During the pandemic, the need for individual scholarships increased 5 times

Lithuanian Council for Culture,
22 February 2021, Lithuania

This year, cultural and art creators submitted 3,288 applications to the Lithuanian Council for Culture's individual scholarship competition, which is almost 5 times more than it was submitted to the first competition of the previous year. 

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