Raising of citizenship, strengthening of national identity and attention to film education – the Lithuanian Film Centre will focus on these priorities while distributing state film funding that has nearly doubled. 

During the 18 December meeting with the new Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers Helén Nilsson, the Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson pointed out that Lithuania had proved to be a reliable partner of the Council; therefore, now it is important to search for additional support methods for the funding of coproduction in the cooperation of ...

Winners the National Culture and Arts Prize 2017 were announced at the Ministry of Culture. The solemn ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson.

December 8-10, the Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is paying a working visit to Berlin. The Minister will be meeting the leaders of cultural and art institutions, discuss new cultural cooperation projects, take part in the 30th European Film Awards ceremony.

The Lithuanian Council for Culture has granted funding for the programme Implementation of the Strategic Programs of Cultural or Artistic Organizations. It is currently the largest funding programme aimed at ensuring successful and ongoing activities of the most powerful non-governmental cultural organizations.

December 6th, the Minister of Culture met with the newly appointed Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Angelika Viets. During the meeting, they discussed successful cooperation between Lithuania and Germany in various cultural and artistic fields.

December 5, Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson met with experts from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre, who arrived to Lithuania with a working visit.

December 5, Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson met with the newly elected President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Gloria Perez-Salmeron.

The action plan for the implementation of the European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018) in Lithuania was approved at the order of the Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson.

A memorial to freedom fighters resembling a forest and guerrilla bunkers will be built in the central Lukiškių Square in Vilnius.

On 23–26 November the Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is on a work visit in Georgia where she and Mikheil Giorgadze, the Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, signed a cultural cooperation programme for 2018–2020 between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of ...

The role of culture in building cohesive societies in Europe was discussed during the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Culture of the European Union held in Brussels. Ministers were invited to speak on how cultural policies could contribute while strengthening the cohesiveness, sociality and citizenship ...