Syndromes of Mimickry by Anastasia Pirozhenko
Opinion

‘1990s was a time of great joy and great trauma’

Mimicking and copying Western Europe was one of the main strategies that Lithuanians used to cope with the socio-political and existential chaos after the collapse of communism, says Dr. Rasa Baločkaitė of Vytautas Magnus University. In her research, she applies the concepts of Postcolonialist studies to describe some absurd practices of the 1990s. […]

Ramunė Pekarskytė
Global LT

Iceland’s handball player applies for Lithuanian citizenship

Ramunė Pekarskytė, a Lithuanian-born handball player who is a citizen of Iceland, has asked Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė to grant her the Lithuanian citizenship for her special merits for Lithuania.

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No Picture
Society

Controversial sex-ed programme to go through despite criticism – Lithuania’s minister

Lithuanian Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė plans to approve a new sexuality education programme which has drawn criticism from NGOs for its conservatism and focus on abstinence. […]

Society

What would Lithuania’s Russian speakers do if Moscow invaded the country?

A recent poll asked Lithuania’s ethnic minorities what they would do if the country were attacked by a foreign power.

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