Valdas Bartasevicius, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania is best in Digital Quality of Life index among new EU member states

August 22, 2019 Valdas Bartasevicius 0

The first-ever Digital Quality of Life (DQL) research indexed 65 countries, covering a population of over 5.5 billion people was carried out by privacy company Surfshark. Lithuania ranked 23rd in the final index and was […]

The Union of Lublin. Painting by Jan Matejko

Will we tussle with history for long?

July 3, 2019 Valdas Bartasevicius 0

With a hot summer underway, two history-related resolutions emerged in Seimas almost at the same time and it would seem that they will both be met with controversy. A resolution proposed by Seimas Speaker Viktoras […]

Vytautas Landsbergis. The Sąjūdis uprising and the revolution of the Baltic Way

August 23, 2019 0

‘The thirtieth anniversary of the Baltic Way is a good opportunity to stop and think. Perhaps to also place some punctuation. Sąjūdis, for change in Lithuania, was an uprising. Non-violent and thus victorious. After prior […]

Lithuania is best in Digital Quality of Life index among new EU member states

August 22, 2019 0

Lithuania acknowledged as a cheap country, this caused the anger of citizens

August 19, 2019 0

According to the affordability of goods and services in 2018, Lithuania lies ahead of many EU countries, the newest EU survey data says. However, Lithuanians are not rushing to celebrate; they say that the prices […]

80 years after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: Dividing lines in Europe linger on

August 15, 2019 0

On 23 August Europe will mark the European Day of remembrance for the victims of totalitarian regimes and will commemorate 80 years since the notorious non-aggression agreement between the two biggest totalitarian tyrannies of the […]

Extradition of judge Neringa Venckienė who alleges a paedophile ring in Lithuania

August 14, 2019 0

Recent news about a former judge Neringa Venckienė extradition to Lithuania have forced many to recall the now infamous alleged paedophilia case of Garliava, near Kaunas. Back in 2009, N. Venckienė took part in exposing […]

Vytautas Bruveris. The storm from the political scene has also entered the Presidential Palace

August 13, 2019 0

Took away a gunpowder barrel from beneath the nation’s behind. This was the explanation of Vilnius Mayor R. Šimašius for his decision to secretly strip the Nazi administration official and anti-Soviet post-war resistance figure J. […]