Society
13 January 1991
Defence
Society
Vytautas Landsbergis calls for restoring conscript army in Lithuania
Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, signatory to the 11 March Act, former speaker of the Supreme-Council-Reconstituent Seimas, Vytautas Landsbergis, has called for the restoration of conscription in Lithuania in the wake Russia‘s aggression in Ukraine. […]
Culture
President Grybauskaitė invites Lithuanians to join remembrance campaign
Over 1,500 Lithuanian schools, state institutions and organisations have responded to the invitation by the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania and President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is a patron of the initiative, to participate in the civic campaign Memory is Alive Through Testimony, which is dedicated to the Day of Freedom Defenders. […]
Society
January 1991 case expected to reach Lithuanian court this summer
Twenty-four years after the attempted coup of 13 January 1991, parties in the case are studying the materials of the exclusive Lithuanian investigation that concluded in the end of last year. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian communities in Belgium and Ireland join traditional 13 January run
Last Saturday, 10 January, the 24th international run, the Road of Life and Death, dedicated to commemorate defenders of Lithuania’s freedom, took place in Lithuania, Belgium and Ireland. Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also took part in the event. […]
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US Lithuanians organize 13 January run in Portland
When an e-mail from Vilnius came with an invitation to join the traditional annual run “On the Road of Life and Death”, we were listening to Brahms’ piano concerto in Portland performed by a student of the prestigious Rice University in Houston (Texas), Lithuanian pianist Rūta Kuzmickaitė who was born five years after the historic events of 13 January 1991. She had returned for holidays to her family in Oregon. […]
Culture
Lithuania prepares to commemorate Day of Freedom Defenders
A series of events to mark the Day of Freedom Defenders is starting in Lithuania on Monday in tribute to the victims of the Soviet aggression of 13 January 1991. […]
Society
Over 4,300 run in Vilnius to commemorate January 1991 victims
Over 4,300 people on Saturday took part in a traditional run through the streets of Vilnius to pay tribute to the victims of the Soviet army’s bloody attack on unarmed civilians in the Lithuanian capital in January 1991. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summons Italian ambassador over dropped extradition case
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned Italian Ambassador to Lithuania Stefano Maria Taliani De Marchio over an Italian court‘s decision to drop the extradition case of a Russian citizen who is a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case in Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s Linkevičius confronts Italian foreign minister over mishandled extradition of 1991 coup suspect
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday told his Italian counterpart about his regret over Italy‘s permission to allow detained Russian citizen Vasily Kotlerov, who is wanted by Lithuania in the 1991 coup case, to leave the country and escape extradition to Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government regrets Italy’s termination of 1991 coup suspect’s handover
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over Italy‘s decision to terminate the handover of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian national who is wanted in Lithuania for his alleged involvement in 13 January 1991 attempted coup and killings. […]
Society
Russian 13 January suspect Kotlerov can be tried in absentia, Lithuanian prosecutors say
The Prosecutor General‘s Office of Lithuania says it has taken all necessary actions for the extradition of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian citizen detained in Italy who is one of the suspects in the so-called 13 January case. It has been reported that Kotlerov disappeared in Italy. The Lithuanian prosecutors say they are looking into information about his whereabouts, adding that he could be tried in absentia. […]
Foreign affairs
Suspect wanted by Lithuania in 1991 massacre case disappears in Italy
Russian citizen Vasiliy Kotlerov, a suspect in the so-called 13 January case who was apprehended in Italy, has disappeared after he was placed under house arrest, LNK television news show “Labas Vakaras, Lietuva” (Godd Evening, Lithuania) reports. […]
Society
Lithuania finishes 13 January massacre investigation
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office has finished the pre-trial investigation into the 13 January massacre case in which 69 people, citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, have been named suspects. […]
Society
Lithuanian court leaves 13 January massacre suspect in detention
The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Friday upheld Vilnius Regional Court’s decision to extend the detention of Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, for three months, rejecting the Russian citizen’s appeal. […]
Society
Lithuania’s NGOs refuse to talk to Russian-language First Baltic Channel
Well-known Lithuanian non governmental organizations have refused to provide comments to the First Baltic Channel (PBK), a Russian-language TV station, stating that it does not comply with the media transparency criteria and is considered a threat to Lithuania’s state interests. […]
Society
January 1991 massacre suspect put under house arrest in Italy
Russian citizen Vasiliy Kotlerov, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 massacre case in Lithuania, has been put under house arrest by an Italian court, Lithuanian prosecutors have confirmed. […]
Society
Vilnius court hears detention appeal in January 1991 massacre case
At a closed-door hearing on Tuesday, Vilnius Regional Court heard an appeal by Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, against a district court’s decision to extend his detention for two months. […]