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Misha (Meyshke) Shapiro (at left), head of a region’s tiny remnant Jewish community, chairs the annual commemoration in the forest at a mass grave where 8,000 Jews were killed in two days in October of 1941. Photo defendinghistory.com
Society

Annual memorial for the Jews of Svintsyán (Švenčionys): Small but well done

October 8, 2014 DefendingHistory.com 0

Some fifty people gathered in the forest at midday on Sunday at the mass grave at Poligón, outside Švenčioneliai (Yiddish: Svintsyánke), in northeastern Lithuania, where around 8,000 Jews were murdered on 7 and 8 October 1941 after more than a week of barbaric incarceration and humiliation. […]

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Remigijus Žemaitaitis
Latest

Farewell to Nemunas Aušra – what’s next? It won’t be that easy to reach an agreement; Žemaitaitis may “release the brake”

June 8, 2026 0

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) has spoken its mind – it is saying goodbye to Remigijus Žemaitaitis Nemuno Aušra and initiating coalition negotiations with the Democratic Union Vardan Lietuvos, Agnė Liubertaitė says in lrytas […]

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
Politics

On the eve of the crucial decision – VP Andriukaitis’ message regarding the coalition and a prediction of a possible split

June 5, 2026 0

It is obvious to me that this cannot continue – the problem of Remigijus Žemaitaitis needs to be solved,” said Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Honorary Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), MEP. According to […]

Laurynas Kasčiūnas
Defence

Kasčiūnas – about the Russian military intelligence operation in Lithuania and his message to the population: “We need to be honest here”

May 27, 2026 0

A Russian military intelligence operation was carried out at the Registry Centre (RC), Laurynas Kasčiūnas, the Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and a former minister of National Defence, claims on the lrytas […]

Defence

Expert on the government’s response to the air raid threat: “We missed the information hybrid attack”

May 25, 2026 0

According to the Žinių Radijas program Aktualusis Interviu, after a threat warning was issued in Lithuania, the public was divided into two camps, lrytas.lt reports. Some say the authorities and decision-makers acted professionally, arguing that […]

Foreign affairs

“Suicidal paranoia”: The Kremlin went into hysteria after Lithuania hit a nerve with Russia

May 12, 2026 0

On Tuesday, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys stated that NATO should show the Russians that their small fortress in Kaliningrad can be breached. This drew considerable attention and outrage from Russian propagandists, as Ignotas Grūnovas […]

Seimas
Politics

SocDems soap opera without a hitch: “The probability of divorce is now higher than ever”

May 11, 2026 0

On the Nauja Diena program on Lietuvos Rytas, it was stated that while Mindaugas Sinkevičius, the chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), elected in early May, promises to make a final decision within […]

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