When: Monday, 19. March 2012
To: Sunday, 25. March 2012
Where: Vilnius
Contact: Aleh Miatselitsa (dzienvoli2012@googlegroups.com / +37064626044)

On 21 March, a roundtable discussion on Belarus-Europe relations will be held in Lithuanian Seimas. On 23 March, an exhibition “The Unknown BNR (Belarusian National Republic)” will be opened at the Lithuanian Central State Archive and the European Humanities University campus. The exhibition will display previously unknown documents about the BNR which have recently been discovered in the archive.

Events will continue on 24-25 March. On 24 March, Belarusians are invited to attend a concert at Vilnius Town Hall, and on 25 March, to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony to honour the signatories of the Act of Independence of the BNR (signed on 25 March, 1918). The Belarusian Week will end with a car rally under national flags in Vilnius. Organizers of the Belarusian Week invite all Belarusians in Vilnius and Belarusian guests of the Lithuanian capital to join the celebration of the Freedom Day.

Belarusian Week Programme

Date: 19.03 (Monday)
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Event: official opening of the Belarusian Week in Vilnius
An art exhibition by Tatsiana Dzianisava
Venue: Vilnius City Municipality
Address: Konstitucijos pr. 3 (2nd floor)

Date: 21.03 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00 – 14:30
Event: roundtable discussion
Venue: Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Address: Gedimino pr. 53 (please contact belarusianoffice@gmail.com to register in advance)

Date: 23.03 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 14:00
Event: “The Unknown BNR” exhibition opening
Venue: Lithuanian Central State Archive (11:00 –12:00), European Humanities University (13:00 – 14:00)
Address: O. Milašiaus g. 21 (Lithuanian Central State Archive), Valakupių g. 5 (European Humanities University)

Date: 24.03 (Saturday)
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Event: concert and festive reception
Venue: Vilnius City Hall
Address: Didžioji g. 31

Date: 25.03 (Sunday)
Time: 12:00 – 12:30 and 13:00 – 15:30
Event: wreath-laying ceremony to honour the signatories of the Act of Independence of the BNR at Rasų and Liepkalnio cemeteries; motorcar rally from Vilnius to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
Address: Rasų g. 32. Motorcar rally will start from the Gates of Dawn (parking near “City Gate Hotel”)