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Rasa Čepaitienė: The Nighttime Politics of History (An answer to A. Nikžentaitis)

In his article, Alvydas Nikžentaitis (a Lithuanian historian recently appointed as the director of the Lithuanian Institute of History -…

5 years ago
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K. Šeraitė. Will the European Union write a new Lithuanian history textbook?

Often during state celebrations and various events, we can witness a number of politicians singing the Lithuanian hymn with a…

6 years ago
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Ambassador in Israel: this time we will react to anti-Lithuanian hysteria

"We often choose to not react to such matters. There is no point to give the same responses repeatedly to…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian ethics official says his reward offer due to book on Jew-killers

Vigilijus Sadauskas, Lithuania's ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures, says that he offered a cash reward for a thesis about…

6 years ago
  • Society

Vilnius court finds no grounds for bringing case against Vanagaitė

The Vilnius Regional Court ruled on Wednesday that there were no grounds for opening a pre-trial investigation regarding statements by…

7 years ago
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The year ended, the information war continues

One of the most significant events for Lithuania has been the deployment of the German-led NATO battalion. This was a…

7 years ago
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Israel sends a message to Vanagaitė regarding Ramanauskas-Vanagas

While author Rūta Vanagaitė who slandered partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas is travelling around the US and is telling American Lithuanians,…

7 years ago
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Visiting a Vanagaitė lecture in the US: I felt like someone is raping our country

Rūta Vanagaitė is visiting the US and reading lectures on her book Mūsiškiai and this is also raising waves across…

7 years ago
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Holocaust researchers: the public should be educated, not shocked

The publication The Holocaust in Nazi occupied Eastern and Western European states: research and memory was presented in the Kaunas…

7 years ago
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Professor on Jewish massacre participants in Lithuania: it was not just a handful of degenerates, but also part of the intelligentsia

It is not suitable to grant state honours to those who contributed to the holocaust in any way says US…

7 years ago
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An unknown fact: Lithuania was the first country in the world to issue Jews with “Visas to Life”

Lithuania is constantly defending itself against accusations or dubious statements that Lithuanians collaborated with the Nazis in the Holocaust. At…

7 years ago
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Faina Kukliansky: Jews and Lithuanians must smooth their disagreements

Though the scandal caused by author Rūta Vanagaitė's statements about partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas has subsided, the head of the…

7 years ago
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Professor V. Pugačiauskas: after the Crimean occupation, three negative images of Lithuania were being formed

The recent major scandal which arose after Rūta Vanagaitė's attempt to slander the post-war partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas and with…

7 years ago
  • Society

Vanagaite’s remarks about Lithuanian partisan leader not a crime – prosecutors

Recent remarks by Rūta Vanagaitė, an author and public relations specialist, about Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, a Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance commander, cannot…

7 years ago
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Vanagaitė and Murza

Around a decade ago Mindaugas Murza and his small group of Nazi sympathisers would often arrange protests or counter-protests that…

7 years ago
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Shocking statements by R. Vanagaitė outside Lithuania

Rūta Vanagaitė herself accused Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas of untrue things, meanwhile her defenders accuse Lithuania.The loudest voice here is that of…

7 years ago
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Where Vanagaitė and Paluckas are similar

Rūta Vanagaitė thought she would advertise her new book by slandering partisans, while Gintautas Paluckas and his entourage are using…

7 years ago
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Public letter by R. Vanagaitė: I admit I was mistaken

Writer and journalist Rūta Vanagaitė admits in a letter released on Friday that she was mistaken and regrets her "hasty…

7 years ago
  • Society

Vanagaitė apologizes for lying about Lithuania’s guerrilla leader

Rūta Vanagaitė, author and public relations specialist, on Friday admitted having made misleading statements about Lithuania's anti-Soviet resistance leader Adolfas…

7 years ago
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National myth is not simply history. Open letter to the German historian

Dear Christoph,I write to you because we have known one another for a number of years and interacted closely for…

7 years ago