

8 years ago
  • Society

Gaon Jewish Museum astonished over plans of Jewish History Museum in Vilnius

The Vilnius Gaon State Jewish Museum has expressed astonishment over the Lithuanian administration's plans of founding a new Museum of…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Irdaiva Co. searched by financial crime squads, CEO detained

Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service on Tuesday conducted searches in the premises of Irdaiva, one of the country's largest construction…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Panama Papers: Former Lithuanian Football Federation president linked to offshore company

The former president of the Lithuanian Football Federation has been revealed as the owner of an offshore company that handled…

9 years ago
  • Society

Jewish heritage enjoyed more government protection in 2015, says community leader

Over the last year, the Lithuanian government began focusing more on preserving Jewish heritage and grave sites, according to Faina…

9 years ago
  • Society

Vilnius Sports Palace, built on Jewish cemetery, to host conferences, not concerts, PM says

Built within the territory of a former Jewish cemetery, the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports will host conferences after…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Israeli government doesn’t mind Vilnius Sports Palace renovation project, Lithuanian PM says

Israel has no objections to Lithuania about the renovation project of the Concert and Sports Palace in central Vilnius which…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian Jewish community to appoint new rabbi

The Jewish Community of Lithuania has dismissed its rabbi Chaim Burstein after the community's chairwoman accused him of spreading lies…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Architects present visions for redevelopment of Žalgiris Stadium and Sports Palace in Vilnius

The Lithuanian Architects Union on Monday hosted a public discussion on one of the major development sites in central Vilnius,…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Vilnius Sports Palace renovation deemed project of national importance

The Lithuanian government on Monday agreed in principle to grant the status of an economic project of national importance to…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Jewish organizations and Lithuanian government agree on sensitive renovation in central Vilnius

Members of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe said after meeting with Lithuania's prime minister that…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Soviet-era Vilnius Sports Palace to be reconstructed as congress centre

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that Vilnius Concerts and Sports Palace, a currently abandoned modernist structure in central Vilnius,…

10 years ago