'Piracy constitutes a disregard for legal rights and obligations towards the intellectual creators upon which the society itself is guided for future aspiration and that is why respect for law and order in an important sector of human society is seriously undermined by the activities of pirates. It has clearly become the duty of the State to take steps to combat this serious public mischief.'

'Piracy puts cultural industries in jeopardy. UNESCO therefore aims to contribute to the fight against piracy in order to curtail its damaging consequences on the creation and dissemination of cultural goods and services. Its activities in this area are developed largely through innovative public/private partnerships, within the framework of the UNESCO Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity whose main objective is to foster the development of sustainable cultural industries through capacity-buil more...

'The World Digital Library makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English more...

'News about Muslim women in America is usually saddled with the same woeful tales—abusive husbands, gruesome honor killings and the occasional controversy over headscarves. The tales are poignant, political and sad. Which is why American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class and Gender within the Ummah (NYU Press) by Spelman College Professor of Religious Studies Jamillah Karim is a welcome departure from the usual portrayals of Muslim women in the U.S. as victims of their religion.'

The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, archi­tectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-Eng more...

UNESCO and 32 partner institutions will launch the World Digital Library, a web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world .The site will include manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, and prints and photographs. It will provide unrestricted public access, free of charge, to this material.

In 2009, Lithuania will mark the millennium of its name, and Vilnius will become the European Capital of Culture. The anniversary and the status granted to Vilnius is significant recognition and unique opportunity to show the world what we are and what is special about us, present ourselves, our achievements, and attract attention. In order to spread the word about our country and its capital, we have prepared the Ambassador Programme, which aims to market Vilnius and Lithuania around the globe. more...

Project of Hungarian Theatre “Krétakör” (“Chalk Circle”). Director: Árpád Schilling. Date: 4-8 September 2009. Venue: “Menų spaustuvė”, Šiltadaržio St. 6, streets of the Old Town of Vilnius. This is a project by the Hungarian Theatre “Krétakör” (“Chalk Circle”) which is one of the most renowned young European theatre groups. The authors perceive the theatre in its existence among audience, analysis of thinking and artistic discoveries. The theme of the project is r more...

Date: 12-16 May, 2009. Venue: Youth Theatre, halls of kindergartens, schools, care homes and hospitals. Promoter: Lithuanian Association of Theatres for Children and Youth, ASITEŽAS.
The Lithuanian Association ASITEŽAS unites theatres creating plays and organising educative events for children and youth. Successfully organised festivals of ASITEŽAS show that there is a demand and high need for them: some children, and youth in particular, from smaller towns have come to the theatre during A more...

Date: 29 and 30 January. Venue: Main Stage of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre,. During its visit to Lithuania the legendary Comédie-Française Theatre from Paris will familiarise the audience with performances of the oldest and the only state theatre of France as well as with deep theatrical traditions of this country pursued by this theatre from the times of Moliere. The Lithuanian audience will have the opportunity to see two plays of Comédie-Française – Jean Baptiste Moliere “Le more...