We Thought We'd Be Back Soon
Culture

We Thought We’d Be Back Soon. I Left With Only My Suit

This is an extract from the book “We Thought We’d Be Back Soon. 18 Stories of Refugees 1940-1944” (compiled and edited by Dalia Stakė Anysas, Dalia Cidzikaitė and Laima Petrauskas VanderStoep, published by Aukso žuvys, 2017). The book is an impressive collection of reminiscences about emigration by Lithuanians to the West during World War II. The conversations with émigrés that are central to the book bring new knowledge about wartime reality and provide insight into the meanings of home and place, and the social impact of the geopolitical upheaval when the state’s sovereignty is annihilated. […]

No Picture
Economy

Ryanair to launch flights from Vilnius to Nuremberg, Cologne

Ireland’s low-fare airline Ryanair on Tuesday is launching flights between Vilnius and the southeastern German city of Nuremberg. […]

Guenther Oettinger
Foreign affairs

EU Budget Commissioner Oettinger to visit Vilnius this week

Guenther Oettinger, the EU commissioner in charge of budget and human resources, is to come on a visit to Lithuania on Thursday. […]

Continental in Kaunas
Economy

Continental wanted to know if people in Kaunas are tolerant to foreigners – ex-minister

Officials from the German auto-parts giant Continental, which on Monday announced plans to build in a new factory in Kaunas, wanted to know if people in Lithuania’s second-biggest city are tolerant toward foreigners and inquired about the situation with kindergartens in the region, a former Lithuanian economy minister who held talks with the German investors said. […]