Yuriy Mel Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Hearings of January 13 coup case adjourned as lawyer falls ill in court

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

Hearings of the Vilnius County Court were interrupted on Wednesday after one of the lawyers fell ill in the courtroom. Ambulance was called to the courthouse and the hearing was adjourned. […]

Lithuanian court leaves 13 January massacre suspect in detention

October 4, 2014 BNS 0

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Friday upheld Vilnius Regional Court’s decision to extend the detention of Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, for three months, rejecting the Russian citizen’s appeal. […]

Vilnius court hears detention appeal in January 1991 massacre case

July 22, 2014 BNS 0

At a closed-door hearing on Tuesday, Vilnius Regional Court heard an appeal by Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, against a district court’s decision to extend his detention for two months. […]

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 […]