World War II

  • History

Eighty years after the Christmas Agreement, the emergence of an illegal parliament

Bratislava before Christmas in 1943, based on which the Slovak National Council (the last in history and still active, at…

12 months ago
  • History

Seimas adopted resolution on the anniversary of the end of World War II

Noting that in 2020 the world marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, the most brutal…

5 years ago
  • 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

MP Anušauskas: Strong testimony of Jesuit priest exonerates Jonas Noreika-General Storm of participation in the Holocaust

The fact that a document found in the Jesuit provincial archives (153 pages long), containing the testimony of Jonas Noreika…

5 years ago
  • History

Polish PM Morawiecki: President Putin has lied again

The 20th century brought the world inconceivable suffering and the deaths of hundreds of millions in the name of twisted,…

5 years ago
  • Politics

Polish Ambassador advises Polish party in Lithuania against celebrating May 9

Celebrating the end of World War II on May 9 is not a good thing to do, as the day…

7 years ago
  • Opinion

Russian paradox: Kremlin hates “Nazis” but supports nationalists in Europe

The narrative about the Great Patriotic war (1941-1945) is still important for Russia's inhabitants. Russian sociologist Lev Gudkov observed that…

7 years ago
  • History

Lithuanía’s response to Russia OSCE forum: Guerrilla fought Soviet terror

Lithuania's ambassador has rejected Russia's reproaches on historical memory, emphasizing at an international diplomatic forum that the guerrilla resistance to…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Were surprised only by the Russian Ambassador but not by Russia

The Victims of the Second World War are honoured on 8th of May in Europe and Russia does it a…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Bizzare Russian Embassy behaviour left Lithuanians puzzled: it’s the 1st time they’ve acted this way

The majority of Russians celebrate May 9th which is a Victory day: Moscow is shaken by a massive military parade…

8 years ago
  • Society

Historians find Nazi murder base Paneriai 3 times size of current memorial

The massacre base established during World War II by the Nazi Germany in Paneriai just outside Vilnius was three times…

8 years ago
  • Defence
  • European Union

Germany Minister of Defence: Never again will freedom of Lithuania be sacrificed

In her congratulatory message to the German-led NATO battalion in Lithuania, Germany's Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday…

8 years ago
  • Society

CIA declassifies document on Lithuania’s post-WWII guerrilla fighting

A report about guerrilla fighting against the Soviet occupation after World War II is among hundreds of thousands of declassified…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian, Israeli presidents underline Holocaust memory, business ties

The presidents of Lithuania and Israel on Sunday underlined the importance of preserving the heritage of Lithuanian Jews and of…

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
  • Opinion

Pavilionis. Pearl Harbor – the USA and Lithuania

Exactly 75 years ago the USA experienced a blow which would change the course of history. Making use of all…

8 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuanian speaking Marine in love with the homeland of his parents

US Marines are rare guests in Lithuania. However, this year among those several hundred, who participated in international exercise Iron…

8 years ago
  • Society

Kaunas family to be awarded as Righteous Among Nations

Israel's Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon will Friday award the Yad Vashem medal and honors of Righteous Among the Nations…

8 years ago
  • Society

72 WWII-era explosives found in canal next to Klaipėda dolphinarium

Mine-clearing specialists discovered 72 World War II-era artillery shells in a canal next to the dolphinarium of Lithuania's port city…

8 years ago
  • 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…

8 years ago