Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
History

Knesset speaker in Vilnius honors family for saving Jewish woman from Holocaust

Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, the speaker of the Knesset, has honored the family of Ignacy and Katarzyna Bujel, who saved the life of a young Jewish woman during World War Two, at a ceremony in Vilnius, the Israeli embassy to Lithuania said. […]

Jihadist
Defence

Proposal to send more troops to fight jihadists to be presented to PM

As Lithuania plans to increase its contribution to international missions, the country’s parliament is asked to give the green light for sending more troops to fight the jihadists. […]

Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Minister of defense says there’s too much nervousness over Zapad

The public in Lithuania is too nervous about Zapad 2017, a large-scale military exercise that has started in Russia and Belarus, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday morning. […]

Assumption in Pivašiūnai
Society

Lithuania celebrates Assumption

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven is marked by Catholics in Lithuania on the 15th of August when the first harvest of fruit and berries is sanctified. […]