Good things come in small packages. This adage has withstood the test of time beyond jewelry marketing. The latest fascinating cultural and geopolitical case study is Lithuania. The Baltic nation of 2 ...
Are you thinking about visiting Lithuania and not sure what to expect? Well here we go through some of the typical culture shocks travelers have when they visit Lithuania. From their obsession with ...
From the first immigrants to the third generation, ethnic groups sometimes lose touch with their identities in the quest for Americanization. But St. Petersburg's Lithuanian community has maintained ...
Protesters across Lithuania on Sunday called for the defence of culture, democracy and freedom of speech following the ruling coalition's decision to hand over the culture ministry to Dawn of Nemunas ...
The Lithuanian Song Celebration brings together thousands of performers, from ensembles to conductors, often decked out in traditional dress. Monocle travels to the Baltic state for the centenary ...
When I am with my family in public, we are often asked what language we are speaking, or where we are from. The most common guesses are Russian, Polish or Latvian – none of which are correct. Growing ...
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - In Lithuania, the last country in Europe to adopt Christianity in the 1430s, the summer solstice celebration from ancient times has kept a strong place in the national culture.
Belarusian opposition in neighboring Lithuania had a tough week. Lithuania's new government quietly reduced the state-provided security for exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ...
Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer ...
The Ministry of Culture in 2017 had promised to take over and prevent the sale of the final resting place of 1,159 Holocaust victims murdered in Veliucionys. (JTA) — Construction was documented near a ...