The plan for commemorating the Lithuanian Tartar History and Culture Year in 2021 was approved today at the Government meeting.

Today, the Vice-Minister of Culture Zita Bružaitė participated in the international high-level remote conference “EU Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation until 2030” organised by Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

Lithuania’s report submitted to UNESCO reviews the progress of our country in implementing the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which was ratified in 2006.

In September, fourteen remains of Lithuanian political prisoners, deportees and their relatives were transferred from the Rudnyk city cemetery in Kazakhstan to the memorial complex in Spas, and from the abandoned Sarana cemetery – the remains of the partisan fighter Pranas Perevičius.

During the meeting of the Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas with the Swiss Ambassador Konstantin Obolensky, the main focus was on the programme of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Lithuanian-Swiss diplomatic relations, which will be ...

On Tuesday, the Contemporary Art Centre hosted a discussion “Vision of the Lithuanian Design Sector”, which was attended by the members of the Lithuanian Design Council established in 2019 on the initiative of the Ministries of Culture and Economy and Innovation.

Cultural workers providing services are given the opportunity to be tested by rapid COVID-19 tests. This is provided for in the decision of the State-level Emergency State Operations Manager, which instructs the directors of municipal administrations to organise COVID-19 rapid tests for cultural workers providing services ...

On Wednesday, the Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas participated in the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Lithuanian Jewish Genocide in Vilnius – the commemoration in Rūdninkai Square and the ceremony at the Paneriai Memorial.

Open tender for the creation and implementation of a sculptural-architectural idea of a monumental object for the residents of Lithuania who rescued Jews during the years of Nazi occupation has been announced.

Dr. Ūla Marija Tornau 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 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Highly qualified professionals, including representatives of culture and art, coming from foreign countries, from which 14 days of self-isolation is required on arrival or return, may be exempted from mandatory isolation and may leave the place of isolation.

Mr. Rimantas Vingras 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 the Russian Federation.