Opinion
“These events show to the world that we still savour our freedom”
Lithuanians all over the world stand in solidarity on the 25th anniversary commemoration of January 1991 events. […]
January 13
Society
The capital of communication: Kaunas on January 13
“Sometimes I think, how come we weren’t a least bit afraid – even for my husband, who was a Soviet army conscript at the time?” Odeta Barkauskienė, a factory worker at the time of the turbulent events of January 1991, remembers her spontaneous decision to join civil guards of a broadcasting station near Kaunas. […]
Society
“Soviet tanks rattled onto Klaipėda’s streets with paratroopers on top clutching their rifles”
Three Klaipėda City councilmen remember January 13, 1991 – the memories don’t fade. […]
Society
Lithuanians around the world run ‘path of life and death’ to commemorate January 13th
Every January, Lithuanians participate in an annual winter run called “Gyvybės ir Mirties Keliu“ (The Path of Life and Death) to commemorate the people that died in Lithuania during the events of 13 January, 1991. This tradition has spread throughout the Lithuanian diaspora, and even the Lithuanian community in the states of Washington and Oregon ran in Portland to commemorate this important day. […]
Global LT
Defenders of freedom honoured in world capitals with 25th anniversary run
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the events of January 13th, 1991, a commemorative international marathon called “On the road of life and death” was held on Saturday in Lithuania and in capital cities all over the world. […]
Society
Vytautas Landsbergis slams prosecutors over January 13 investigation
Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis on Monday strongly criticized the work of prosecutors in the January 13 case, saying that they have diminished the importance of the investigation. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors hand ‘biggest in history’ January 13 case to court
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office is handing to court the case of attempted coup of January 13, 1991, which is the most significant and the largest case in the history of Lithuania’s law-enforcement, the office said. […]
Society
Lithuanian wants Mikhail Gorbachev’s role in January 1991 aggression investigated
Robertas Povilaitis who lost his father during the Soviet aggression in Vilnius on January 13, 1991, has turned to the Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office, calling for a more active investigation of the liability of the Soviet Union’s then leader Mikhail Gorbachev. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors finishing indictment in January 13 case
Prosecutors from Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office are finishing the indictment in the January 13 case, with 69 people, mainly Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. […]
Foreign affairs
Boehner in Vilnius: US supports Lithuania’s “enduring struggle with some neighbours”
The United States supports Lithuania’s “enduring struggle with some of your neighbours”, Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president sees “problem on both sides” in OMON officers’ trial
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized to competence of prosecutors who drafted the indictment for the trial of former Soviet OMON leaders, noting that there are reasons to appeal against last week’s court ruling which cleared the former OMON officers of all charges. […]
Politics
President’s adviser on OMON officers’ acquittal: spirit of law should be put above word of law
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not comment on the ruling of Vilnius Regional Court which acquitted Soviet OMON officers Boleslav Makutynovich and Vladimir Razvodov. However, the president has said that the spirit of the law is more important than the letter of the law, said chief advisor to the president on legal affairs Rasa Svetikaitė. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian prosecutors to appeal against acquittal of OMON officers
Lithuanian prosecutors have decided to appeal against the court ruling to clear former commanders of the Soviet special militia unit OMON of charges, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Friday. […]
Politics
Restrictions on Russia’s RTR Planeta TV channel end in Lithuania
Restrictions on Russian TV channel RTR Planeta ended in Lithuania on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission vows, however, to impose even tougher sanctions, if violations are repeated. […]