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Kaunas modernist architecture exhibition at UNESCO HQ marks Lithuania‘s centennial celebrations Added 2018-08-21 On April 4, the exhibition of Kaunas modernist architecture entitled "Architecture of Optimism: the Kaunas Phenomenon, 1918–1940" was opened at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris.
UNESCO’s reforms are necessary Added 2018-08-21 May 30, Paris – President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to discuss the Organization’s reforms.
Lithuanian scientist awarded L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Added 2018-08-21 On June 5, at the Latvian Academy of Sciences, during the annual L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Ceremony three awards of 6000 euros were given out to Latvian scientists, one to Lithuanian and one to Estonian scientist. It is already the...
Lithuania is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its accession to UNESCO Added 2016-11-24 On the 30th of October, the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO together with the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society organized a charitable Gala Concert featuring Lithuania’s foremost opera prima donna Ms. Violeta Urmana, UNESCO Artist...
Conference on 2005 Convention and Sustainable Development in Lithuania Added 2016-03-18 The Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Embassy of Canada in Lithuania, is organizing on Friday 18 March, 2016 in Vilnius, Lithuania, a conference on the 2005...
UNESCO General Director designates Lithuanian opera singer, Ms Violeta Urmana, as UNESCO artist for Peace Added 2016-03-07 The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will designate the renowned Lithuanian opera singer Ms Violeta Urmana as a UNESCO Artist for Peace in a ceremony at the Organization’s Headquarters on 7 March at 5:45 pm.    
Europe remembers the victims of Stalinism and Nazism Added 2014-08-22 This Saturday (August 23) the European Union will commemorate the victims of the totalitarian regimes that left Europe in ruins in the course of the 20th century. Following the European Parliament’s resolution of 2 April 2009, August 23rd has...
World leaders debate international development goals at 37th Session of UNESCO’s General Conference Added 2013-11-11 The 37th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, which brings together all of the Organization’s Member States, on Wednesday hosted a new edition of the Leaders’ Forum on the theme “UNESCO mobilizing for and contributing to the post-2015 agenda...
Lithuania seeks interwar Kaunas recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site (en.15 min.lt 22 may 2013) Added 2013-05-23 Arūnas Gelūnas – former minister of culture and now Lithuania's ambassador to UNESCO – has fixed his attention on his native town, Kaunas. He has mentioned he will be seeking to have Kaunas and its modernist architecture – particularly on...
List of events for the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January) Added 2013-03-19 On 17 January the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania has adopted the Resolution on 2013 as the Year of Remembrance of the Vilnius Ghetto. Bearing in mind that September 2013 marks 70 years since the liquidation of theVilniusghetto by the...