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The Government has approved the Ministry of Culture’s plan for the marking of the year of Karaims (Karaites) of Lithuania in 2022.

The Vice-Minister of Culture Vygintas Gasparavičius has gone to do fellowship at the University of Washington (USA). Fifteen representatives from countries of Europe and Asia have been invited, and Gasparavičius is the only representative of Lithuania.

This Wednesday marked the start of the 73rd Frankfurt Book Fair, which, following a two-year break, invited publishing professionals to the largest event of the literary community dedicated to discussions of the latest literature, book trends, and the present and the future of publishing.

On 29–31 October, a series of exhibitions and events titled Power to Change , dedicated to the topic of climate change, will take place at Tate Modern, one of the most important modern art galleries in the United Kingdom.

Wednesday marked the end of bilateral meeting of the expert group for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Lithuania and Poland , which was organised in Kaunas this time.

During the meeting between the Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys and the Ambassador of Kingdom of Sweden Inger Buxton, discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic’s influence on the culture sector of both countries and the most significant projects and initiatives of bilateral cultural ...

By ruling of the Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys, the creative team of the feature-length film Piligrimai has been awarded the prize of the Ministry of Culture for the received major international awards in the field of culture.

By the ruling of the Government, Vice-Minister of Culture Rimantas Mikaitis has been appointed as the representative of the Government on cultural heritage issues in activities that have been envisaged in the agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Poland for ...

In four years, there has been a noticeable increase in use of information and communication measures by Lithuania’s population, the Internet has become more significant than the television, and social networks have become almost as important as online news portals.

Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys expresses his condolences on the death of composer and recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts, Professor Bronius Kutavičius.

The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys attended an event in Kaunas today during which the programme of Kaunas 2022 and other cities that will become the European capitals of culture next year – Esch-sur-Alzette and Novi Sad – was announced.

On 27 September, the Annual Forum of the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region will start and continue for almost a week. The main subject which will unite its discussions and other events is green recovery.