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The names of the most prominent are from the cradle of the priest Katele
Naujienos

On March 11, Panemunėlis hosted a conference entitled "Panemunėlis Region - one of the most important focuses of the national and religious movement in Lithuania in the 19th century XX a." During the mentioned period, Panemunėlis was the most literate region in Lithuania due to the active work of Jonas Katelė, a priest and educator. He should have the greatest merit for exceptional the spirit of deserving personalities for Lithuania. Brother and sister Juozas and Marcelija Kubiliai, participants of the Lithuanian liberation movement, brothers Stanislovas and Petras Mačiuliai, assists of medicine and diplomacy - the close relatives of the priest are Juozas Katele and Juozas Bieliūnas, irreplacable performers of the main Aryans who created the history of Lithuanian opera, Kazimieras Vaičionis, a Lithuanian, a martyr who passed the gulags and survived an unbroken souls, Antanas Jurgelionis, a pioneer of physical health and gerontology, one of the founders of the National Olympic Committee, are the names of very prominent personalities who have come to Lithuania again. And as one person from the Panemunėlis region, inspired by the speakers, said that it would be good for the names of these prominent people to spread trough the streets of the towns of Panemunėlis region, through their names.

The board evaluated the pojects well, but there is only enough money for one
Naujienos

March 17 a local action group projects selection meeting took place. 3 local project applications were submitted to the meeting, which were received by the LAG under the activity area "Support for Starting a Business" of he Strategy Measure "Economic and Business Development".

Lithuania - Ukraine. The people of Kriaunos provided a home for homeland people
Naujienos

March 7 the first family of Ukrainians withdrawing from the war was welcomed in Kriaunos. The chairman of the Kriaunos community, Eugenijus Driskius, and his brother, photographer Klaudijus Driskius, opened the doors of their motherlands for mother and two children.

Brothers Driskiai, brought by Ukrainian familie, drove to Warsaw. It is no coincidence that the threads of thei relatives in the encestral generation are in Baršėnai. Therefore, the family can be said to have returned to the land of the great-grandparents.

The LAG Board approved the XI invitation
Naujienos

March 3 meetings of the LAG project selection committee and board took place. The project selection committee approved the two projects received under invitation XI "Support for business development" and will pass them on to the next evaluation phase.

The documents of the XI call, the financial plan were discussed at he meeting of the Board, the smart village was discussed, and the date of the general meeting of members was approved.

Comunity

To a VVG member – "Kultūros vingis.

On September 24th, the "Cultural Twists" awards of the Rokiškis region were presented. One of the awards, "Professional Support for Cultural Projects," was given to Sigita Gasiūnienė-Bracienė, a member of the VVG board and the chairperson of the Aukštakalniai village community (shown in the photo).

Both Obelinė and the Olympics.

From September 6th to 8th, Obeliai celebrated its traditional "Obelinė" festival along with this year's sporting highlight – the Olympics. For the first time in history, the Rokiškis region can proudly boast Olympic bronze medals, earned by Lithuania's 3x3 Olympic basketball team. Out of the four players, two were from Rokiškis: Gintautas Matulis, originally from Rokiškis, and Šarūnas Vingelis from Obeliai.

To honor their victory, the resourceful and creative people of Obeliai built a model of the Eiffel Tower in their square, which will long serve as a reminder of this remarkable Olympics. Additionally, Šarūnas Vingelis was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Obeliai by the townspeople.

The Eiffel Tower of Obeliai, where Olympic basketball player Šarūnas Vingelis, a native of Obeliai, climbed up. Next to the tower, enjoying the spectacle, is the creator of the idea, Romas Kundelis, the founder of the "Small Towns Basketball League." Photo by Egidijus Vilimas.

"Pakriauna" celebrated two anniversaries.

On August 23rd, the rural community "Pakriauna" marked its 20th anniversary with the 10th traditional honey harvest festival. The entire cultural community of Obeliai contributed to the event with various activities—educational programs on honey, beeswax, herbs, and scents were presented, folk artists exhibited their works in the library, and local performers from Obeliai entertained on stage.

Over the 20 years of active work, the community has only had two leaders: Saulius Stanišauskas during the first decade, and Ala Nikitina during the second. All those who cherish and actively participate in community activities were remembered and honored.

The celebration was filled with children's enthusiasm as they illustrated their impressions of life in Pakriauniai village for the festival's exhibition and even prepared their own performance for the event. Obeliai's local government commissioned the local blacksmith, Vidas Turkevičius, to create and present a special "Pakriauna" marker to the community.

At the unveiling ceremony of the sign (from left) were Jūratė Šinkūnienė, the head of Obeliai eldership, and Ala Nikitina, the chairperson of the community.

Golgotos kelias: a traditional bicycle ride

On May 21st a traditional bicycle ride is being organized to celebrate the day of honoring the partisans, the army and th society day. This year's march will be dedicated to the history of the Lithuanian partisans who operated in the Šimonys forest.

Applications for AKKA competition until the end of April

Applications for the 2023 selection competition of examples of good projects of the Lithuanian rural development 2014-2020 program "Future village developers 2023" must be submitted by April 30th.

Only completed projects that have been implemented without violations, have not been subject to sanctions and have achieved all the monitoring indicators provided for in the project application can be submitted to the tender.

Executors of eligible projects who wish to participate in the Good Project Examples competition must complete the "Good Project Example Form"

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Events in memory of Antanas Strazdas

On April 3rd-29th, events are held in Kamajai in memory of Antanas Strazdas "Ei, tu tu tu Strazdelis, tujei mandras paukštelis".

Community initiatives - in the participatory budget

40,000 Euros are provided in the budget of the municipality of Rokiškis district for the participating budget: 20,000 Euros to implement district projects and 20,000 Euros for city projects. The purpose of financing community initiatives aimed at improving the living environment, project finansating idea is to increase the opportunities of citizens to be included in the formation of the municipal budget.

The applicant can be any resident who has declared their place of residence in the municipality of Rokiškis district, who is at least 16 years old, and who has collected 20 signatures of residents who have declared their place of residence in the district, supporting the idea.

Proposals for project ideas are being accepted until 2023 March 14th at the Rokiškis district municipality administration (Respublikos g. 94, Rokiškis) and electronically (e-mail: savivaldybe@rokiskis.lt).

The value of the project implementation is up to 20,000 Euros.

More information can be found here