History

The University Reborn: Uniquely Old and New

Posted on Mon, 4 May, 2009 at 7:49

Mykolas Drunga
The Editor in Chief of VMU Newspaper “Universitas Vytauti Magni”

Architecturally Vytautas Magnus University doesn’t look very old. But VMU is the oldest university in Modern Lithuania (the independent Republic proclaimed in 1918 and reestablished in 1990), and the 20th anniversary we’re celebrating this April 29 and 30 is just the official beginning of a two-year-long commemoration of the remarkable events that occurred in 1989 and 1990.

No Fooling, What's New?

Posted on Fri, 3 Apr, 2009 at 8:41

Mykolas Drunga
The Editor in Chief of VMU Newspaper “Universitas Vytauti Magni”

When you read this March issue, April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool’s Day, will probably already have passed, although when working on it, we fervently hoped that we’d finish and have this issue out before the end of March.

Main Facts and Figures

Posted on Sat, 29 Mar, 2008 at 0:00

OFFICIAL NAME Lietuvos Respublika (Republic of Lithuania);

LOCATION Eastern Europe. Situated along the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and Kaliningrad district (Russia);

Main Dates of History

Posted on Wed, 12 Mar, 2008 at 16:13

1009 A. D. The area of present-day Lithuania is first mentioned in historical chronicles.

1236 Lithuania is united by Mindaugas (later crowned king).

1323 Vilnius founded.