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. […]

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. […]

Immigration boosts labour force

August 13, 2019 0

Unemployment has shrunk 0.4pp in the second quarter of 2019 but was 0.2pp higher than a year ago – the first annual increase in unemployment since 2010. However, the reasons for the increase in unemployment […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Aurelijus Veryga, Ramūnas Karbauskis

Veryga and Kukuraitis explain themselves to the president: their fate is on the line

August 12, 2019 0

President Gitanas Nausėda has met with several ministers that have been delegated by the “Farmers”. One of the first to be called up was Minister of Healthcare Aurelijus Veryga. He is one of the numbers […]