Paris
Society

Lithuanian turns to French police over destruction of car with antiques

Lithuanian art collector Andrejus Balyka has turned to the French police and prosecutors over destruction of his automobile with antique values, Lietuvos Rytas daily said. […]

Šarūnas Gustainis, Eligijus Masiulis ir Remigijus Šimašius
Politics

Liberal Movement has no reestablishment plans – Šimašius

After Lithuania’s law-enforcement brought political corruption charges against Lithuania’s opposition Liberal Movement last week, the party’s board decided against founding a new legal entity. […]

Voroshilov, Molotov, and Stalin.  Yezhov airbrushed out of history by unknow Soviet artist  Public Domain
History

Airbrushed out of history in the USSR – Part 1

Some believe that photo manipulation started with Photoshop some 25 years ago. In fact, as early as 1846, when the first negatives were created, image altering took off. People and objects appeared and disappeared in photos. Photographic images acquired new meanings and ‘truth’ with the help of scissors, some ink, acid, and, eventually, airbrushes. […]

No Picture
Politics

Liberal Movement didn’t benefit from bribes – party members

Leaders of the embattled Liberal Movement dismiss the influence peddling and bribery suspicions as interpretations, pleading not guilty and saying that the bribes only benefited the party’s former chairman Eligijus Masiulis, ex-MP Sarunas Gustainis and MG Baltic concern vice-president Raimondas Kurlianskis. […]