Efrat Hochstetler Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Embassy of Israel welcomes Lithuania’s decision to adopt the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism

February 1, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Embassy of Israel welcomes the Lithuanian Government’s decision to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of anti-Semitism, the Embassy of Israel stated in a press release. […]

Lithuania’s biggest cities to pay tribute to Holocaust victims

January 26, 2018 BNS 0

Vilnius and Panevėžys will Friday pay tribute to the memory of victims of the Holocaust, with events for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day held in other cities of Lithuania. […]

Vilnius hosts conference on anti-Semitism and xenophobia

November 9, 2017 BNS 0

Vilnius is on Thursday hosting a conference in which scientists and diplomats are discussing the historical memory of the Holocaust and ways of reducing manifestations of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in society. […]

EU Mobility Package – business urges to react immediately

December 4, 2019 0

The government’s decision to increase allowance rates given to posted drivers needs to be changed, while the EU’s constraints on the transport sector based on the EU Mobility Package must be evaluated responsibly. Otherwise, Lithuania […]

Lithuanian choir conductor brings Baltic choral tradition to the Netherlands

December 3, 2019 0

November saw the powerful début of the Baltic Project Choir, founded and led by Lithuanian choir conductor Sigita Žurauskaitė, in the northern city of Groningen, the Netherlands. The two-night program is part of a long-anticipated […]

What authority remains: do the “Farmers” still obey Karbauskis?

November 26, 2019 0

Farmer leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has for a long time been perceived as a politician with a firm hand, whose orders are obeyed without question by his Seimas group members. However, the drama over dismissing Seimas […]

Results of the confrontation: cabinet collapse could lead to another

November 24, 2019 0

How can you so confidently descended into a final confrontation when afterwards you lose it with such certainty? How can you not feel the impending loss, Lietuvos rytas asked in its editorial lrytas.lt? Such questions […]

The blame for hell in Alytus falls on the towers of Vilnius

November 22, 2019 0

Lithuania is not adequately prepared to handle a large scale ecological or technical accidents. This was displayed once again by the fire just recently put out in Alytus’ used tires recycling plant after it had […]

NATO is not brain-dead, Mr Macron!

November 20, 2019 0

From the Baltic Way to the Berlin Wall and then all the way to the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, which was ultimately followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Those were […]