On Tuesday an extraordinary meeting of the Kaunas City Council was convened and strategic decisions were made regarding assistance to Ukraine and the people of this country fleeing the war. By a unanimous decision of the council members, it was decided to cancel the partnership with the cities in Russia: Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg. Kaunas[…]

The military aggression against Ukraine has not left anyone indifferent. From Thursday morning, Kaunas residents took the initiative to offer support – about 70 people apply daily. The people who show sincere empathy for the war-torn country are ready to accommodate individual Ukrainians and entire families fleeing the war, contribute to the supply of food,[…]

Kaunas has three partner cities currently experiencing military aggression in Ukraine: Lviv region, Lutsk and Kharkiv. However, in these difficult times, we stand together with the whole Ukrainian nation. The city is preparing all possible facilities to provide safe shelter, food and other needs for war refugees. In addition, more and more Kaunas residents and[…]

So-called Neptune Bay has a poor sailing and shipping infrastructure which will soon become a thing of the past. At the beginning of the year, the first stage of the renovation of the site began with the transportation of pontoons for the pier that will help several hundred boats to moor this summer. In the[…]

Last month Kaunas Central Post Office became open to the public again with an international exhibition “Modernism for the Future 360/365” that is revealing the importance of Kaunas architecture and its context. A few days ago, on February 10th, another unique sight related to one of the exhibited works took place in this historical palace[…]

Kaunas became the European Capital of Culture and on this occasion the nightclub “Lizdas” with youth of Kaunas prepared a huge festival in the territory of the whole city called “Audra”. Contemporary art installations and live performances in urban spaces will wrestle the streets of Kaunas from June 29 to July 3. During the festival[…]

The grand opening show of the European Capital of Culture and many events happening throughout the Kaunas were just the beginning of strong and cultural initiatives to be fulfilled and introduced throughout 2022. As it was stated by representatives of “Kaunas 2022”, there are more events planned in Kaunas than there are days in the[…]

In order to ensure proficient and sustainable development of Kaunas city, to increase the competitiveness and attractiveness of Kaunas city both in Lithuania and abroad, Kaunas City Council unanimously approved the strategic action plan for the period until 2024. Three strategic action programs were planned: Promotion of Economic Development, Development of Smart and Civic Society[…]

“Maybe not just the impressive figures and other facts, but the fire in the eyes of each and everyone is proof that the vision which we spent five years on has come to life, and that Kaunas has been inspired to move forward,” said Virginija Vitkienė, the Head of the project ‘Kaunas – European Capital[…]

The science museum “Science Island” rising on the Nemunas Island in Kaunas has been reached by innovative devices of impressive dimensions – two cold machines that will provide coolness to the spaces intended for the popularization of science. This is the first project of Kauno Energija entering the cooling supply market of this scale. For[…]