Donald Trump
CORPORATE

Baltic security in the age of Trump

The election of Donald J. Trump as US President on November 7, 2016 has brought a year of living dangerously for the Baltic States, as the region nervously awaited the arrival of a new Republican […]

Bishop Tihon, patriarch Kiril and President Vladimir Putin
Opinion

Russia couldn’t find a future but wants to manage the past

Next year Russia will hold presidential elections. But there are some problems. First of all, Russia is not a democratic state. In “Freedom House” rankings it belongs to the “not free” countries category. In 2017 the country received an evaluation of only 20 points from 100. It means, that in the short-term we should not expect free and democratic elections in Russia. […]

Screen shot form the Cold Tango film
CORPORATE

Russian film shown in Lithuania is suspected of being propaganda. Not all agree

Lithuania, 1940. A time when no one knew who was friend or foe; a time when even people close to each other were scared to trust each other. That’s how the distributors as of Friday […]

Filmmakers, Jonas Ohman and Vincas Sruoginis.  Photo Ludo Segers
Global LT

13 January commemoration – The Invisible Front in Washington

On Tuesday, 13 January, the Lithuanian community and a large number of American guests commemorated in Washington’s University Club the day in 1991 when the Soviet army attempted to overthrow Lithuania’s legitimate government in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The attendants paid tribute to the 14 people killed and the over one thousand unarmed Lithuanian civilians injured when the Soviet army and Special Forces attempted to overtake the Vilnius TV Tower and the Lithuanian parliament – the Seimas. […]

Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, Genocido aukų muziejaus nuotr.
Society

Lithuanian court opens second case into murder of anti-Soviet resistance commander

Kaunas Regional Court on Tuesday opened one more case into the murder of Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]