All news

Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys, together with his counterparts in Czechia, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Poland, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia, appealed to the European Commission regarding funding for cinema festivals in accordance with the Creative Europe programme for 2021–2027.

At 9.00 am on 25 March, an online discussion is held on the New European Bauhaus initiative, inviting the participation of community groups concerned about how our residential environment will look in the future.

Today (18 March), a Cooperation Programme between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine was signed in Kiev.

In an online meeting between Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys and H.E. Ms Claire Lignières-Counathe, Ambassador of France to Lithuania, a number of important questions regarding the pandemic and its effect on the cultural sector were discussed, and the participants expressed satisfaction with initiatives for cultural ...

Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys met online with H.E. Mr Vít Korselt, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Lithuania.

The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys met with H.E. Mr. Tigran Mkrtchyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia.

In cooperation with the network of cultural attachés, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) presents a new cultural podcast in English, Culture Nerve .

In 2021, the Lithuanian Capital of Culture will be Neringa, which will take over this title and symbolic amber tree from Trakai.

Today, in an online video conference, a cultural forum organised at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania and UNESCO: Are We Carrying Out Our Promise to Ourselves and to the World?

Today the Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys met with H.E. Mr. Yossef Levy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel.

Lithuania has been officially accepted to the observer group of the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS), and in this organisation our country will be represented by Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum.

The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys had a remote meeting with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Lithuania Matthias Sonn.