South Africa

  • Foreign affairs

BRICS: a counter-cultural alliance with a “brick” for Putin

Whenever I am asked to describe the international entity known by the strange name of BRICS, I start with a…

1 year ago
  • Foreign affairs

South Africa: from Apartheid to Economic Apartheid – a look into the Rainbow Nation

I must confess that I have been part of the European-African political community for almost two decades, and South Africa…

1 year ago
  • Global LT

Benefits of Lithuanian citizenship from the South African Litvak perspective

“South Africa is more Litvak than Lithuania itself,” Markas Zingeris, the Lithuanian playwright and novelist once remarked. And, as one…

8 years ago
  • Global LT
  • Society

Lithuania: my journey of return

As a Cape Town born Jew, my life has come full circle. Although I was born after his death, my…

8 years ago
  • Global LT

Several hundred Litvaks granted Lithuanian citizenship after legal amendments

Several hundred applications for Lithuanian citizenship have already been approved since the country amended the law last June to ease…

8 years ago
  • Society

The stones of Molėtai: Shoah lesson in Lithuania

August 29th, 2016, has become truly important day for Lithuanian people, for Israel, and for all of us who does…

8 years ago
  • Global LT

What are Barack Obama’s family links to Lithuania?

Following on from Hollywood star Sean Penn, it now appears that US president Barack Obama also has family links to…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliamentary committees to investigate refusal of citizenship to Litvaks

Amid complaints from Lithuanian Jewish Community representatives and Litvaks living in Israel and South Africa, at least two Lithuanian parliamentary…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

The impact of Panama Papers in Eastern Europe – and rest of the world

On April 3, the Panama Papers hit media outlets around the world, and the fallout was swift. [...]

9 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuania’s U-turn on granting citizenship to Litvaks

Some Jews in Israel and the Republic of South Africa who left Lithuania between the two world wars and their…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

‘We have traditionally strong ties given South Africa took in refugees during the pogroms and WWII’ – Honorary Consul

In a series about those remarkable individuals who promote Lithuania's image abroad and build the country’s brand around the world,…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Monument for Gandhi and his Litvak friend unveiled in west Lithuania

A sculpture depicting India's independence leader Mahatma Gandhi and his Jewish-Lithuanian architect friend Hermann Kallenbach was unveiled in the town…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president hands credentials to first ambassador to South Africa

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday handed letters of credence to Sigutė Jakštonytė, the country's first ambassador to the Republic…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian government approves candidates for ambassadors in US, South Africa and Switzerland

The Government of Lithuania on Friday approved candidates for three ambassadorial positions. [...]

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania could open embassy in South Africa in November

Lithuanian embassy in Pretoria, the South African Republic, could be opened in November. The related draft decree was prepared by…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania to open embassy in South Africa

Lithuania plans to open an embassy in the Republic of South Africa in November. [...]

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Litvak lenses influenced sensibilities of Nobel prize winning author Nadine Gordimer

Earlier this week the media honoured Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel and Man Booker prize winning novelist with a wealth of…

10 years ago