Ministry of Culture

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius opposes the appointment of Vytautas Vigelis as Deputy Minister of Culture. The prime minister says the nomination was not coordinated with him and, therefore, is illegal.

Members of the Labour Party Vytautas Gapšys and Šarūnas Birutis, who is also the Minister of Culture, claim that the incorporation of the Department of Physical Education and Sports and the Department of Youth Affairs into the Ministry of Culture would allow to better represent youth and sports affa...

The government of Lithuania and France have sign an agreement on joint film production, aimed at creating more favourable conditions for film producers to work on joint projects.

On Wednesday, 3 June, three people whose outstanding activities have contributed to strengthening the cultural, political and business ties between Austria and Lithuania were honoured at the Embassy of Austria in Vilnius.

Lithuania marks the end of World War Two on Friday, with the country's president, prime minister and speaker of the Seimas attending commemorative events.

Lithuania will celebrate the end of World War II in Europe on 8 May, with official events to be attended by the president and the prime minister.

Deputy Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė has addressed Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius regarding the reconstruction of Lukiškės Square in Vilnius. She has urged to complete the square's reconstruction before celebrating the centenary of Lithuania's statehood in 2018.

Lithuania's Culture Ministry will confer its sign of honour award to Austrian writer and translator Cornelius Hell.

In response to informational pressure of the Kremlin-supported media, the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT plans new programs for Russian-speakers in Lithuania and hopes to launch a program focused on explaining sources of propaganda and its methods of working.

More than a tenth of surveyed Lithuanians regularly download music, films and books illegally, according to a survey presented at the Ministry of Culture on Thursday.

The Department of National Minorities, an envisioned structure within the Lithuanian government, will give more decision-making powers to ethnic minorities, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says, adding that the government made a mistake when it dissolved the department which existed before 2010.

Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From now on objects marked with Soviet or Nazi symbols will not be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage.

The Lithuanian Government's Strategic Committee will consider establishing an Ethnic Minority Department that would replace the Ethnic Minority and Emigration Department closed in 2010, a government representatives said on Monday.

Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis claims that the contribution of culture to Lithuania's economy is underestimated.

Lithuania's Ministry of Culture wants to have an attaché in China. The new position would be established by renouncing the existing one in Austria.

Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has dismissed actors' concerns over the reform plan for national and state theatres that has been prepared by the ministry. The reform would turn theatres into public undertakings and actors would work under fixed term contracts. The minister says the present situ...

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for establishment of an institution subordinate to the government that would be in charge of presenting Lithuania abroad.

Deputy Minister of Culture Agneta Lobacevskytė took office on Monday. The deputy minister will oversee the matters of ethnic minorities, archives and information society.

The New York-based YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Lithuanian institutions plan to digitalize and merge online pre-war archives on both sides of the Atlantic about the life of Eastern European Jews.

Deputy Minister of Culture Darius Mažintas submitted his resignation which was accepted by Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis on Friday.