Lithuania

Europe remembers its murdered Jews, but does it listen to living ones? - opinion

Jewish life in Europe was never only a story of loss, and it is not one today. Israel cannot replace the Jewish Europe that disappeared.

|BySHARON PARDO
Lithuania skyline
Peter Kurz wears his Israel baseball shirt with pride.

'Where Traditions Meet': The inside story of Israeli baseball's rise from nonexistent to Olympics

Peter Kurz recounts the improbable journey of Israel’s baseball team to the Tokyo Olympics, sharing behind-the-scenes stories, challenges, and personal triumphs.

|ByHOWARD BLAS
Lithuanian teenagers marched to sites where Jews from their towns were murdered during the Holocaust.

Lithuanian students retrace Holocaust history on memorial day, confront country's role in massacres

Around 600 non-Jewish Lithuanian students participated in the March of the Living commemorations held in Vilnius and Ponary, Lithuania, where 70,000 people were killed during the Holocaust.

|ByMILLA WOLMAN
French and Lithuanian soldiers fire French self-propelled Caesar Mk-I howitzer in Pabrade training area, Lithuania September 16, 2026.

Lithuania prepares evacuation plans as PM warns of growing Russian threats

"We're thinking about a variety of scenarios; not all of them are being discussed very much publicly," Lithuanian Prime Minister Sinkevicius told the BBC.

|ByREUTERS

'Lithuanian Slaughter of Its Jews': Testimonies from Holocaust survivors - review

The Lithuanian Slaughter of Its Jews is an invaluable addition to the historical record of the annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry, and it makes available vital information for English speakers.

JUNE 17, 2023ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Grapevine June 16, 2023: Not really another snub

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 16, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER Ingrida Simonyte and Chemi Peres, chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, chat as they overlook the sea directly below the Peres Center in Jaffa.

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

Russia has released new documents claiming that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were highly involved in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

JUNE 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of Latvian Auxiliary Police assemble a group of Jews, Liepāja, July, 1941.

Lithuanian PM presses Israel on increasing support for Ukraine

Simonyte to ‘Post’: Israel’s defensive systems are best antidote against Iranian weapons

JUNE 12, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė

NATO squabbles over speedy accession of Ukraine as summit looms

NATO agreed in 2008 that Ukraine would eventually join the alliance but leaders have so far stopped short of taking steps in that direction.

JUNE 1, 2023ByREUTERS
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Norway's Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt attend NATO's informal meeting of foreign ministers in Oslo, Norway June 1, 2023.

Israel has failed to fight Latvia, Lithuania's Holocaust distortion - opinion

A number of acclaimed films have shone a spotlight on the Holocaust in the Baltics. But Latvia and Lithuania have responded with Holocaust distortion.

MAY 23, 2023ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference with then-Latvian prime minister Maris Kucinskis, in 2018.

Israel and Lithuania renew cooperation agreement in culture and education

MARCH 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The two foreign ministers with the Israeli ambassador Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein in Lithuania and the Lithuanian ambassador Lina ANTANAVIČIENĖ in Israel

Eastern Orthodox Church could set up in Lithuania to rival Russian church

Orthodoxy in Lithuania dates back to the 13th century, Bartholomew said, when it fell under the ultimate supervision of Constantinople.

MARCH 21, 2023ByREUTERS
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, conducts a service on Orthodox Christmas at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia January 6, 2018.

Russia threatens Europe without Ukrainian victory - Lithuanian FM to 'Post'

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis is helping sound the alarm of Moscow’s danger to Europe.

MARCH 10, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis in Jerusalem: Israel knows how it feels to look at burned cities, destroyed cities, rocket flying all over and this is what we want to avoid.

Lithuanian FM to ‘Post’: We want Israel to give Ukraine defensive weapons

Western allies, such as Lithuania, do not believe Israel can remain on the fence when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine war.

MARCH 2, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Lithuanian foreign ministry Gabrielius Landsbergis