The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys had a remote meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilchrist today.

The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys had a remote meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to Lithuania Diego Ungaro.

After several years of intensive work by groups of experts, the nomination dossier  Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919–1939  has been submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris.

The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture has been extended for a new three-year period (2021–2023). This programme has been implemented at the initiative of the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Ministries of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 2009. 

Dr. Ūla Marija Tornau has been appointed the Cultural Attaché in the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Lithuania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Forming the image of Lithuania requires not only a long-term strategy, but also a clear monitoring system. When forming the image, we have to remember another important element of the country's image abroad, i.e. the reputation.

Today the Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys attended the remote conference dedicated to the end of the UNESCO World Heritage Year in Lithuania.

On Monday, the winners of the 2020 National Culture and Art Prizes have been announced.

Today the interim Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas participated in the informal online meeting of ministers of culture of the European Union (EU).

Vilnius City Municipality and the Ministry of Culture have completed negotiations with the Spanish architecture studio Arquivio Architects, which was recognised as the author of the best National Concert Hall project in an international architecture competition last year.

The Media Forum, which was organised by the Ministry of Culture in an online format this year, sought to answer what the new reality dictates to the media and its audiences.

The Ministry of Culture has received confirmation from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre that the draft nomination file of Kaunas modernist architecture meets the administrative requirements for applications.