Last winter, the mayor of Druskininkai, Ričardas Malinauskas, shared an incredibly painful personal message with the public – his four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
With the government’s approval of changes that facilitate obtaining the status of a resort and resort area, the Lithuanian Resort Association warns: by reducing the requirements, there is a risk…
On September 4, the group contemporary art exhibition KONTRA-ORTAS opens at the Druskininkai cultural space “Lelija” (V. Kudirkos St. 3). The exhibition, which will run until September 29, is about contraband…
The general director of the Kaunas company “Kautra,” Linas Skardžiukas, shared an unusual job advertisement on the social network “Facebook.”
Metinas Celâlas – poet, writer, literary critic, and publisher, actively involved in Turkey’s literary life for more than four decades. Born in Ankara in 1961…
„Poetry is a space for me where I can be my truest self,“ says Latvian young generation poet Līva Marta Roze. Her poetry includes various everyday details (buses, dresses,…
Traveler Vaida Samuolytė shared impressive travel discoveries in Dzūkija. She writes: “This couple of days trip reminded me once again that sometimes a good weekend doesn’t require looking for…
Charl-Pierre Naudé – South African poet writing in Afrikaans and English. He is a welcomed guest of this year’s international literary festival “Poetic Druskininkai Autumn”….
Folk artist Aivaras Norbutas has been conducting a kind of buyer’s exam since the beginning of 2022: if buyers start the conversation in Russian, he always asks before continuing to communicate “…
Traditional fair, smiling shoppers, craftsmen’s works, and the festive atmosphere of the resort hustle and bustle. This is exactly how the Druskininkai Dainava region event held over the weekend was supposed to look…
