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Green Bridge Sculptures
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The new administration of the Lithuanian capital has halted the competition for reconstruction of the controversial Soviet-era sculptures on the Green Bridge, Vilnius new Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said on Friday.
Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement's candidate elected for Vilnius mayor on Sunday, says that the Soviet-era sculptures should be removed from the Green Bridge of the Lithuanian capital due to their emergency condition.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that a proposal to hold a referendum for Vilnius residents to decide on the fate of the Soviet Green Bridge statues was a "good idea".
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a decision to lift legal protection of the Soviet statues on the Green Bridge should be made only by specialists. He added, however, that a discussion on the issue is needed.
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The Soviet statues on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius will not be removed from the Register of Cultural Monuments, a special panel at the Department of Cultural Heritage, which evaluates immovable cultural heritage objects, decided on Tuesday.
A special council that held a meeting at Lithuania's Department of Cultural Heritage on Tuesday asked specialists to evaluate artistic value of Soviet-era statues on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius.
Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From now on objects marked with Soviet or Nazi symbols will not be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage.
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Vilnius Municipality will issue a new call for tenders for the restoration of Soviet statues on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius. The contractor will this time be allowed to remove the statues from the site during renovation.
The State Cultural Heritage Commission of Lithuania has postponed the discussion on the fate of the Soviet sculptures on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius until spring amid ongoing protests.
The fate of the controversial Soviet-era sculptures on the Green Bridge in the Lithuanian capital should be decided during a conference organized by the State Commission for Cultural Heritage this fall, daily Lietuvos žinios reported Friday.
