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Lithuania mulls de Beauvoir commemoration near Sartre sculpture in Nida

July 2, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian coastal resort of Neringa’s recent decision to unveil a sculpture in Nida to commemorate French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s visit to the Curonian Spit resort in 1965 has sparked controversy as critics say his feminist companion Simone de Beauvoir was left out. […]

Antanas Sutkus. J. P. Sartre in Lithuania (Nida, 1965)

Sculpture to French philosopher Sartre unveiled in Lithuanian resort of Nida

June 22, 2018 BNS 0

A sculpture was on Thursday unveiled in Lithuania’s western resort of Nida to commemorate French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s visit to the Curonian Spit resort in 1965. […]

Lithuania’s Neringa to commemorate Sartre, French prisoners

April 23, 2018 BNS 0

French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and World War I’s French prisoners will be commemorated in Lithuania’s coastal municipality of Neringa. […]

Search for traces of French POW camp in Lithuania’s Curonian Spit to be launched – daily

February 20, 2018 BNS 0

The French government has decided to fund, through its embassy to Lithuania, exploratory research in the Curonian Spit’s sand dunes that possibly housed a camp for French prisoners of war in the late 19th century, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]