Grand Duchy of Lithuania

  • Central/Eastern Europe

Interview with Ukrainian Ambassador: the Baltic Way showed that you will win

On August 23 the Baltic States celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way human chain which stretched from Vilnius…

5 years ago
  • History

A lesson Lithuania hasn’t learned in 450 years

Lithuania survived as a state only thanks to its alliance with Poland, however, this historical lesson still has not been…

5 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Lithuania and Europe: the European Union should be called European Commonwealth

With the evolution of changing identity and history's repeating challenges in mind, let's take a sober look at Lithuania's position…

7 years ago
  • History
  • Society

Smoking in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Tobacco (Latin: nicotiana tabacum) was first brought in Europe shortly after the discovery of the Americas but it was not…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania-Poland-Ukraine brigade to be named after Kostanty Ostrogski

A joint brigade of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine will be named after Kostanty Ostrogski, an outstanding military commander of the…

7 years ago
  • History

The city ruling classes or elites in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

In early modern times, there was an elite that existed in many of the larger cities of the Grand Duchy…

7 years ago
  • History

Bankruptcy of the Jewish community in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Ideas about tremendous wealth of the Jews, their well-being, which was thought to have been created by incurring losses on…

7 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

Under permanent conditions of war: what distinguished Lithuania from other European countries?

In terms of its religious tolerance Lithuania was markedly different from other European states in the 16th century and at…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

About the Jews and a Dream

I love this city and I always say one and the same thing to friends from abroad: Vilnius is a…

8 years ago
  • History

How Lithuanians became descendants of Ancient Romans

History is a powerful tool and sixteenth-century Lithuanian noble houses were only too happy to ground their contemporary power in…

8 years ago
  • Global LT
  • Society

Descendants of Lithuanian nobility run big coffee business in El Salvador

The Pacas family was one of the most influential noble houses in 17-century Lithuania. Its descendants now run a coffee…

8 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

The most beautiful woman of all time: Myths of Barbora Radvilaitė

In Lithuanian historical consciousness, Barbora Radvilaitė (or Barbara Radziwill, 1522-1551), the Grand Duchess of Lithuania and the Queen of Poland,…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

The Tatars: 700 years of influence on Lithuania’s history, language and food

The Lithuanian Tatar community is the oldest ethnic group living in Lithuania, having settled in the country when it was…

8 years ago
  • Freetime

The Top 10 things the world doesn’t know about Lithuania

Lithuania is a uniquely spectacular country and its biggest problem is that the world does not know how great it…

8 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

Armoured horses and chain mail: The guide to becoming a Medieval Lithuanian Knight

"The backpack of a modern infantry soldier weighs just much as the armour of a medieval knight. And it is…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Exploring the cuisine of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Western Europeans invented the dining room in the late 18th century but in Lithuania a room dedicated to meals, the…

8 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

From Grand Duke Gediminas to present – A history of how Lithuania has treated its ethnic communities

Lithuania has a long history of being home to ethnic minority communities, from as early as 1323 when Grand Duke…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Witchcraft, holy trees and Lithuania’s last pagans

Lithuanians, the last pagans of Europe, took their time to fully embrace Christianity in their daily lives and mixed it…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Partnership with Poland should be Lithuania’s key foreign policy priority, says former ambassador to US

Many in Lithuania have been criticizing Poland's new government, but former Lithuanian ambassador to the US Žygimantas Pavilionis believes that…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Why Russia needs Lithuania

Lithuania is a small country in comparison to Russia. So why does the Kremlin pay Lithuania a disproportionate amount of…

9 years ago