genocide Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Must stop the genocide together: the appeal of the Ukrainian journalists to foreign journalists

April 3, 2022 Lithuania Tribune 0

Dear journalists and media workers of world media, We, the National Journalists Union of Ukraine, would like to thank you for the support of Ukraine, which we feel in times of Russian invasion into our […]

Rasa Čepaitienė: The Nighttime Politics of History (An answer to A. Nikžentaitis)

August 9, 2019 Silvija Daniunaite 0

In his article, Alvydas Nikžentaitis (a Lithuanian historian recently appointed as the director of the Lithuanian Institute of History – ed.) starts with a review of key trends based on a short period of Lithuanian […]

Karadzic sentence ‘shows it is possible to deliver justice’

March 25, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The “Butcher of Bosnia” Radovan Karadžić has been found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity by a special UN court and sentenced to 40 years in prison for atrocities in the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995. […]

Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. 1947 m. vasara (LGGRTC Genocido aukų muziejaus fondų nuotr.)

Lithuanian court finds ex-KGB agent guilty of genocide in guerilla leader case

April 30, 2015 BNS 0

A Kaunas court on Thursday found former KGB officer Ylya Vorobyov guilty for complicity in the 1956 detention of former guerilla chief Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas and sentenced him to two years of restricted freedom. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister comes short of calling Armenian massacre a “genocide”

April 24, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on Friday called the massacre of Armenians during WWI one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century, but refrained from using the word “genocide” which is strongly criticized by Turkey. […]

Former Soviet security officer sent to jail over 1956 operation on guerrilla leader

March 13, 2015 BNS 0

A Kaunas court on Thursday found former Soviet security officer Stanislovas Drelingas guilty of genocide and sentenced him to five years in prison for participating in a 1956 operation to detain Lithuanian guerrilla leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]

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 […]