The National Library commemorates the centenary of the establishment of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Vilnius

This year marks the centenary of the Jewish Scientific Institute (YIVO), founded in Vilnius in 1925. The National Library of Lithuania, in cooperation with a large number of Lithuanian and foreign partners, among whom are YIVO institute for Jewish Research in New York, YIVO Argentina and others, is implementing a rich program to this.

An event dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the people’s poet Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh was held at TURKSOY

On 21 February, an event was held at the headquarters of the International Turkish Culture Organization (TURKSOY) in Ankara, organised jointly by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, TURKSOY, and the National Library of Azerbaijan, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925-2009).

Priceless cultural heritage incunabula of Andrija Paltašić Kotoranin bought for the funds of NLM “Đurđe Crnojević”

The National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” purchased three Latin incunabula of the first South Slavic typographer and publisher Andrija Paltašić Kotoranin. These are collections of love poetry by the Latin poets Tibullus, Catullus and Propertius, printed in 1487 and 1488 in Venice.