September 2021
Manuscript of May 3rd Constitution to be displayed in Vilnius
The manuscripts of Constitution of 3 May 1791 and the Mutual Pledge will be exhibited at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius in October, Lithuania's Culture Ministry announced on Monday. Held to mark the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and the Mutual Pledge, the...
Nations’ Fair starts in Vilnius
The annual Nations' Fair is starting in central Vilnius on Friday, organized for the 13th time already. The main goal of this fair is to introduce people to national cuisines, crafts, customs and traditions of ethnic communities living in Lithuania, the organizers say. Vilnius residents and guests will be invited to get a taste of national...
Paintings worth EUR 8.4 mln brought from Denmark to exhibit in Lithuania
Paintings worth 8.4 million euros were brought from Denmark early in September for an exhibition in Lithuania, BTA, the insurer of the artworks, said in a press release on Friday. Forty-four paintings, the most expensive of which costs 800,000 euros, will be on display at Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum in Vilnius starting from September 30. Paintings...
FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021
The FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021 is the 9th season, which is going to host by Lithuania and the third Futsal World Cup is hosted in Europe. This World Cup organizing for the first time in Lithuania. The 24 teams have been divided up into six groups of four teams for the tournament....
June 2021
Vilnius University reaches record-high 400th position in global university rating
Vilnius University has gone up to a record-high 400th position in the latest QS World University Rankings 2022. This is also the highest rating ever achieved by Lithuanian universities in the global ranking of QS universities. The university ranked 423rd last year. "Being among the 400 best universities in the world is a significant achievement for...
Klaipeda to host European folk culture festival in 2022
The Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda will be able to host the Europeade, the largest festival of European folk culture, in 2022 after the coronavirus pandemic prevented it from holding the event in 2020. The International Organizing Committee of Europeade has voted in favor of allowing Klaipeda to host the festival on July 14-17, 2022,...
May 2021
Lithuania opening its pavilion at Venice architecture biennale
Lithuania is opening its pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale on Thursday. The pavilion features "Planet of People", a project by artist Julijonas Urbonas, the founder of the Lithuanian Space Agency (LSA), a fictional organization that researches "space architecture and gravitational aesthetics". Planet of People is an artistic and scientific feasibility study into a hypothetical artificial...
Last unknown tower of Vilnius’ Lower Castle located at Gediminas Hill foot
The last unknown tower of Vilnius' Lower Castle has been localized at the foot of the Lithuanian capital's Gediminas Hill using electric tomography. "We knew that it was somewhere; the goal was to localize it," Stanislovas Patkauskas, scientific research coordinator at the State Cultural Reserve of Vilnius Castles, told reporters on Tuesday. The underground remains of...