Second World War

  • History

Putin’s parallel world and the return of Stalin

Right before Christmas, some interesting and strange things have surfaced in news reports. Not everyone has been following what was…

5 years ago
  • History

Vytautas Landsbergis: Lithuanian Uprising was the right thing to do and it was worth it

In the non-static war against Lithuanian freedom, the central geopolitical expansionary warrior goes back repeatedly to the place that is…

5 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Ažubalis. Will Lithuanian-Polish relations step out of the deadlock?

Both nations – the Lithuanians and the Polish – both recall well how our mutual conflict in between the two…

8 years ago
  • Global LT
  • Opinion

Dark Lullaby: Irene Angelico’s belated pilgrimage to Vilnius

Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Irene Angelico confronts her doubts and visits Vilnius, the city where her parents lived during the Second…

8 years ago
  • Society

75th anniversary of massacre of Jews in Šeduva, Lithuania

Lithuania's Prime Minister joined dozens of people marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the massacre of more than 650 Jews by…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

Great power games: Do ordinary Russians really want war?

Does the international perception of Russia as an expansionist and warmongering country sit well with the mood of Russia's population?…

8 years ago
  • European Union
  • Opinion

A fragmented foreign policy leads to a weakened European Union

The Lisbon Treaty was designed to fundamentally alter the Common Foreign and Security Policy. At last, the EU was supposed…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Archaeologists hunt for Lithuania’s first navy ship at bottom of Baltic sea

The dream of Klaipėda University (KU) scientists of finding the legendary interwar ship President Smetona (Prezidentas Smetona) may finally be…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Not human enough to be saved

It is a wrenching image. And it is an image that now speaks as the symbol for the refugee crisis…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Potsdam Conference and Russia’s crooked-mirror politics in Kaliningrad

Most of the time history can’t be put to bed even though agreements to end wars have been concluded, victors…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

Jewish organisations invited to participate in World Lithuanian Economic Forum

Lithuania's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius has paid a working visit to Tel Aviv, Israel. The minister invited…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Russian bikers’ flirtation with Kremlin politics sparks protest from Lithuanian fellows

Global politics is undermining the international solidarity of the biker community. Lithuanian bikers have declared they do not want to…

10 years ago
  • Society

Israeli Embassy in Lithuania awarded the Righteous Among the Nations

The Embassy of the State of Israel, together with the Lithuanian Jewish community and the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum,…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Israeli ambassador in Vilnius Amir Maimon on Jewish heritage, Israeli-Palestinian conflict and anti-Semitism in Europe

Israel's first ambassador residing in Vilnius, Amir Maimon, says Lithuania should be more active in inviting tourists from his country…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Ukrainians, forgotten heroes of Auschwitz

Tuesday marked the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Tanks of the First Ukrainian Front broke through the enclosures 70…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: New Russian propaganda – primitive but effective

The Russian Federation’s propaganda and other aggressive actions in the information space have recently been the subject of buoyant discussion…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Remembering Lithuanian ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis

13 June 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis and 2 August marked his 90th…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: What is next in the line for independence? Exclude Kaliningrad, please

The tide of plebiscites for independence is rolling across Europe. You name it: Scotland, Crimea, Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk and…

10 years ago

Lithuania and all other EU Member States did not support Russia’s resolution at UN which attempts to manipulate history

The Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism and Other Contemporary Forms of Racism put forward by the Russian Federation was…

10 years ago