Bonn

Vytenė Stašaitytė
Age: 29 Workplace: Online magazine DELFI, Vilnius Topics: Domestic policy, social affairs, education Host workplace: Deutsche Welle, Bonn Duration of stay: 3 until 22 December 2012 What I want to report on: Inner-EU immigration, Baltic studies in Germany, Christmas in Bonn How I see Germany: As a nation of democracy and social justice, of the progressive media landscape and quality journalism.

Her German exchange partner Monika Griebeler will be reporting from Vilnius in March 2013.

Vilnius, 10.3.2013: Gorbachev’s Visit to Lithuania’s Model Soviet Village (2)

Following the footsteps of Gorbachev: In January 1990, two months before Lithuania’s independence was re-established, the head of the Soviet empire visited the Lithuanian village of Bridai. Contemporary witnesses remember the days before and after the 11th of March. By Monika Griebeler and Vytenė Stašaitytė more ...

Vilnius, 10.3.2013: Gorbachev’s Visit to Lithuania’s Model Soviet Village

January 1990: Lithuania was counting down its final days as part of the Soviet Union, when unexpectedly Mikhail Gorbachev visited the country. We met with contemporary witnesses in the village of Bridai. They remember the Soviet times and recall juicy details from the state visit. By Monika Griebeler and Vytenė Stašaitytė more ...

Bonn, 22.12.2012: For Love of Lithuania

Nature, romantic settings and an unconventional language – the Baltic States are fascinating, also for young Germans. They can take up Baltic studies at Greifswald University, where this discipline has been offered for as long as 20 years. more ...

Bonn, 20.12.2012: My German-Lithuanian Christmas

Real Christmas stories: Staff members of the Deutsche Welle from around the world tell about their Christmas. So does Vytenė Stašaitytė from Lithuania, who is guest of the culture department. About herring and meat is her story. more ...

Bonn, 19 December 2012: Museum Director with a Fighting Spirit

A feminist as a Celtic goddess: The founder of the world’s first Women’s Museum, Marianne Pitzen, has been fighting for women’s rights – in life and in art – for decades. It was never very easy, but always exciting. more ...

Bonn, 19.12.2012: The Art Feminist

Feminists are still belittled – but, what about a man who fights for women’s rights? The Cologne artist Wolfgang Klaus Maria Friedrich has plenty of experience in that. more ...

Bonn, 17.12.2012: Tattoos for All

Nearly every fourth young person in Germany is tattooed, and more and more of them in visible places. Sport and television stars demonstrate it; there is hardly a footballer without a tattoo, rock musicians have them without fail. Now, it’s the guy next door, too. more ...

Berlin, 9.12.2012: Twelve Hours under the Needle for the Entire World to See

A woman lies there, her intimate body parts only just covered, under the eyes of thousands of passersby, while a man relentlessly pokes her body with needles. An excerpt from the international Tattoo Convention that was held this weekend in Berlin. more ...

Bonn/Cologne, 3.12.2012: A Time of Enticement for Strict Catholics

Those who keep to the strict Catholic traditions of Advent should not come to Germany before Christmas. In the time of fasting and relinquishing pleasures, here the Christmas markets are springing up all over where fragrant foods incite one to linger and the mulled wine flows. more ...