Lithuanian Jews

Žemaitaitis continues to make antisemitic posts despite investigation

MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis continues to share anti-Jewish statements despite previous outrage from international community and has accused Jews of carrying...

Lithuania condemns Russia’s claims of fight against Nazism to justify its aggression against Ukraine

At the Conference on Addressing Anti-Semitism in the OSCE region, convened by the OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia in Skopje on 6-7 February 2023,...

Prime minister pays tribute to victims of Holocaust

On Friday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė paid tribute to the victims of the genocide of the Jews that had been...

Seimas supported proposal to pay compensations for Jewish immovable property expropriated by Nazis and Soviets

Earlier this week the Seimas approved the Law on Good Will Compensation for the Illegally Expropriated Immovable Property of the Jews of Lithuania and Jewish...

PM proposes to compensate Jews for expropriated private property

As the Lithuanian state is about to complete paying compensation to Jews for their communal property expropriated in the 20th century, Prime Minister Ingrida...