Lithuania
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”
The Baltic country's secret trick: How to visit top attractions for free
HRF petitions Lithuanian court to investigate Israeli dental student for alleged Gaza war crimes
Grapevine, June 24, 2026: Reliving the nightmare - opinion
Polish, Baltic PMs urge Big Tech to close Russian accounts in joint letter
The letter called for further actions against the Russian government-backed media platforms – namely, the complete and total removal of their accounts from prominent social media websites.
Despite China, COVID-19, Lithuania is open for business
Lithuania is keen to cooperate, trade and offer attractive incentives to Israeli investors.
Lithuania's speaker talks on her first visit to Israel
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is also a chess grandmaster, talks about her first visit to Israel.
German troops arrive to reinforce Baltics amid tensions over Ukraine
The new deployments include artillery, reconnaissance troops and medics from units throughout Germany, with arrivals expected to continue throughout this week.
Israel must take stand against Russia, Lithuanian parliament speaker says
“We hope for a very clear stance that supports Ukraine and that shows a solidarity of democracies against Russian aggression,” said Lithuanian parliament speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen.
Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era
The scene of horrific murders of Jews by locals during the Holocaust, Kaunas is at the center of an ongoing controversy over how perpetrators should be treated.
Battle for 500-year-old Vilna Jewish cemetery turns a corner
“Save Vilna is currently in the process of putting together the Save Vilna Restoration Proposal, which we will be submitting to the government for consideration.”
Uncovering a family's tragic Holocaust story
Like many of my generation, brought up in the safe confines of South Africa during and after the Second World War, I assumed that my whole family was as fortunate as my father and his siblings.
EU leaders weigh new sanctions on Russia amid 'series of attacks'
Baltic and central European leaders said on Thursday that EU members must unite behind new economic sanctions against Russia
Grapevine December 3, 2021: The Lithuanian legacy
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