Community notices and news from Lithuania.
When Olugbenga Adewuyi decided to move from Nigeria to Lithuania, he did not speak Lithuanian and knew almost nothing about the country. Over the past seven years, he has reached A2 level in the language, obtained a permanent residence permit and grown accustomed to life there. But when discussing i
23h ago · Read at LRT English →
Lithuania’s postal service, Lietuvos paštas, is issuing a new postage stamp Friday honouring Birutė Galdikas, one of the world’s best-known primatologists of Lithuanian descent.
5d ago · Read at LRT English →
Kaunas University of Technology has sent 8,000 textbooks to universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia to help train future mathematics and English teachers and support educators’ professional development.
10/20/2026 · Read at LRT English →
In Lithuania, children are widely seen as essential to a woman’s fulfilment and a successful marriage or partnership. Yet parents raising children often encounter a less welcoming reality, from being told not to bring children to weddings to having to breastfeed babies in airport toilets.
10/18/2026 · Read at LRT English →
Paulius Abdulhakimas Bergaudas from Klaipėda converted to Islam on his own initiative while finishing school and later completed a PhD in the subject at Cambridge. In an interview with LRT.lt, he talks about the myths surrounding Muslims in Lithuania and what the country’s politicians should avoid d
10/17/2026 · Read at LRT English →
A dispute over how to protect Kaunas’ UNESCO-listed modernist architecture has exposed tensions between heritage conservation and urban development. City officials warn that proposed restrictions could obstruct construction projects and heritage authorities say Lithuania must honour its internationa
10/12/2026 · Read at LRT English →
The European Muslim League has expressed concern over recent incidents targeting Lithuania’s Muslim community and Islamic religious symbols, calling on authorities and society to stand against hatred and intimidation.
10/5/2026 · Read at LRT English →
A sculpture depicting a Jewish water carrier has been restored and returned to a Vilnius street corner after a drunk driver crashed into it and damaged the artwork, the city’s street maintenance company said Monday.
9/22/2026 · Read at LRT English →
A protest by motorcycle clubs outside a mosque in Lithuania’s second-largest city, where bikers disrupted Muslim prayers and displayed a pig’s head, has prompted a criminal investigation into possible incitement against a religious group and interference with religious rites.
9/17/2026 · Read at LRT English →
Lithuania’s Muslim community leader has urged the government to take steps to ensure the safety of Muslims after a group of bikers brought a pig’s head to a mosque in Kaunas and disrupted prayers.
9/14/2026 · Read at LRT English →