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A new five-rouble coin issued by the central bank of Russia has irritated Lithuania by including its capital Vilnius among the European cities liberated from the Nazis by the Red Army.
Does the international perception of Russia as an expansionist and warmongering country sit well with the mood of Russia's population?
A recent study commissioned by Finland has outlined the pros and cons of the country joining NATO.
Latvian-Russian national Konstantin Mikhailov will serve a life in prison sentence for his role in the 1991 Medininkai checkpoint massacre after the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the verdict on Monday.
Five years ago, I wrote about the first time I saw the lands of Kaliningrad, known as the Karaliaučius region in Lithuanian. My first impression was depressing.
Lithuania is paying tribute on Friday to victims of the biggest Soviet deportations in 1948.
A grandmother from Klaipėda, Lithuania has received an unexpected letter from a world leader congratulating her on the end of World War II.
Latvia is celebrating the 26th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday.
Londone gyvenanti Agnė Skopaitė (25) sutiko papasakoti apie „Miss USSR UK“ užkulisius. Konkursą laimėjusi mergina prisipažino – neigiamos reakcijos ji sulaukė nuo pat pradžių. „Žinau, jog lietuviai nepalaiko. Ką padarysi. Yra kaip yra. Gaila“, – MIESTE.lt sakė Agnė.
Skandalais apipintas ir Lietuvos ambasados Londone pasmerktas konkursas „Miss USSR UK“ šiemet nušvito mūsų šalies trispalve – buvusių Sovietų Sąjungos šalių grožio konkurso nugalėtoja tapo lietuvė Agnė Skopaitė. Gražuolę palaikė ir į renginį pakvietimą gavusi atlikėja Daina Bilevičiūtė.
This week 55 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to journey into outer space. A landmark in the history of human exploration, it was also a feat in the political rivalry between the two super powers of the time.
How much space did non-conformist art and artists enjoy in a society where they were inevitably included into the Soviet state machinery? The question was raised in a recent discussion by artists, historians and art critics who research art and artistic production during the Soviet period.
What is the image of the Baltic States in the Russian press? Political scientist Viktor Denisenko looked at two decades of reporting on Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to see how Russian newspaper readers are made to think about their western neighbours.
The Cold War ended in a defeat for the Soviet Union but in a victory for Russia and it is a crucial distinction, says Lithuanian author and Yale University Professor Emeritus Tomas Venclova.
About 1,000 people took part in a controversial rally organized by the Union of National Youth in central Vilnius, chanting slogans "Lithuania for Lithuanians". The event was held on March 11, when Lithuania celebrated the 26th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.
A new list of former KGB agents to be released will contain the names of about ten well-known Lithuanian public figures, according to the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre, which is investigating the archives of the Soviet security police.
Diverging views on poetry has become an issue of a heated debate on history and censorship after Lithuania's minister of defence denied a state award to an author whose analysis of the Soviet past did not match the minister's own opinion. At the centre of the controversy is the poet Justinas Marcink...
Soviet Union's Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov has been named in the so-called January 13 case in Lithuania. He is accused of establishing in late 1990 an organized group of 160 army officers and political figures, aimed at re-incorporating Lithuania into the USSR, according to the indictment drafted ...
