BNS On Tuesday, historians, diplomats and politicians will hold discussions on the Magdeburg Law and links among European cities at conference The European Route of the Magdeburg Law: Historical and Current Relations Between Cities, organised by Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its partners. The …
BNS A fund in charge of compensations for the Jewish properties has received about 1,000 applications from Holocaust survivors for compensation. Faina Kukliansky, the leader of the Lithuanian Jewish Community, is considering postponement of the application deadline, as some people learned about the opportunity to …
BNS The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office has on Tuesday turned to a Vilnius court with a request to find 20 foreign persons, who are considered to be suspects in the criminal investigation into the attempted coup of 13 January, 1991. The Prosecutor General’s Office said …
BNS The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania has published 349 new documents stored at Lithuania’s Special Archives on activities of the KGB’s mobilisation division during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. The documents were published on the website www.kgbveikla.lt. All in all, 614 documents …
Warren Thompson | The Lithuania Tribune For the 17th century philosopher Rene Descartes, the fact that he thought meant that he existed. Perceiving what form it was that he existed in and what the form of the object of his thoughts were was limited by …
BNS The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, which is currently under reconstruction in Vilnius, will be ready for the solemn events planned for Lithuania’s presidency over the European Union (EU) Council, said the head of the palace Vydas Dolinskas. Being renovated by construction …
BNS – A rally was held in Vilnius on Sunday afternoon to protest against demands by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL), a member of the ruling coalition, to allow bilingual spelling of location names and non-Lithuanian letters in personal names in documents, …
BNS Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday condemned anti-Semitic inscriptions near two historic locations sensitive for Jewish people by calling them an act of vandalism. “I strictly condemn the act of vandalism committed at the time when we are commemorating the victims …
Zita Belkus | The Lithuania Tribune I remember all the kids playing on the road: back when it was safe to do so, that is. So many games to choose from because we ALL had imaginations then and there was always a bunch of us. …
Vilnius Cathedral Square has been handed over to the Vilnius City Council, reported Mindaugas Jackevičius for www. delfi.lt. Having been until now in the official jurisdiction of the Directorate of Vilnius Castles, it was run by the Vilnius Cathedral Basilica by custom. During this period, …
BNS Australia’s Labourist government based its 1974 decision to refuse the politics of non-recognition of the occupation of the Baltic States on the political preferences of the immigrants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, i.e., their choice to vote for then opposition parties in any case, …
BNS The March of the Living, that is taking place today, will proceed from the Paneriai railway station to the Paneriai memorial in the outskirts of Vilnius to pay tribute to the memory of Holocaust victims. The event will repeat a stretch of the road …
This year marks the 150th anniversary of a well-known and biggest uprising of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire. To mark the event of 1863, Lithuania Post is going to release a new postage stamp which will appear in circulation this Saturday, March 23, writes …
Less than one week left to submit designs for Lithuania Post’s contest to create postage stamps about the Lithuanian military uniforms, 80th anniversary of S.Darius and S.Girėnas transatlantic flight, and the pre-paid postcard featuring the Holy Christmas and New Year, writes post.lt. The contest is open …
By Jon Platakis - Founder/Chairman of the National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame, exclusive for the Lithuania Tribune Will the National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame have Christopher Columbus as a new candidate for induction? The answer looks to be yes, according to a new theory …
The Real Story Behind the Image – Creator of Iconic Skeleton explains its meaning & embraces Lithuanian basketball culture. The basketball documentary The Other Dream Team, directed and produced by Marius Markevicius and Jon Weinbach, is a sports and political documentary about the national Lithuanian …
Lithuania marks the 23 rd anniversary of the restoration of independence on Monday, with events dedicated for the occasion planned across the country. Celebrations of the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence will start with a solemn commemoration at the Seimas. On midday in Vilnius, …
The stamp set “Famous People” launched in 1993 this Saturday will be supplemented by two new stamps featuring the outstanding Lithuanian personalities: the poet Antanas Strazdas and the writer Pranas Mašiotas, informed post.lt. The stamps are intended to commemorate the 250th birth anniversary of A. Strazdas …
Lithuania’s Jewish Community has announced its plans to hold a solemn ceremony at a synagogue in Vilnius to celebrate the Restitution of Independence Day on March 11, emphasizing that the end of the Soviet rule made Jews of Lithuania feel free. Faina Kukliansky, acting chairperson …
Vilnius Municipality Council on Wednesday unanimously backed the decision to name a section of a street near Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary in the Lithuanian capital after Ona Simaite, a librarian of Vilnius University who helped ghetto Jews during World War II, and to name a …
