On August 23 the Baltic States celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way human chain which stretched from Vilnius…
Lithuania survived as a state only thanks to its alliance with Poland, however, this historical lesson still has not been…
With the evolution of changing identity and history's repeating challenges in mind, let's take a sober look at Lithuania's position…
Tobacco (Latin: nicotiana tabacum) was first brought in Europe shortly after the discovery of the Americas but it was not…
A joint brigade of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine will be named after Kostanty Ostrogski, an outstanding military commander of the…
In early modern times, there was an elite that existed in many of the larger cities of the Grand Duchy…
Ideas about tremendous wealth of the Jews, their well-being, which was thought to have been created by incurring losses on…
In terms of its religious tolerance Lithuania was markedly different from other European states in the 16th century and at…
I love this city and I always say one and the same thing to friends from abroad: Vilnius is a…
History is a powerful tool and sixteenth-century Lithuanian noble houses were only too happy to ground their contemporary power in…
The Pacas family was one of the most influential noble houses in 17-century Lithuania. Its descendants now run a coffee…
In Lithuanian historical consciousness, Barbora Radvilaitė (or Barbara Radziwill, 1522-1551), the Grand Duchess of Lithuania and the Queen of Poland,…
The Lithuanian Tatar community is the oldest ethnic group living in Lithuania, having settled in the country when it was…
Lithuania is a uniquely spectacular country and its biggest problem is that the world does not know how great it…
"The backpack of a modern infantry soldier weighs just much as the armour of a medieval knight. And it is…
Western Europeans invented the dining room in the late 18th century but in Lithuania a room dedicated to meals, the…
Lithuania has a long history of being home to ethnic minority communities, from as early as 1323 when Grand Duke…
Lithuanians, the last pagans of Europe, took their time to fully embrace Christianity in their daily lives and mixed it…
Many in Lithuania have been criticizing Poland's new government, but former Lithuanian ambassador to the US Žygimantas Pavilionis believes that…
Lithuania is a small country in comparison to Russia. So why does the Kremlin pay Lithuania a disproportionate amount of…