History
World War One memorial remembrance service held in Vilnius
On the morning of Sunday November 12th a World War One memorial remembrance service was held at the Vilnius International Church on Vokiečių Street. […]
World War One
Society
Grave robbers dig up WWI and WWII German graves in Lithuania
Grave robbers dug up two burial sites in Lithuania in search of military memorabilia from the two world wars, Lzinios.lt reports. […]
Opinion
Lithuania’s key role in countering Russian A2/AD challenge to Baltics
Concepts of military strategy and doctrine have long influenced the political and military geography of the Baltic region. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian leaders congratulate Poland on Independence Day
Lithuanian leaders have congratulated Poland on its Independence Day. Poland celebrates its independence on 11 November, the day that marked the end of World War One in 1918. […]
Foreign affairs
European Union
European leaders mark World War One centenary
European leaders gathered in Belgium, paying tribute to the millions who died in the first world war. […]
Society
Echoes of the Great War resonate a century later
On 28 July 1914, exactly one month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were shot dead, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The stage was set for World War I, an inevitable result of decades of political manoeuvring, militarization, alliances and planning for a conflict that would shatter the great European epoch, laying waste to empires and ascendant nations. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The First World War, tragedy and legacy
This summer, though full of fresh war fears, it will be time to commemorate the beginning of the First World War and people are remembering the conflict in different ways. Some are erecting monument for terrorist (or is it freedom fighter?) Gavrilo Princip in a still deeply-divided Bosnia, some are visiting war memorials, some are reviewing the statistics of casualties and destruction. […]