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Special signs placed on gravestones of Soviet troops in north Lithuania

October 23, 2017 BNS 0

The municipality of the Biržai district, northern Lithuania, has initiated placement of signs next to gravestones of Soviet troops to specify that the inscriptions on the gravestones are not consistent with historical truth, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Saturday. […]

Swedish ex-PM Bildt tweets: history of Baltic partisans was hidden for too long

July 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister and foreign minister, says that people in other parts of Europe know too little about the history of Lithuanian partisans who fought against Soviet rule. […]

Bad news from the Bank of Lithuania: here’s what they are forecasting

September 27, 2023 0

Several months have passed since the Bank of Lithuania’s last forecasts. The latest one, presented by the steward of the financial markets, shows both promising and not-so-good developments. The Bank of Lithuania projections that this […]

John F Tefft, at the conference. Photo by Jonas Petronis

Former US Ambassador Tefft: the war situation has further alienated the Russian government from the population

September 22, 2023 0

Former Ambassador John F. Tefft, visiting from the United States for Leonid Donsky’s 6th conference “Will Russia Survive 2024?”, says that Russia’s fate is difficult to predict and depends on the outcome of the war. […]

Investment in military-use technologies: trap or opportunity?

September 22, 2023 0

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the national defence industry is becoming more relevant, and the possibilities of producing both dual-use and military-use-only equipment or providing military-related services in Lithuania are being discussed. […]