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Foreign affairs

Lawyer of Russian tried for 1991 crackdown in Vilnius calls him ‘victim and hostage’

September 11, 2018 BNS 0

The defense lawyer of Yuriy Mel, a Russian citizen arrested in Lithuania and now standing trial for his involvement in the January 1991 bloody crackdown on protesters in Vilnius, calls her client “a victim and hostage” to the Soviet political authorities of that time and describes the case as politicized. […]

Dmitry Yazov (middle)
History

Prosecutors ask for life sentence for former Soviet Defense Minister Yazov (Updated)

May 15, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office asks a court to find former Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov guilty of crimes against humanity during the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius and hand him a life sentence. […]

Vilnius, January 13, 1991
Society

Lithuanian prosecutors demand jail sentences, EUR 11.3 mln damages in 1991 crackdown trial

May 15, 2018 BNS 0

Defendants in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius must be given severe prison sentences and pay over 11.3 million euros in damages in a civil lawsuit, public prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]

Vilnius, January 13, 1991
Society

Lithuanian prosecutors to propose sentences against 66 defendants in 1991 crackdown trial

April 17, 2018 BNS 0

Public prosecutors from the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday started delivering their concluding statements in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius. […]

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Defence

President’s advisor’s words stuck with expert: this is a unique threat to Lithuania

March 17, 2023 0

The “Suvalkų koridorius” (“Suwałki Corridor”) and the goods and transport corridor are one of the most significant threats to Lithuania’s security and a unique threat to Lithuania, Lithuanian diplomat, signatory Albinas Januška wrote on Facebook. […]

Foreign affairs

Ganges Valley. Geopolitical journeys of a Lithuanian

March 16, 2023 0

India’s paradoxes begin with a glance at a map. The country’s historical name is linked to the Indus River, which is, after all, the most important river not in India, but… Pakistan, is formally the […]

Defence

Prof Lindley-French: We have to engage Russians on currency of power they’ve chosen

March 14, 2023 0

The Lithuania Tribune recently interviewed Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French, Chairman of The Alphen Group, during the Annual Conference on Russia organized by the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia. Dr Lindley-French shared his insights on […]

Kremlin's web
Defence

Intelligence is worried: there will be no more silence around Lithuania

March 10, 2023 0

Although Russia has failed to defeat Ukraine quickly, this totalitarian and Soviet-like state is capable of continuing the war in Ukraine for at least 2 more years while at the same time determined to build […]

A worker
Economy

Calls on employers to increase wages and look for workers in Lithuania, not abroad

March 10, 2023 0

Labour market experts urge employers to raise salaries and look for employees in Lithuanian regions rather than abroad. According to them, this is the only way to increase the country’s middle class, i.e. workers earning […]

Defence

Lithuania is preparing for a significant military buildup: There is talk of a division

March 8, 2023 0

President Gitanas Nausėda called a meeting of the National Defence Council (NDC) on Monday. At the end of the meeting, Presidential Adviser Kęstutis Budrys and Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas commented on what was […]

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