Lithuania marks the 32nd anniversary of the Medininkai tragedy, when seven border officers were killed on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in an Omon paramilitary police attack.
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Although some people expected more from the Vilnius NATO summit as regards Ukraine’s membership prospects, yet Asta Skaisgirytė, the president’s chief adviser on foreign affairs, says Lithuania should not be ashamed about the results of the summit.
Lithuania's former MP Balys Gajauskas, dissident and 1990 Independence Act signatory, passed away at the age of 91 in early hours of Thursday after a disease, his family said.
Albinas Januška, Lithuanian politician, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party, a signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act and once the ultimate éminence grise, gives a scathing analysis of the country's domestic politics and the ills affecting the European Union.
The inter-celebratory period gives us a single day between Valentine's day, which is dedicated to billions of lovers around the world, and February 16th, which is a celebration for only about 3 million not-quite-so-romantic citizens of the world.
The Consulate of Lithuania and the Lithuanian community in St. Petersburg are already preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lithuanian state, in 2018.
City authorities recently removed four groups of Soviet-era statues from the Green Bridge in central Vilnius. Columnist Ramūnas Bogdanas argues that it was a move in the information war that Russia has launched against the West, including Lithuania. The retaliation that followed targeted crucial mom...
Lithuania's Independence Act signatory Romualdas Ozolas, who served as an MP in 1992-2000, passed away on Monday, the parliament's Public Relations division said.
Lithuanian MP Algirdas Patackas, the signatory of the 1990 Independence Act, passed away at the age of 71 after a long illness, the parliament's office confirmed to BNS on Friday.
Can we speak about our former enemies and talk to them, or shall we keep the distance, ignore and insist that they are not worth our attention? I’ve concluded the following: if we are scared of something, we tend to pretend that it simply does not exist. If we are able to look into the eyes of the f...
On 15-16 February, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will be attending events marking the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania.
