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Lithuanian culture minister: Poland wants to cooperate
Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis says he was told during his recent visit in Poland that the neighbouring country wants to expand bilateral cooperation. […]
Society
US recruited Lithuanian Nazi collaborator to spy for CIA
Declassified US records show that American intelligence agencies recruited former Nazis, including a Lithuanian collaborator, to spy on the communist bloc countries during the Cold War, the BBC reports. […]
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March planned in Vilnius to mark 500th anniversary of Battle of Orsha
A march will take place in old-town Vilnius on Friday to mark the 500th anniversary of victory against Russia in the Battle of Orsha. […]
Society
Swiss citizen detained in Vilnius for demonstration of Soviet symbols
A citizen of Switzerland was detained in Vilnius on Wednesday night for wearing clothes with Soviet symbols, the Police Department said on Thursday. […]
Opinion
Opinion: What does Russia’s trade embargo remind us of?
This summer, Russia banned imports of agricultural products from the European Union countries for one year, while various sanctions on Lithuanian dairy and meat products have been applied for a long time already. Ban on Lithuanian foods, excessive customs checks on Lithuanian trucks or other market restrictions are the means of political pressure. […]
Society
Kaunas Ghetto survivor shares memories as Lithuania marks Holocaust day
As the Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday held a commemorative sitting to mark the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Kaunas and Šiauliai Ghettos, Tobijas Jefetas, chairman of the Lithuanian union of former ghetto and concentration camp prisoners, shared his memories as one of very few Jewish children who survived the war. […]
Society
Lithuanian court opens second case into murder of anti-Soviet resistance commander
Kaunas Regional Court on Tuesday opened one more case into the murder of Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]
Global LT
Lithuania embassy in London commemorates Battle of Orsha
Last Thursday, members of the public along with foreign diplomats residing in London gathered at the Lithuanian Embassy to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Orsha, Lithuania’s Embassy in United Kingdom reports. […]
Culture
Exhibition of Medieval and Renaissance tapestry to open in Vilnius
Thirty-four tapestries of the 1400-1500s, valued at nearly 25 million litas (EUR 7.4m), will be exhibited at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Keeping the Baltic identity alive
The 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way gives food for thought about a number of things: the neo-fascist threats from Russia, about the place of idols and sculptures in Grūtas Park and the museum reminiscent of the occupation of Lithuania, about the security of Lithuania and Ukraine after a quarter of a century since the restoring statehood and about the Baltic identity. […]
Society
Rūta Vanagaitė: Lithuania is still competing with the Holocaust
Rūta Vanagaitė’s project “The Paneriai Lullaby”, which lets you interact with Jewish culture for a day, is one of the most successful projects financed by the European Commission (EC). […]
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History lessons as Poland and Germany mark start of Second World War
On 1 September, in 1939, without a declaration of war a German battleship opened fire on a Polish garrison. […]
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Comparing 1939 and 2014: Is this already war?
Seventy-five years ago this week, people in Europe and most of the world woke up to ominous newspaper headlines: “German Army Attacks Poland; Cities Bombed, Port Blocked; Danzig is Accepted into Reich”, “War! Nazi Bombs Rain on Polish Cities”. This was the start of the Second World War. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Molotov-Ribbentrop and the birth of the Lithuanian-American alliance
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed 75 years ago is remembered as the beginning of an alliance between Hitler and Stalin that divided Eastern Europe between the two totalitarian dictators and opened the way to World War II. That it certainly was, but the accord had another impact as well: reaction to it marked the beginning of an alliance between Lithuania and her Baltic neighbours with the United States. […]
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Black Ribbon Day in Washington, D.C., marks 75th anniversary of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 23 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that divided Europe and facilitated the start of the Second World War. Now remembered as Black Ribbon Day in many countries, it coincided this year with the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way event. There were several commemorations in the United States that started early in the morning with a ceremony in the United States Congress and later the same morning at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. […]
Society
Is it time to forget the Baltic Way?
Lithuania is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way on Saturday. […]