Magical place - Hill of crosses

 

Before I arrived in Siauliai in Lithuania, I was searching, what kind of places I could visit here,  what can be interesting for me. One of these places is the Hill of Crosses 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai. We visited this interesting place yesterday. It was sunny weather, but i still need to get used to the cold wind :) Hill of Crosses is unbelievable experience for me. It was nice to see thousands of crosses in the one place. These crosses bring by people from vicinity, but also by foreign tourists (like myself) :). Crosses are usually made of wood or metal. I was surprised when I found the crucifix from Slovakia (my homeland) :). This place is magical and I hope there is still more and more crosses. 

Lenka

Peace and Mystery of Hill Of Crosses

When I decided to come to Siauliai for my EVS project, I searched in Google the word "Siauliai". Pictures of Hill Of Crosses were the first thing that I saw about this small city. My belief is Christianity, In fact Armenia is the first, who accepted Christianity as a state religion in 301. But the Hill Of Crosses was really strange place for me. I can't describe the feeling,. It was not a fear, maybe more something mystic. At least, I've arrived here and in conversations with my Lithuanian friends I was asking about that Hill. I think all of you know about the legends and stories about the Hill, so I will not tell you that :)

Sport news - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tests positive

Cyclist Alberto Contador, winner of the 2010 Tour de France, has said he has tested positive for a banned substance. Contador's press officer said he had tested positive for clenbuterol during a rest on the Tour in July. In a statement, the spokesman added that the Spanish rider was the victim of "food contamination" and would hold a news conference later on Thursday. Cycling's governing body, UCI, later confirmed that Contador had been provisionally suspended. Cycling has struggled with doping allegations for years.

Among a host of high-profile offenders, US cyclist Floyd Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for a positive drugs test.

Making of 3D Street Art

D graffiti, whether it’s in chalk or paint, on walls or the street, represents a new way of combining the mastery of Renaissance art techniques with the gritty, ephemeral qualities of amazing street art. These 3D street artists gives graffiti a whole new meaning – one that departs from the conventional interpretation of graffiti as vandalism in the form of images and letters scrawled on public property. Artists like Kurt Wenner, Eduardo Relero and Tracy Lee Stum create street art that is so incredible it is almost impossible to pass by without being sucked in to the worlds they create on asphalt and concrete surfaces.

General strike in Europe

More than 70% people in Spain for the begin of general strike in Europe. In the streets of Madrid the workers protest for the Austeriry plan of Zapatero, and in Bruxelles more than 100,000 persons are expected with smaller protests planned across Europe by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), which represents 50 unions in 30 countries.

Kulautuva, Evs training

 Kulautuva, Evs training

A new point of view

From today, Radijo Klubas is more then radio! Indeed we will find for you the main events of the day, whit video and comments! Stay connected and follow us!

Radijo Klubas Team

Marat Sargsyan. His career just starts…

Marat Sargsyan an Armenian director lives in Lithuania for 16 years. Now he remembers every little detail about his arriving to Siauliai, the small city of Lithuania. He remembers the train, the snow and cold whether, he remembers smoking women, which was a shock for Armenian teenager. After several months Marat decided that he should earn money instead of taking them from grandparents.

„Non-commercial Movie“ group

                                          

 Hi Everyone!!!!

We decided to make a group of movie funs! We will gather every week, we will watch a non-commercial movie of the week and then we will have a discussion.

It‘s a great opportunity for all of us to be more close to real movie-art, to share our views and impressions.

For join „Non-commercial Movie“ group please visit us in the Radijo Klubas.

Sincerely` Volunteers :)

 

                               

Diversity, Initiative, Inclusion, Exchange, this is youth in action programme

After our meeting in   Kulautuva about Evs project, we lern more about Eu Youth strategy, and we advice you to partecipate in this.

 

The EU Youth Strategy

Core elements of the EU Youth Strategy are eight fields of action which were identified together with young people, Member States governments and experts in the youth field.

The Strategy outlines a range of concrete initiatives to help young people to face opportunities and challenges in:

• Education and training
• Employment and entrepreneurship
• Health and well-being
• Participation
• Voluntary activities
• Social inclusion
• Creativity and culture
• Youth and the world

Kiekvienas žmogus turi vardą a Aivaras Skrodenis video

Coins Commemorative of the Day Šiaulių

The Day of Šiaulių - Concert

Ruta Factory

This morning the students of Šiaulių Didždvario gimnazijos visited the main chocolate factory of the town. For someone seems to be in the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" direct by Tim Burton. Ruta Uab is the oldest confectionery factory in Lithuania and it produces different types, tastes and shapes of chocolates and sweets. A guided tour by the staff explain to the students the history, the preparation and the new technology of the mill. A local television followed the meeting  where the young students was the main protagonist of the day. Radjioklubas was there, and took some imagine to show our followers.

 

The Armenian director Marat Sargsyan will meet Siauliai Didzdvaris gymnasium students today

Marat Sargsyan (born 1978) In 2009 he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, specializing in Film and TV Directing. He worked on many TV shows, music videos and made a number of short movies.

Director of the Armenian origin Marat Sargsyan won two prizes in international film and music festival Kustendorf held in Serbia on January 13-19 . His Short Film Lernavan  were selected from over 350 short films and competed with 28 bands of young filmmakers from around the world. Festival closing ceremony "Lernavan was awarded the Jury and the Press' Bronze Egg" prizes.

Presenting the prize, the Press Jury President Dubravka Lakic said, that can not be called human beings, and justify their existence on this planet, if we‘ll not plant a tree once in our lives. It was a hint of poetic visual sense of the tree, which shows  M. Sargsyan 's film "Lernavan.

      "Lernavan tells about the homeland, such that what once knew no longer exists. The center of the film - a father and son looking for father's homeland "Lernavan. However, there is no such place and no one even heard it. After a long strange trip by coach, father and son come to a place where neither domestic nor human, neither natural nor earth ... rests exclusively white - as white, still blank sheet - the mountains.

AWARDS: 

Vilnius Film Shorts'2009, Lithuania – best fiction film, International Film and Music Festival Kustendorf‘ 2010, Serbia – press prize and “Bronze Egg”prize, International Film Festival „Kino pavasaris‘2010“, Lithuania – special prize for best young director‘s film,  International Film Festival <<Golden Apricot>> 2010, Armenia , British Council Special Award and  Hrant Matevosyan Special Award 

The boulevard of Siauliai, in the most important day of the town, by Radijo Klubas!

ŠIAULIŲ DIENOS 2010 from our view

Her children are the best designers 

     Eimantė ir Edgaras  is making toys already for 6 years. At first she was making them for her children. The first animals were dogs, elephants and bears. Than she started t o sell  the handmade toys and make money, By that time Eimantė  started to large the collection of animals. Now she is making everything that people are asking. This smiley woman is creating kindness and colours. And she is gifting people a little childhood, a little fairy-tail by her hands.

She is asking the opinion of her children about every new toy. <<My children are my best designers>>,-she told .

Eimantė  is not making toys from American cartoons characters. Mostly the heroes are from Lithuanian and Soviet Union’s cartoons, Her favourite hero is Cheburashka. <<Because he is so kind and friendly>>,- Eimante told. 

You can find  Eimantė ir Edgaras 's works  on this  web-site  http://www.mukas.puslapiai.lt/puslapiai/kontaktai.htm 

Lilit Nurijanyan

                                                                                                               

The latins in Siauliai

Carlos is Peruvian artist in Lithuania. We met him  and his musician group in Siauliai Dienos, in Vilnius street, in the center of the town. We ask him why he and his pals are in the Baltic. " We are here because we haven’t  competitors, so we are more free to introduce our music. We are in Siauliai today because the owner of one restaurant call us for playing a music." The interview is in spanish, and Carlos continue talking about his impression about Lithuania and Siaualiai. " The Lithuanians are nice, only they in the Baltic are smiling and saying hello, for that I feel good here. We live in Kaunas, and it's good, but also Saiauliai seems confortable, though it is calm". The conversation continues, and our Peruvian friend started to talk about the beauty of lithuanian girls in a private conversation. "They are amazing, and I like their style", - he appended a laugh. The conversation finished, and Carlos went back to play music for the citizens, they applauded, he smiled, our trip continued.

Carlo Sanna