Category: Lithuania

First settlers First people settled around 12,000 BC. In the area that is today Lithuania. Different cultures developed. From around 4000 BC, hunters and gatherers became Settled farmers. The Balts probably came in the 3rd millennium BC. In their current settlement area and merged with the people living there. From around AD 1000, the Baltic…

Vilnius has probably traditionally not been the main destination for Norwegian tourists, and Lithuania in general has been a country that many Norwegians have defended themselves to travel to. With a growth in both modernity and economy, Lithuania’s capital has become a tourist gem, which with a low price level and extremely many historic buildings…

The situation for mass media in Lithuania is characterized by a certain political diversity, but it is difficult for journalists to critically examine ownership interests. The daily newspapers are struggling with circulation, but many are reading news online. People’s habits of watching Russian television are perceived by the authorities as a problem for the country’s…

Literature Literature in Lithuanian, earliest with religious content, originated in the 16th century. The oldest is Mažvyda’s translation from 1547 of Luther’s catechism. The fictional creation was initiated by Donelaitis, whose realistic hexameter poem “Metai” (“The Seasons”) was published in 1818. During the press ban 1864-1904 books and magazines were printed, among other things. in…

After the defeat of the German in World War II, however, Lithuania proclaimed the Republic: April 4 1919 Smetona took over the government provisionally. The struggles of possession between Poland and Russia began immediately, which ended with the stipulation of agreements under which the lines of demarcation with the western states and Estonia were defined….