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Israeli Embassy in Lithuania awarded the Righteous Among the Nations

The Embassy of the State of Israel , together with the Lithuanian Jewish community and the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, on a Day of remembrance of the...

Lithuanian PM: Rescuers of Jews deserve more respect and attention

Rescuers of Jews deserve more respect and attention, Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius Thursday said at a ceremony at the government's...

March of the Living honours Holocaust victims in Paneriai, Lithuania

Hundreds of people attended the traditional March of the Living on the Holocaust Memorial Day from a railway station to the memorial where 70,000 Jews...

Vilnius hosting memorial events on Holocaust Day

On the Holocaust Memorial Day, the traditional March of the Living will be held in Vilnius on Thursday from the Paneriai railway station to the Paneriai...

Jewish organizations and Lithuanian government agree on sensitive renovation in central Vilnius

Members of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe said after meeting with Lithuania's prime minister that they had no critical...