The year of 2020 was declared the UNESCO World Heritage Year in Lithuania by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

To reduce the negative consequences for artists, culture professionals and cultural organisations due to the declared state-level emergency and quarantine, the Ministry of Culture has prepared the initial Action Plan for Support of Culture Sector.

This week the entire Europe commemorates the Digital Week, an annual digital inclusion and empowerment campaign.

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, in cooperation with the Government and other responsible bodies, is making every effort to minimize the impact of the coronavirus on culture and creative professionals working in the sector.

Please be informed that the initial open call “Supporting access to culture and strengthening cultural education” of the programme “Culture” of the European economic area (EEA) financial mechanism 2014-2021 has been postponed until 27 July 2020. 

Due to the nationwide emergency situation, the Ministry of Culture, as well as museums, libraries, archives and other cultural institutions are temporarily unable to receive visitors. Therefore, the public is invited to continue the exploration of cultural heritage objects and the pieces of art in virtual space.

The Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas has awarded Kęstutis Pikūnas, the artist and compiler of the book Jonas ir Adolfas Mekai: Gyvenimo lai(š)kai and the winner of the Baltic Book Art Competition.

Ms Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson has won a competition of the Ministry of Culture for the position of a cultural attaché at the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Lithuania in Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

The current cultural attaché dr. Elena Keidošiūtė has won a competition of the Ministry of Culture for the position of a cultural attaché at the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Lithuania in Israel.

The Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas has met with the Belarusian writer and journalist Ms Svetlana Alexievich , the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature

The current cultural attaché Rasa Rimickaitė has won a competition of the Ministry of Culture for the position of a cultural attaché at the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Lithuania in Poland.

The book Jonas ir Adolfas Mekai: Gyvenimo lai(š)kai has been elected as the most beautiful Lithuanian book in the Baltic Book Art Competition, which took place in Riga and featured books awarded at the National Awards 2019