Before the II World War, there was a numerous and culturally very active Jewish Community in Vilnius, which was almost completely annihilated during the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust. There are still some traces of them to find in the city and this week I spent one day to find them. This was my little homage to those who died victims of racism, intolerance, and anti-Semitism. The first stop I made was at the Viln

I’m Inga from Lithuania. My volunteering experiences are more than 10 years. But I don’t call myself so. It’s my lifestyle. In the middle of August, I participated in a project, which was dedicated to refugees, stereotypes, xenophobia, cultural differences and things like that. The project took place in Romania town Sfantu Gheorgia. There were people from 9 countries: Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Es

On September 1 – 10, in Sfantu Gheorghe (Romania) Erasmus+ training course was held called “Service vs. Learning = Volunteering”. I had the opportunity to participate in this project as one of the three representatives of Lithuania and I discovered more things that I was actually expecting. The most difficult part for me was working with the people I don‘t really know. There were participants from all ove

Albert Calles is a 31 years old Catalan from Barcelona who since January 2016 lives in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he works as a Spanish and Catalan teacher. I thought it would be interesting to know the experiences of a Catalan living in Lithuania, which is such a different country from Spain. Here is where Albert teaches, at the Ñ VIVA Vilnius languages academy I asked him for an interview and we met on Thursday 14 S

Just almost a week ago we attended a really intense and interesting training about cultural differences and xenophobia called H(youth)manity, which was held in a context of a recent refugee and immigration problem in Europe. The Project took place in a lovely Romanian town called Sfantu Gheorghe which is situated in a valley between two sets of mountains in a historical Transylvania region. 9 countries have been unit

Three Crosses (in Lithuanian language “Trys kryžiai”) is a memorial monument situated on the top of the Hill of Three Crosses, in the city of Vilnius. The monument is composed by three white concrete crosses which have become more than a monument. They are also a symbol of Lithuanian identity. According to the tradition, seven Franciscan monks were tortured to death on the top of the hill in the 14th century, and thr

“To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything” – W. Goethe said once. I truly agree with this quote so that’s why I want to share my one of the greatest travelling experience. When I was thinking where I should go this year to feel amazing and see the most beautiful sceneries at the same time, there was no doubt Sicily wou

Recently there are more and more projects focused on youth development, preparation for the labour market in the Europe. Lithuanian organisation Knowledge Code together with partners from UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, Cyprus and Romania is implementing Erasmus+ Vocational Educational Training Strategic Partnership Project “Apprentice Training Preparation – New Approaches in Managing the Transition from Educat

When we went out of the bus, we walked 20-30 minutes to the entrance. We saw rules that we can’t ride bicycle, smoke and walk dogs. After few minutes break, when we were all together, we started walking in the Tatra mountains. The view was amazing, you could see trees and mountains anywhere you look, wild nature was fantastic. There was a lot of rivers, that always were near to us. Also, we saw a waterfall. Whe