Jewish Genocide Memorial Day Archives

Lithuania to again read names in memory of Holocaust victims

September 18, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania will commemorate the Jewish Genocide Memorial Day this year by reading the names of the Holocaust victims out loud, with the reading to kick off in Merkine this past Sunday and continue in Vilnius and Kaunas next week. […]

National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews Marked with Commemoration at Paneriai

‘This day remains extremely painful to all of us’ – Prof Landsbergis at Paneriai (Ponar)

September 28, 2016 Louis Garrick 0

Paneriai,— The National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews was marked officially on September with a public commemoration at Paneriai, the most notorious Second World War massacre site in Lithuania where up to 100,000 people were killed. […]

Lithuania commemorates Jewish genocide victims

September 23, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania is commemorating Jewish Genocide Memorial Day today, on September 23. […]

Message from the President’s Office to Paluckas on Žemaitaitis

February 12, 2025 0

While Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas does not take issue with the statements made by the leader of the Nemuno Aušra, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, the President’s Chief Advisor, Frederikas Jansonas, takes a different position. According to him, […]

Surprised by what’s happening in Lithuania: this is what makes us stand out in the EU

January 30, 2025 0

Lithuanian economists are surprised to see our country’s economic growth: the Estonian economy has been in recession for two years, Latvia’s has been stagnating, and Lithuania’s has been booming. Consumer confidence in Lithuania stands out […]

Will the coalition shut the door on Žemaitaitis?

January 30, 2025 0

“The fate of Nemuno Aušra (Dawn of Nemunas) in the coalition has been decided; they will be removed – the coalition will not be able to endure for long this rhetoric and these things, which […]

Bruveris. The world in 2025: a continuation of last year’s collapses towards new fires

January 13, 2025 0

The world is becoming smaller, more intertwined, and increasingly fragmented, with many of the previous centres of power continuing to lose their power. This is why all the dangerous and destructive processes that this new […]

Lithuanian politicians react to the Russian attack scenario: what the reports indicate

December 31, 2024 0

On 29 December, the Finnish publication Iltalehti published information from NATO sources on the scenario of an attack on Finland, Norway and the Baltic States rehearsed by Russian forces during one of the exercises, Indrė […]

R. Juknevičienė. About Georgia and Beyond

December 31, 2024 0

Georgia has risen up against the anti-European regime of Bidzina Ivanishvili, Rasa Juknevičienė, Permanent Rapporteur on Georgian Affairs at the European Parliament, writes. What is happening now in Georgia is not just a local dispute […]