History
Vilnius unveils plaque to mark 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s 1st government
A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Vilnius on Friday on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s first government. […]
Algimantas Kasparavičius EN
Society
Feb. 16 celebrations in Soviet Lithuania: from pieces of cloth to tricolour
Vytautas Bogušis, then a ninth-grade student, 43 years ago bought pieces of cloth for a hand-made yellow-green-red Lithuanian flag that his schoolmates raised in the Rasų Cemetery in Vilnius, the capital of the Soviet-occupied Lithuania, on the eve of Feb. 16, 1975. […]
Society
Basanavičius, Landsbergis, Smetona found as Lithuania’s persons of the year – poll
Lithuania’s residents and historians believe that the three figures with the main contribution to the country’s statehood over the past century include Jonas Basanavičius, the father of national rebirth, Supreme Council Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis and interwar president Antanas Smetona. […]
CORPORATE
Poll: presidents, that Lithuanians value the most
Algirdas Brazauskas and Antanas Smetona – are the most valued interwar and contemporary presidents of Lithuania. According to, to the poll on public opinion conducted by the public opinion and market research company “Splinter tyrimai” […]
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Comparing 1939 and 2014: Is this already war?
Seventy-five years ago this week, people in Europe and most of the world woke up to ominous newspaper headlines: “German Army Attacks Poland; Cities Bombed, Port Blocked; Danzig is Accepted into Reich”, “War! Nazi Bombs Rain on Polish Cities”. This was the start of the Second World War. […]