Vilnius is the capital and largest city located in Lithuania. As of July 2023, Vilnius's estimated population was 593,436. The Vilnius urban area extends beyond the city limits and has an estimated population of 718,507 in 2020. By November 2023, there were approximately 768,342 permanent residents in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined.
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915.
Aivaras Stepukonis is a Lithuanian musician and philosopher.
Šiauliai is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city, with a population of 108,000 in 2023. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County.
Telšiai is a city in Lithuania with about 21,499 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis.
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university.
The June Uprising was a brief period in the history of Lithuania between the first Soviet occupation and the Nazi occupation in late June 1941. Approximately one year earlier, on June 15, 1940, the Red Army occupied Lithuania and established the unpopular Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, which used political repression and state terrorism to silence its critics and suppress resistance. When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the Lithuanians rose up, declared renewed independence, and formed the short-lived Provisional Government. Insurgents took two large Lithuanian cities, Kaunas and Vilnius, even before the Wehrmacht arrived. Within a week, the German Army had control of the whole of Lithuania and had killed a stunning number of its citizens. The Lithuanians greeted the Germans as liberators from the repressive Soviet rule and hoped that the Germans would re-establish their independence or at least allow some degree of autonomy. No such support came from the Nazis, who steadily replaced Lithuanian institutions with their own administration. The Reichskommissariat Ostland was established at the end of July 1941. Deprived of any real power, the Provisional Government disbanded itself on August 5.
Kaunas University of Technology is a public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Established in 1922, KTU has been seen as one of Lithuania's top science education centers. According to rankings conducted in 2021, KTU was the second-best university in Lithuania. The primary language spoken in courses is Lithuanian, although there are courses that are taught jointly in Lithuanian and English or solely in English.
Edvardas Gudavičius was a Lithuanian historian. He was known as one of the best historians in Lithuania specializing in the early history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and is an author of many publications.
Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy, established in 1997, is located in Šiauliai, Lithuania. As of 2008, the University was attended by approximately 11,800 students.
Žalgirio Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The arena is located on an island of the Nemunas River and is the largest indoor arena in the Baltics. The arena's maximum possible seating capacity for basketball games is 15,415, and 22,500 spectators for concerts. The Žalgiris Arena replaced the Kaunas Sports Hall as a major venue in the city.
The Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) Finals is the championship finals series for the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Lithuania, the LKL, and the conclusion of the league's postseason. The Finals have been played in either a best-of-seven, or a best-of five format. The first LKL Finals series was held in 1994, and was contested by Žalgiris and Atletas, with Žalgiris winning the series 3–1.
Meilutė Julija Lukšienė née Matjošaitytė was a Lithuanian university professor, cultural historian, and activist.
The Society of Saint Zita was a Lithuanian Catholic professional society of female servants and other workers active from 1905 to 1940. It was one of the first organizations of Lithuanian women. Its members were known as zitietės.
Leonas Prapuolenis was a Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania.
Vilnius College or VIKO is a Lithuanian state institution of higher education, established on 1 September 2000 upon reorganizing three higher schools in Vilnius: Schools of Electronics, Economics and Commerce. It is the largest university of applied sciences in Lithuania, hosting 6,793 students and ~460 teaching staff. Vilnius College is the best rated college in Lithuania.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an influx of Ukrainian refugees to Lithuania, who were granted a refugee status the number of inhabitants of Vilnius rose to 633,481 as of November 2023. The number of inhabitants of Vilnius, born in Ukraine rose from 10 thousand to 29 thousand between 2021 and 2023. The number of persons born in Belarus rose from 25 thousand to 37 thousand during the same period mostly as a consequence of 2020–2021 Belarusian protests and intensified fleeing abroad of its citizens. Also, numbers of persons, who settle in Vilnius, coming from Central Asia, Caucasus, African, Asian countries are on the rise.
Lauras Bielinis is a Lithuanian political scientist and a professor at Vytautas Magnus University. His research topics include analysis of political text, election technologies, and political communication.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Lithuania in February 2020. On 18 March 2020, the first domestic case was confirmed, the first infected being an immediate family member of a known case. The first cases of community spread were found in the country on 19 March and the first related death occurred on 20 March 2020.
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