Vilnius plans to name new streets after Kartvelians, Albanians and Kurds

July 23, 2018 BNS Foreign affairs 0
Vilnius
DELFI / Šarūnas Mažeika

One street is set to be named after Lithuanian poet, translator and essayist Sigitas Geda and several other new streets will be named after Welsh, Kartvelian, Gaul, Kurd, Azeri and Albanian nations.

Vilnius City Council is scheduled to deliberate the plan later this week.

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