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Nov
27
Recent attempts to create an official logo for Lithuania have ended in disagreement between government, business, and cultural groups.
Step forward photographer and marketing expert Marius Jovaisa. With only 50,000 litas in private funding, he and a small group of publicly-minded designers have taken the bull by the horns and created a logo which, they say, anyone is free to use.
Their emblematic design uses a stylised version of the Vytis, the sword-wielding mounted knight from Lithuania’s coat of arms that has been set in a heart-shaped piece of amber and given the tagline “Lithuania – Heart of the Baltic.”
Asked by journalists if he thought the tagline might risk offending Latvians and Estonians, Jovaisa said that marketing is about getting out in front of the competition.
Jovaisa said political, government, and cultural groups can employ the logo freely, adding that he has set up a non-profit company for administering it.
Nov
25
The Dinosaurs which Ruled the Earth 65 Million Years Ago Are Back!
The appearance of fifteen “live” and roaring dinosaurs and the almost cinematographic presentation of their evolution can already be seen in Lithuania, the Vilnius Siemens Arena on November 27, 28 and 29. Due to the gigantic sizes of the decorations and the dinosaurs, the number of spectators might be limited to 4000 (under normal circumstances, the Siemens Arena holds up to 8000 people!).
Place of event: “Siemens” arena, Ozo str. 14, Vilnius.
Date of event:
November 27, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
November 28, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
November 29, 2009, 12:00 p.m. , 4.00 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours, 1 break (20 minutes).
Door opens: 1 hour 30 minutes before event.
Price: from 90 Lt
The prehistoric creatures which dwelt here more than 65 million years ago are coming back to Earth at the end of November. They are coming to the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, providing a unique opportunity for the families to see an unforgettable show - a smart and intellectual performance which will awaken the imagination and the curiosity of both the children and the grown-ups. After the long and exhausting six years of making, the award-winning BBC TV documentary-style series Walking with Dinosaurs is making an astonishing dramatic entrance.
Walking with Dinosaurs is an impressive dinosaur parade; a striking manifestation of the evolution of these roaring creatures, featuring very realistic prehistoric creatures of unprecedented size and quality. The educational event was originally produced in Australia by Gerry Ryan, Malcolm Cooke and Jill Bryant. Later it was brought to the United Kingdom by The Creature Production Company. The event based on the award-winning BBC TV series was made in documentary fashion, which portrays the world history with cinematographic precision. “World-famous designers worked in collaboration with scientists in order to create 15 realistic dinosaurs and to give us a chance to touch prehistory and to meet Tyrannosaur, Stegosaur, Brachiosaur and other creatures of incredible size. This is an opportunity for us to realize how they really looked when they first stepped on the planet Earth; this is our chance to see what even the scientific literature and encyclopedias do not portray”, cheerfully narrates Mr. Renatas Nacajus, the General Manager of the agency SEVEN Live, which is the organizer of the event.
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Nov
25
The walls of the limited access zone of Vilnius International Airport have been decorated with colourful paintings of pupils. The paintings of pupils of Šalčininkai Gymnasium of Lithuanian’s Millennium are displayed in the departure halls where travellers wait for their flights after safety check.
Children painted their pictures on the topic of aviation after visiting Vilnius Airport. After taking a look at departure and arrival halls, departure gates, runways, airplanes, getting acquainted with work of the airport, pupils of the gymnasium transferred their impression about planes, airport and aviation to the paper and sent the paintings to the airport.
About 30 paintings of children shall vitalize the terminal of the airport and render pleasant emotions to passengers.
Nov
25
Nordea bank in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania started issuing the BalticMiles MasterCard to the first customers. BalticMiles MasterCard is a “two-in-one” solution and functions both as a pan-Baltic loyalty programme and a credit card that customers can use for purchases at over 29 million points of sale around the world.
Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic: “We teamed up with Nordea and MasterCard to introduce a unique pan-Baltic loyalty and credit card – every purchase with the new BalticMiles MasterCard in the supermarket, petrol station or any other shop earns points that you can use for free flights, cinema tickets, spa treatments, hotels, telephone conversations. BalticMiles MasterCard holders also enjoy free of charge check-in at airports.”
Valdis Siksnis, Branch Manager of Nordea Latvia: “We are delighted that Nordea continues to strengthen its positions in the co-branding card segment. Together with strong partners – airBaltic and MasterCard – for the first time we launch a new co-branding loyalty card simultaneously in all three Baltic states. BalticMiles MasterCard is a successful example of a “win-win-win” of three strong brands that enables to offer our clients an impressive package of benefits.”
Carlos Rodriguez, General Manager Nordic Region, MasterCard Europe: “As the global pioneer of airline co-branding programmes, we are proud to partner with Nordea and airBaltic for the first pan-Baltic loyalty card of this kind. Today’s consumers are looking for payment tools that combine security and control with convenience and rewards, and we are dedicated to delivering on these needs together with two leaders in their field.”
airBaltic, Nordea and MasterCard offer extra benefits for the card-holders. BalticMiles MasterCard has no fee for opening an account with Nordea and no monthly fees for the first 6 months of usage. BalticMiles MasterCard holders pay only for the credit used, moreover, they enjoy a “grace period” (a credit without interest) of up to 55 days. Customers earn Reward Miles with every purchase worldwide. Also a valuable travel insurance is included in the offer for free.
How to apply for BalticMiles MasterCard?
Nov
23
Exhibition “Fashion of the Victorian Era“
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Date: 20 November, 2009 – 31 January, 2010
Place: Radvila Palace, Vilnius
Exhibition “Fashion of the Victorian Era“
Lithuanian Art Museum and JSC “Ispado“ invites you to the opened exhibition “Fashion of the Victorian Era 1830-1900” from the collection of Alexander Vasilyev at the Radvila Palace (Vilniaus St. 22, Vilnius)
For the first time in Lithuania at the exhibition “Fashion of the Victorian Era 1830-1900” viewers will be able to see rare men and women costumes from Victorian tenure period (1837-1901). At the exhibition will be presented wide range of costumes, which were created from romantic to modern era and more than 100 accessories - fans, umbrellas, hats, jewelry, handbags, jackets, corsets, eyeglasses and many other clothing accessories, which are now forgotten.
Maximized antique photos from 1855-1900 period of the private Alexander Vasilyev collections gives illustrative background to the exhibition, wash-drawings and oil-colours, nineteenth century French portraits, perfectly reflecting the fashion trends of that era, also adorn the atmosphere of this exhibition.
Before coming to Vilnius, the exhibition “Fashion of the Victorian Era 1830-1900″ was held in Paris, London, Brussels, Istanbul, Moscow, Sydney, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Santiago, Riga.
Nov
22
SAS is set to resume regular service between Copenhagen and Vilnius, the Scandinavian air carrier said in a release.
Starting January 11, 2010, SAS will begin operating two daily flights between the Danish and Lithuanian capitals, or 14 flights a week.
The anticipated schedule means businesspeople should be able to fly out and return on the same day.
The company said it would be using 88-seat Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft on the route.
Nov
19
19–22 November – NEW/NOW LIVE festival (presentation of best works)
Organizer: European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), public institution “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009”
Partners: Vilnius Academy of Art, Lithuanian Theatre and Music Academy
ELIA (The European League of Institutes of the Arts), uniting over 350 higher schools of art, will invite young artists of various fields to participate in competitions for the opportunity to go to Vilnius and present their works.
NEU/NOW festival is a project aimed at presenting the best and most innovative talents willing to be admitted to the domain of European professional art. It is a perfect opportunity for young undergraduate European artists to create and present their works in Vilnius – the capital of European culture, and establishing contacts with colleague artists, audiences, and representatives of the European cultural industry sector.
The portal www.neunow.eu, specially designed for the project, will present the 150 best European artists’ chosen after several selection stages, out of which 30 works from five fields of art will be selected by a jury consisting from international experts within three months afterwards. The fields of art will be the following: design, cinema, music, theatre, dance and visual arts. In November, the best works will be presented during NEU/NOW Vilnius’09 festival in Vilnius. This festival is bidding to become an annual young artists’ festival, which will be organised by the capitals of European culture on a yearly basis.
The NEU/NOW Festival provides an innovative platform for talented graduating artists – emerging from Higher Arts Education Institutions and Universities across Europe – to present themselves to wider European
audiences in the NEU/NOW online festival and in the NEU/NOW Live festival. The European League of Institutes of the Arts received
hundreds of nominations from art institutions from 28 European countries from which an international jury selected 145 projects to be part of the NEU/NOW online festival. In a second jury selection, 30 projects were
selected out of those 145 to be part of the NEU/NOW Live festival. This first iteration of the NEU/NOW online and the NEU/NOW Live Festival includes projects arranged across the following five broad arts discipline categories:
• Design
• Film
• Music
• Theatre and Dance
• Visual Arts
• Roundtable discussions / Presentation of institutions
Programme of the festival:
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