Foreign affairs
Lithuania pays last respects to former Israeli President Peres
Lithuania on Friday is paying last respects to late Israeli President Shimon Peres. […]
Shimon Peres
Society
Grybauskaitė recognises 46 Lithuanians who saved Jews in WWII
President Dalia Grybauskaitė yesterday awarded the Life Saving Cross to forty-six Lithuanian citizens who risked danger to save Jews from probable death in Nazi-occupied Lithuania during World War II. Of the forty-six, only two were still alive to receive the award in person. […]
Foreign affairs
Grybauskaitė conveys condolences over Peres’ passing
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday conveyed her heartfelt condolences to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and to all the people of the country on the passing of former president, Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Peres. […]
Foreign affairs
Peres was person of outstanding intelligence, true Litvak
Israel’s former president Shimon Peres was a person of outstanding intelligence who always emphasized his links to Lithuania, says Faina Kukliansky, the leader of the Jewish Community in Lithuania. […]