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The “Republic of Užupis” neighborhood is in the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. It is in the old town of the city, just across the Vilnia river. Uzupis means „to the other side of the river“ in Lithuanian language, and this neighborhood declared its independence on 1st of April, 1997.  Many years ago, Užupis was the Jewish neighborhood in Vilnius, but when  the world war started, this was to razed during the Holocaust

Trakai is a beautiful city near the capital of Lithuania, only to 28 km to Vilnius. It’s a typical tourist destination. In Trakai, you can find different places to enjoy. The first and the most important place in the city is Trakai Castle. This castle is in the middle of the island, it is in a beautiful place. Lake Galvė and beautiful woods are around the castle. It was built in the fourteenth century, Grand Duke Kęs

Training course “Service vs. Learning = Volunteering” was held on September 1-10 in Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania. I had an opportunity to participate in this project as one of the three representatives of Lithuania and it gave me a lot of new and useful experience. Sfantu Gheorghe There were three participants from each of these countries: Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Italy, Slovakia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Norway

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

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

I have always been a social and an adventure seeking person, so this May I dived in an adventure which will probably stay in my mind for my whole life. So, me and other 7 Lithuanian girls went to Italy for an Erasmus+ youth exchange programme.  It was an astonishing week, full of best impressions and unique moments. For the whole week we tried to overcome our fears of being on stage every time we stepped in it.  Desp

In the last years in Spain it is a conflict about the black mood and jokes about the Spanish royal family. Some people think these jokes are only for make people to laugh although some people don’t like it but for others this jokes are like contempt of terrorism victims, insult them. In the last years there are many cases of humorist or a person who put these jokes in the social networks and then they have to going t

Action begins on 4th April 2017 when participants from Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Malta, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovakia, Portugal, Italy, Greece, FYROM, Spain, Lithuania, Romania, Czech Republic, Poland arrived to Uzana in Bulgaria with purpose to be TOTALLY trained at TOTAL Lab within Erasmus+ project “Training of Trainers and Active Leaders”.   We woke up to a beautiful place! Some snow still in shady parts, hiding betwe