Benevento will host the 10th Jubilee Congress of the Lithuanian Community in Italy from 25 to 27 September 2026. The three-day meeting brings the national congress of Lithuanians in Italy to Campania for the first time.
The event is organized by Ruta Kavaliunaite, a Lithuanian lawyer resident in Benevento. According to reports from NTR24, the Lithuanian-Italian community portal itlietuviai.it, and Ottopagine, the congress is presented as the first edition held in Campania.
Theme: citizenship, wellbeing and cohesion
The congress theme concerns diaspora involvement in Lithuania's civic life, with emphasis on citizenship, wellbeing and cohesion. That focus places the Benevento meeting within Lithuania's wider effort to maintain national identity abroad and strengthen cooperation between Lithuania and its diaspora.
Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that approximately 1.3 million Lithuanians and people of Lithuanian descent live outside Lithuania. Its 2022-2030 diaspora policy seeks stronger state-diaspora ties and participation by Lithuanians abroad in Lithuania's wellbeing and security.
Institutions, universities, business and culture
The programme links Lithuanian and Italian institutions, universities, businesses and cultural organizations. Reporting describes three days focused on institutions, universities, business, culture and active citizenship.
The programme includes representatives or participants connected with the University of Vilnius, Kaunas University of Technology, the Lithuanian Embassy in Italy and Benevento institutions. The community portal names Ambassador Dalia Kreiviene among the expected guests.
Academic cooperation involving the University of Vilnius and Kaunas University of Technology is listed as part of the programme, alongside institutional and business discussion and cultural activities.
Venues in Benevento and Naples
Planned locations include the University of Sannio, Teatro De La Salle, Hotel Antum and Naples. The available reports do not provide a complete final timetable for individual sessions.
What is still to be confirmed
The congress is scheduled for 25-27 September 2026, so attendance, outcomes and any confirmed agreements are not yet available. The supplied reports do not provide a confirmed participant count, and the available coverage does not independently verify every institutional role or programme detail beyond the reported announcements.
