On 19 May in Jerusalem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited the World Centre for Holocaust Research – Yad Vashem – where he laid a wreath and paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Linkevičius met with Chairman of the …
BNS The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected a proposal of the Cabinet not to carry out a state audit at a fund in charge of compensation for nationalised Jewish assets. The proposal was voted 36:9 with 38 abstentions and was not adopted. The draft …
BNS Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas on Monday left for South Africa to discuss tribute to the Jewish heritage in Lithuania and investment into the new air carrier airLituanica, Vilnius City municipality has informed. The agenda in South Africa will include meetings with heads of Johannesburg …
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 …
BNS Lithuania’s government will consider a proposal received from the State Audit Office to waive state audit of the special foundation handling the compensation for nationalised Jewish properties. According to the explanatory note to the proposed amendments, the government cannot authorise the State Audit Office …
BNS To mark the Vilnius Ghetto Memorial Year, this autumn the Lithuanian capital is planning to host a global congress of Litvaks, solemn ceremonies to pay tribute to victims, scientific conferences, as well as screen films and open exhibitions. The events are envisaged in a …
Talking exclusively to www.delfi.lt, Miša Jakobas, the director of Vilnius Šalom Aleichem gymnasium, is certain that national minorities are making a mistake by protesting against education in the Lithuanian language. M. Jakobas told that twenty years ago Jewish community in Lithuania understood the importance of …
The Jewish Community of Lithuania marked the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence on Monday at Vilnius Synagogue where they sang the national anthem and prayed for Lithuania. Simon Gurevic, executive director of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, said the March 11 is a great …
The Jewish Community of Lithuanian on Monday apologized over an inaccuracy in its statement on a nationalist march when it mistakenly attributed a banner saying “Yesterday Juden Raus, today Lithuania for Lithuanians” to the organizers. The Community, however, said it still objects to such events. …
Julius Panka, leader of the Lithuanian National Youth Union, said on Saturday there were no anti-Semitic banners and chants during the march in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city, to mark the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania, and he called a statement by …
The Jewish Community of Lithuania on Saturday slammed a march organized by the Lithuanian National Youth Union to mark the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania. “We are voicing our strong protest against marches of similar character, chants, slogans and are calling on …
As Lithuania and the rest of the world commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius notes, that the Holocaust was not only the tragedy of the Jewish people, but of all the mankind, therefore we all have to make sure that …
The US Chargé d’ Affaires Anne Hall noted that the former Lithuanian government achieved remarkable progress regarding compensation for Jewish property seized by the Nazis and Soviets in Lithuania, and also paid much attention to the commemoration of victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania. She …
On 17 December, the 2nd Conference ‘No Simple Stories: Lithuanian Jewry in Historical Perspective’ was opened at the Lithuanian Embassy in London. Leading historians, scholars and diplomats gathered in London to talk about the past, the present and the future of Lithuanian Jews, informs urm.lt. …
Thanks to the efforts of scholars, people in culture, artists and educators who are telling the truth about the painful history of the Holocaust, which was hushed up in the Soviet times, Holocaust awareness is rising in Lithuania,” Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis …
Hosted by the Lithuanian Embassy, the Consulate General of Lithuania in Chicago, in coordination with the Sunflower Project. The newly established Sunflower Project, a Jewish Lithuanian Heritage Project, joined on Sunday, April 16, in Chicago with top-level individuals representing the Lithuanian government, Lithuanian-American groups, …
Compensations of 128 million Lt for the real estate that had not been returned could be paid to the Jewish Religious Community next year, the Government has decided. 3 million Lt, part of the money that will be also allocated by the Fund, will have …
Hosted by the Lithuanian Embassy, the Consulate General of Lithuania in Chicago in coordination with the Sunflower Project What: A Conversation — Lithuanian Heritage and the Jewish Community Today This meeting of top-level individuals representing the Lithuanian government, Lithuanian-American groups, and members of the Lithuanian …
On Thursday, Kaunas district court held first hearing on a case against Jonas Grinius, 62, who is charged with inciting hatred against Jews and discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, 15min.lt reported on 22 March. The man pleaded not guilty, claiming he had a right …
Ellen Cassedy rediscovers her family’s roots – and Lithuania’s troubled past – in We Are Here WASHINGTON, D.C. – The newly established Jewish Lithuanian Heritage Project is proud to announce it will join with the Washington D.C. Lithuanian American Community to co-host author Ellen Cassedy …
