Baltic Way

On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the 35th anniversary of the Baltic Way, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė invites to strengthen the independence of Lithuania, restored through the efforts of freedom loving people, stated the Office of the Government.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda and President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs on Friday will meet in Pasvalys, northern Lithuania, to mark the 35th anniversary of the Baltic Way.

On Wednesday, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia mark the 84th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the 34th anniversary of the Baltic Way. On this occasion, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has highlighted the importance of these dates for the history of Lithuania.

The world can no longer play the double game with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime and it needs to be politically and diplomatically isolated, ex-Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite says.

A human chain called "The Freedom Way" was formed in Lithuania from Vilnius to Medininkai on Sunday in solidarity with Belarus' civil society fighting for democratic changes in the country.

The highway from Vilnius to the Latvian border will from now on be marked as "The Baltic Way" on the Google maps, the Chancellery of the Lithuanian Government said on Friday.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda plans to take part in the formation of a human chain from Vilnius to the Belarusian border on August 23 when the anniversary of the Baltic Way is marked.

The Lithuanian government decided to name the motorway from Vilnius to the border of Latvia "the Baltic Way" to commemorate the 1989 peaceful anti-Soviet demonstration.

Lithuania plans to commemorate the Baltic Way, which took place more than 30 years ago, by naming its main roads where people formed the live chain "the Baltic Way".

What is this girl thinking after 30 years? This was the question asked in the Russian newspaper "Komsomolskaja Pravda" together with a published photo of a girl in 1990 April during the protest for Lithuanian independence. Both the Baltic Way and independence of Baltic countries still irritate Kreml...

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday summoned the Chinese ambassador and handed in a diplomatic note over an incident during a rally in central Vilnius in August, held in support of Hong Kong.

Over 10,000 people joined hands to form a human chain in Vilnius on Friday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way, organizers said.

A rally held in Vilnius on Friday in support to Hong Kong pro-democracy activists was overshadowed by a clash with Beijing supporters, two of whom were taken to a police station.

A giant construction made up more than 2,000 old radios will sound in unison in Vilnius on the evening of 23 August. It has been set as the largest radio installation record by Lithuanian record registration agency “Factum”.

As Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia mark the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way, people in Hong Kong are also set to join their hands and form a human chain on Friday to demand China to give them more freedom.

Organizers of "The Hong Kong Way", a pro-democracy action in the form of a human chain across the semi-autonomous city on Friday, say protesters against Chinese oppression are drawing inspiration from the independence fight of Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians.

The 30th anniversary of the 1989 peaceful anti-Soviet demonstration in which two million people joined hands in a human chain stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn will be marked with the slogan "The Baltic Way is Us".

Public figures in Lithuania plan to bring 10,000 people to form a live chain to mark the anniversary of the Baltic Way.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated Vytautas Landsbergis, the country's first post-independence leader, on his 85th anniversary on Wednesday.

On August 23, Lithuania is celebrating the 27th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a defining moment in the Baltic countries' movement for independence from the Soviet Union. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.