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Vilnius Light Festival, the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig

Vilnius Light Festival, the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig

October 1989. The wall in Berlin was still a reality. The Iron Curtain divided Europe. Thousands of people took to the streets in Leipzig, at that time part of the GDR (DDR) under the control of the Soviet Union, for

Marina Macrì 7 February 202312 March 2023 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Ludo Segers, Beguinages, a Story between Past and Present

Ludo Segers, Beguinages, a Story between Past and Present

We met Ludo Segers in Vilnius. Belgian photographer and journalist, mainly specialized in portraits and landscapes, but also in other photographic disciplines, he was exhibiting some of his works. In particular a beautiful report on the “Beguinages”. WATCH OUR VIDEO

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Riflemen’s Union, who they are, what they do

Riflemen’s Union, who they are, what they do

March 11 is a beautiful sunny day. The ceremonies for the anniversary of the Lithuanian independence, regained in 1990, have just ended. There were also many demonstrations in support of Ukraine devastated by the war waged by Russia. But another

Marina Macrì 10 April 20227 August 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

March, 11-Lithuania Independence Day for Ukraine-Reportage

March, 11-Lithuania Independence Day for Ukraine-Reportage

Slava Ukraini, Glory to Ukraine. That slogan echoes on the streets of Vilnius and all of Lithuania. It’s ringing in our ears, it’s before our eyes, everywhere in this country. On March 11, restoration of the independence in Lithuania, is

Marina Macrì 13 March 202218 March 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Freedom Defenders Day 2022, our report from Vilnius

Freedom Defenders Day 2022, our report from Vilnius

Anniversary of the attack by the Soviets on January 1991 The night between January 12 and 13, 1991 Mr. Gorbačëv decided going into action. Since the declaration of independence by Lithuania on March 11, 1990 USSR had been attempting to

Marina Macrì 16 January 202216 January 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

July 6th, celebration Lithuania Statehood Day

July 6th, celebration Lithuania Statehood Day

In Lithuania is a special day on July 6th. Since 1991, a year later the regain the independence, they celebrate the coronation of King Mindaugas, happened in 1253. It was the first step of the birth of the state. In

Marina Macrì 22 July 2021 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Vilnius and surrounding by hot-air balloon

Vilnius and surrounding by hot-air balloon

Have you ever been in hot-air balloon? We tell you our exciting experience in Lithuania, above the capital Vilnius to almost Trakai, in our video. A wonderful summer evening. The preparation before the flight is even really thrilling: the unfold

Marina Macrì 21 September 20205 November 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Story of a picture: Lithuanian honey and the Vilnius market

Story of a picture: Lithuanian honey and the Vilnius market

Honey, or “medus” in Lithuanian. We always find it on the tables of our Lithuanian hosts. They are really proud of their honey, as it comes from their land. It is often produced by their relatives or friends. We always

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Incredible story of the Lithuanian language under Czars and Soviet era

Incredible story of the Lithuanian language under Czars and Soviet era

Smugglers. “Criminals”. They were scholars, teachers, avid readers. They loved their country more than anything and they wanted to be Lithuanians. They became book smugglers to protect their identity, their traditions and the soul of Lithuania. They were the knygnešiai,

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Report – 100th Anniversary Restored Lithuania State

Report – 100th Anniversary Restored Lithuania State

February 16th, Happy Anniversary, Lithuania! We were in Vilnius for the 100th Anniversary of the Restored of Lithuania State. It was not cold, as one might expect in Winter at those latitudes. The first meeting was in the Cathedral Square,

Marina Macrì 16 February 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more
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Il progetto “Lapteviečiai, voci del silenzio”


You don’t get to choose the stories you tell. They choose you. They are there, in plain sight. Like Poe’s Purloined Letter, you don’t see them. Then, little by little, as an imperceptible destiny, your eyes meet them more and more frequently. You think this happens by chance. But the memory of the places you have seen and the books you have read becomes less fortuitous. Finally you realize that those places, those pages actually chose you. As a sailor in uncharted seas, you trust the current to guide you. Read more

About


Marina Macrì ed Edo Prando
Marina Macrì Journalist and photographer, is currently responsible of the editorial services at P.M. Studio and its website pmstudionews.com, dedicated to the world of Photo- graphy. She has produced a series of travel reports in different countries Read more

Lithuania today

We visited Lithuania for the first time in June 2005. The country had become a member of the EU just over a year before, together with the other two Baltic States: Latvia and Estonia.

It is difficult to know exactly what called us to there, if not the curiosity we felt for a country that had been swallowed by the huge galaxy of the Soviet Union and that we Southern Europeans knew very little about. Read more

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