{"id":2492,"date":"2015-11-05T12:36:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T09:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T12:14:13","slug":"lithuanias-image-in-western-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/2015\/11\/05\/lithuanias-image-in-western-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania\u2019s Image in  Western Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">On 4 November, the National Library of Lithuania hosted a <strong>discussion about Lithuania in the pages of Western media in 1990s and today<\/strong>; Vilnius Santara-Sviesa Club and Lituanica Department organized it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2493\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2493\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/files\/2016\/08\/Event.jpg\" alt=\"From the left to right: Vykintas Puga\u010diauskas, dr. Dovil\u0117 Budryt\u0117, Valdon\u0117 Budreckait\u0117, Gint\u0117 Damu\u0161is \" width=\"416\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/files\/2016\/08\/Event.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/files\/2016\/08\/Event-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/files\/2016\/08\/Event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/files\/2016\/08\/Event-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 85vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the left to right: Vykintas Puga\u010diauskas, dr. Dovil\u0117 Budryt\u0117, Valdon\u0117 Budreckait\u0117, Gint\u0117 Damu\u0161is<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>Valdon\u0117 Budreckait\u0117<\/strong>, senior researcher at Lituanica Department, began with a virtual exhibition <\/span><\/span>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/parodos.lnb.lt\/en\/exhibits\/show\/paroda-kovo-11\" target=\"_blank\">No, my friends, we won\u2018t go slow<\/a>,\u201d dedicated to the time in history when Lithuania was fighting for its independence and its depiction in Western press. The exhibition was prepared by the Lituanica Department in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. <strong>Gint\u0117 Damu\u0161is<\/strong>, a Lithuanian diplomat, who in 1979-1991 led the Lithuanian Information Centre with its offices in New York and Washington, D.C., shared memories about the dissemination of information and an important role played by the LIC in promoting Lithuania\u2019s independence in the US and other Western countries. <strong>Vykintas Puga\u010diauskas<\/strong>, foreign news editor at the Lithuanian National Radio and Television, discussed Lithuania\u2019s image in contemporary media. Georgia Gwinnett College professor, <strong>Dr. Dovil\u0117 Budryt\u0117<\/strong>, who also currently teaches at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, moderated the event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 4 November, the National Library of Lithuania hosted a discussion about Lithuania in the pages of Western media in 1990s and today; Vilnius Santara-Sviesa Club and Lituanica Department organized it. Valdon\u0117 Budreckait\u0117, senior researcher at Lituanica Department, began with a virtual exhibition \u201cNo, my friends, we won\u2018t go slow,\u201d dedicated to the time in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/2015\/11\/05\/lithuanias-image-in-western-media\/\" class=\"more-link\">Toliau skaityti<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8222;Lithuania\u2019s Image in  Western Media&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,1647,1555],"tags":[1589,1701,1699,1703,1677,1705],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-exhibitions","category-news","tag-discussion","tag-dovile-budryte-en","tag-ginte-damusis","tag-ginte-damusyte-en","tag-valdone-budreckaite-en","tag-vykintas-pugaciauskas-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lnb.lt\/lituanistika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}