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Opinion
‘Vikings of the land’ – Lithuania’s tribes were conquerors and victims
Historical sources document medieval Lithuanian tribes to have been not just victims of crusader attacks but expansionists and pillagers in their own right, fierce warriors whose might terrorized their neighbours, including fellow Balts, and forged empires. […]
Culture
Pope vs. Hitler director Chris Cassel: ‘This is where real history happened’
Emmy-nominated director Chris Cassel first shot in Lithuania nine years ago. Now the director is back to film a docudrama about Pope Pius XII’s role in World War Two. […]
Society
Lithuania commemorates 40,000 victims of Soviet deportations
Lithuania is paying tribute on Friday to victims of the biggest Soviet deportations in 1948. […]
Opinion
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 a myth that an armoured warrior could not get up, if he fell down,” says Medieval armoury enthusiast Karolis Jankauskas. […]
Global LT
Society
France to build memorial for French POWs in Neringa
France is considering to build a monument on Lithuania’s Curonian Spit to commemorate French soldiers who perished here during nineteenth-century military conflicts. […]
Culture
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, short life, huge legacy
In 1906, after a trip through some Central European cities, soaking up art in some major museums, the life of young Konstantinas Mikalojus Čiurlionis was going to change dramatically, eventually ending less than a decade later with his early death. […]
Opinion
Calling on Gods of Thunder: the Crusaders and Lithuania’s pagan warriors
In the thirteenth century Lithuanians had to face an onslaught of Livonian and German crusaders, great military organizations whose raison d’etre was war on non-Christian religions. For pagan Lithuanians, who had just formed military forces of their own, their faith played an equally important part in how they met the Crusader challenge. […]
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 so-called stalava, had existed since the 16th century. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s ambassador pays tribute to WWII victims in Moscow, but skips military parade
Lithuania’s Ambassador to Russia Remigijus Motuzas paid tribute to the victims of World War Two in Moscow on Sunday by visiting the Eternal Flame Memorial at the walls of the Kremlin. […]
Society
End of WWII anniversary marked at Antakalnio Cemetery in Vilnius
Several thousand people gathered in the Antakalnio Cemetery in Vilnius on Monday to mark the end of World War Two. […]
Freetime
The Top 10 Lithuanian historical figures of all time
Lithuania’s history is chock-full of legendary leaders and historical heroes that have made Lithuania what it is today. After looking across the span of Lithuania’s long and proud history, here is our list of the Top 10 Lithuanian historical figures of all time. […]
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Society
Poland and Lithuania celebrate 225th anniversary of Europe’s first written constitution
This week 225 years ago, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted what was then the first written constitution in Europe. The Constitution of May 3, 1791, is a milestone in the common history of Poland and Lithuania that ties them firmly into the European identity, historians say. […]
Opinion
Asia’s rise, Russia, and the future of the global order
This week, Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Australian prime minister, will be visiting Moscow. Speaking at the Carnegie Moscow Center on February 18, 2016, Kevin Rudd outlined Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping. In a new article written exclusively for Carnegie.ru, he articulates his vision for Russia’s possible role in Asia. […]
Society
Hemp revival follows ancient Lithuanians who used plant thousands of years ago
The revival in the cultivation of hemp for use in practical products in Lithuania is a revival of a thousands year-old practice according to archaeologists. […]
Society
Poland gives state funeral to WWII resistance commander responsible for mass-murder in Lithuanian village
The Lithuanian, Belarusian and Jewish communities in Poland have been incensed by a state funeral accorded to a partisan leader linked to mass murders during World War Two. […]
Society
Lithuania’s Chernobyl veterans not getting care they need 30 years on from the disaster
An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, in the northern part of what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic remains one of the biggest man-made disasters of all times, with long-lasting health consequences for people in the plant’s vicinity and those sent to deal with the accident. […]
Culture
Photo exhibition in Klaipėda explores Baltic pagan rites
A photography exhibition in Klaipėda explores pagan traditions in traditional Baltic festivals. […]