Summer Music in Lithuania
Festival welcomes more than 12 groups from 5 continents
“Pasaulis skamba“ (The World Resounds) is a festival that invites listeners to expand their musical horizons...
Vilnius 700 Celebrations Beginning Now!
The City of Vilnius celebrates its 700th anniversary next year - in 2023. In preparation for the jubilee year, the city is already holding...
A Lithuanian Artist in the Toronto Biennial
The Toronto Biennial of Art is Canada’s leading visual arts event focused exclusively on contemporary art from around the world. Over the 10 weeks...
Lithuanian Culinary Arts – A Unique Approach
Rimvydas Laužikas is a Professor of Digital Social Science and Humanities in the Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University. Educated in the interdisciplinary fields...
Čiurlionis Commemoration
In Antwerp, Belgium, the weekend of April 30-May 1 will be dedicated to events commemorating Lithuanian artist and composer M.K. Čiurlionis, including concerts featuring...
Living Green
“Gyvo žalio“, translated as “Living green“ does not refer to ecology, but is an invocation or greeting used at the rite of spring called...
Easter in Lithuania
In her essential volume Lithuanian Customs and Traditions, author Danutė Bindokienė writes about Easter and the time leading up to it, including Lent, Palm...
The Year of Karaims in Lithuania
A 625-year-old ethnic community celebrates
The Lithuanian Parliament declared 2022 the year of the Karaims (Crimean Karaites), celebrating 625 years of their existence as an...
Ukraine at VIFF
This year’s Vilnius International Film Festival (March 24 to April 3) is making Ukraine, and Ukrainian films, a key part of its programme, and...
Understanding the Lithuanian Roma
Photographer Andrew Miksys has an inside view
Andrew Miksys (b. 1969) is a native of Seattle. His photography has been shown nationally and internationally including...
Navalny – A Documentary Thriller
Film by Canadian Director Daniel Roher
CNN Films and HBO Max, in association with Fishbowl Films, Raefilm Studios and Cottage M, announced they have partnered...
Lithuanian History in Šileika‘s Novels
The Lithuanian embassy in Canada hosted an online meeting with author Antanas Šileika on February 9, as part of the ES Book Club series.
The...
The Truth about Cabbage Rolls
It’s an International Dish
The Lithuanian website alkas.lt recently published an article about cabbage rolls, offering a new take on sauces for the tasty meat...
Baltic Art in France
The ambassadors of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia opened an exhibition of Contemporary Baltic art in Tours, France, this week, part of a Baltic cultural...
Meet Author Antanas Šileika
Online Book Club Event February 9
Did you know that there is a European Book Club in Ottawa which discusses works by various European authors?...
Latest News
Ukrainian Refugees in Lithuania
Some are leaving, others still coming
Lithuania ranks 10th in the EU in terms of the number of officially registered Ukrainian refugees, according to data...
Lithuanians Flee Kaliningrad
In an interview with LRt.lt, the president of the Kaliningrad Lithuanian Community Sigitas Šamborskis said “If I hadn’t left Kaliningrad, I wouldn’t be speaking...
An Album of Nature
See treasures of Lithuanian nature
Many of us have visited Lithuania and seen the major tourist attractions and sites that we know and love from...
Kvedaravičius’ Death Exposed
His film on Mariupol to be in Cannes Festival
Lithuanian news website 15min.lt revealed that filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius was abducted by Russian soldiers and executed....
New Immigration Trend
Lithuanians returning
For the second year in a row, there were more Lithuanian citizens returning to their country that leaving it. According to the Statistics...
