Almost fifty children from foster home „Atžalynas“ are living in cosy and warm apartments, almost as in real families, everyday feeling more and more as a part of community. Their previous home in Partizanų st. has a sign “CLOSED” on the door. Kaunas is continuing changes in the city – this time closing foster homes.[…]

Foreign companies prefer Kaunas as an attractive city for investment and business development. Lately the Dutch company “GeoPhy” has established departments here. It is involved in the real estate market data collection, processing and analysis services on a global scale. On this occasion, newcomers received an original present from the authorities of the city. .[…]

Kaunas makes the last steps for the competition of the European Capital of Culture 2022 and invites all people to celebrate the competition final together. On this occasion we invite people to on Kaunas Town hall square on March 29th, at 18h to watch the live TV broadcast of the results.  “All the team that[…]

March 10, Friday, historic leaders, former Central and Eastern European heads of state, gathered at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) together with the academic community to take part in the 2nd international forum of the Baltic and the Black Seas,  which was presented at the initiative of countries in the region to cooperate in order to[…]

Citizens, who emigrated to other cities or countries, will come back eventually after seeing all the positive changes happening in Kaunas. It was highlighted by the United States Ambassador H.E. Mrs. Anne Hall after her visit in Kaunas. The ambassador was interested in development of the city and ongoing changes in it and talked with[…]

International Beijing Design Week programme manager Beatrice Leanza came from China to Lithuania for a short period of time and said it was worth travelling 7 000 thousand kilometres. After the visit she did not hide sympathies to Kaunas and said she would come back. She was pleased with the interwar period architecture. She had[…]

Recently the Lithuanian Basketball Federation and Kaunas City Municipality have announced an ambitious project – the construction of the Lithuanian Basketball Palace. The capsule digging in ceremony, which will be held on the 23rd of April, will mark the beginning of the construction of this building. The Lithuanian Basketball Palace, which will be built on[…]

On March 10th, on Friday, Vytautas Magnus University will host the first event for the approaching celebration of Centennial of Restoration of the State of Lithuania – the second international forum of the Baltic and Black Seas. The former leaders of Central and Eastern European countries will take part in the forum and discuss about[…]

Kaunas meets spring arrayed. The first idea of the contest “Kaunas Highlights” that doesn’t have analogues in Lithuania was implemented – the installation “boat”, created by the artist, Mr. Tadas Vosylius, swims over the Laisvės Avenue. Installation is hanging between Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum and Kaunas “Aušra” Gymnasium and is seen not only at the[…]

Kaunas Regional Development Council has elected a new chairman. From now the Council will be chaired by Mrs. Nijolė Dirginčienė, the Mayor of Birštonas City. She replaced Mr. Mindaugas Sinkevičius, a former Mayor of Jonava City, who was appointed as Minister of Economy. Mr. Povilas Mačiulis, Deputy Mayor of Kaunas City will continue to work[…]