Opinion
Opinion: The Baltic Way, a policy of memory and cooperation
I have to confess, that generally, I don’t like the term “Baltic States.” This term references a legacy I hate — the Soviet legacy. […]
USSR
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Latvia celebrates 23rd anniversary of de facto restoration of independence
August 21 marks 23 years since the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia adopted the constitutional law on the governmental status of the Republic of Latvia. That ended the Declaration “On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia” and its established transition period for the restoration of independence. […]
Global LT
Black Ribbon day commemoration in Washington, DC
Seventy-five years ago, on 23 August, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a cooperation and non-aggression pact. The now infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe and provided with its secret provisions an evil platform that set the stage for the Second World War. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe in a half Nazi, half Communist continent. It stands as a stark reminder that totalitarianism in its various forms leads to death and destruction. […]
Society
Russian historian Alexander Dyukov – persona non grata in Lithuania for whitewashing Soviet crimes
Alexander Dyukov, a Russian citizen who was not allowed to enter Lithuania earlier this week, is a representative of the Russian special services, using his publications to justify crimes of the Stalinist regime, according to historian and Lithuanian MP Arvydas Anušauskas. […]
Society
Lithuanian Genocide Centre published data on 620 former KGB agents
The Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre says it has published data of 620 former KGB agents over less than two years. […]
Culture
Lithuania thanks “forest brothers” 70 years after start of anti-Soviet guerilla war
As Lithuania marks 70 years since the start of the guerilla war this summer, new initiatives are emerging in the country to pay tribute to the legacy of the “brothers of the forest”, as anti-Soviet partisans were known, which has inspired many Lithuanians from artists to soldiers. […]
Society
January 1991 massacre suspect put under house arrest in Italy
Russian citizen Vasiliy Kotlerov, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 massacre case in Lithuania, has been put under house arrest by an Italian court, Lithuanian prosecutors have confirmed. […]
Society
Lithuanian parliament marks 25th anniversary of Gotland Declaration
On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Parliament is holding an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Gotland declaration. […]
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“Everything was staged!” How Russian propaganda machine works
The Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels would probably feel like an immature student were he to see the operation of the Kremlin propaganda machine. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 2 August
When scholars analyse the final Soviet basketball team to participate in the Summer Olympics, the most popular observation was the fact that the team contained four Lithuanians. […]
Culture
Fate of Soviet sculptures on Vilnius Green Bridge to be decided in autumn
The fate of the controversial Soviet-era sculptures on the Green Bridge in the Lithuanian capital should be decided during a conference organized by the State Commission for Cultural Heritage this fall, daily Lietuvos žinios reported Friday. […]
Society
Mission Siberia 2014 back in Lithuania
The team of Mission Siberia 2014 has returned to Lithuania after two weeks of taking care of cemeteries of Lithuanian deportees in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. […]
Society
Late Monsignor Alfonsas Svarinskas: Priesthood marked with pain and terror
Prominent Lithuanian clergyman, former dissident and political figure Monsignor Alfonsas Svarinskas passed away last week, aged 89. One of the most active Lithuanian dissidents hated Soviet occupants with all his heart and soul. As a result, Svarinskas spent 22 years in labour camps of Siberia. […]
Society
Vilnius court hears detention appeal in January 1991 massacre case
At a closed-door hearing on Tuesday, Vilnius Regional Court heard an appeal by Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, against a district court’s decision to extend his detention for two months. […]
Opinion
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Remembering Georgia’s Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze, the last foreign minister of the Soviet Union and onetime president of Georgia, died Monday. Shevardnadze had not been active in politics since his ouster as president during the Rose Revolution in 2003. However, his time in politics marks two critical periods of transition in geopolitics and the world: the end of the Cold War and the restart of the U.S.-Russian struggle. […]
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Hannibalsson: “Lithuania has gone way beyond my expectations”
Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson was the foreign minister of Iceland in 1988-95. Under his leadership, Iceland was the first country to recognize the restored independence of Lithuania. Already since March, 1990, Hannibalsson was one of the main supporters of Lithuanian freedom on the international scene. In January, 1991, despite the displayed discontent of the USSR, he became the only minister of a NATO country to come to Vilnius and to express solidarity with Lithuania during the Soviet aggression. […]