Lithuania News » Vilnius County News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: Lithuania’s Song Celebration marks a century of music, culture and unity
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 ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: Lithuania’s Power Move: From Baltic Amber To Michelin Stars
From severing energy ties with Russia to making waves in Hollywood and redefining luxury cuisine with its coveted Baltic amber, Lithuania is proving that country size is no barrier to influence. LOS ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: Vilnius Today Is Where European Fashion, Culture, and Art Meet Green
Vilnius, in the EU member country of Lithuania, doesn’t take a vacation in the summer! There’s no time like the present when the city is buzzing with events, music, festivals and activities. There’s ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: For Lithuania, Unease Over a Growing Russian-Speaking Diaspora
An influx of exiled Russian activists and refugees from Ukraine and Belarus is stirring fears in a country that fought to preserve its language and culture under Soviet occupation. By Anatoly ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: Once a beacon of the Yiddish speaking world, Lithuania's Jews work to keep it alive
VILNIUS, Lithuania (RNS) — If one city could be said to be the home of Yiddish, the traditional language of Ashkenazi Jewry, it would not be New York or Jerusalem, in many minds, but Vilnius, the ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: A Cultural Casualty of the War in Ukraine: ‘The Nutcracker’
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 ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: Archaeologists uncover treasures of Vilnius’ Great Synagogue as Lithuanian Jews dispute its future
Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations, and exposing rifts between Lithuanian Jews over ...
News Lithuania » Vilnius County » Culture: Chicago's Baltic Bond: Lithuania, America and Democracy
Chicago Sun-Times investigative reporter Stephanie Zimmermann and photo editor Ashlee Rezin traveled to Lithuania for two weeks in April as the Pulitzer Center’s 2026 Richard C. Longworth Media ...