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I read with interest the BNS October 17, 2016 article, published in the EN.DELFI by the Lithuania Tribune “Lithuanian court rules to question Gorbachev in coup trial” as my Ph.D. in history research at the University of Tartu, Estonia is on “Why the Soviet use of Coercive Force in the Baltic Republi...
With the Seimas elections nearing, LRT the Lithuania Tribune begins a special series on the main Lithuanian political parties. Meet the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance party.
On 26 Augustus 1991 the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algirdas Saudargas signed a document establishing diplomatic relations between a free Lithuania and Iceland. Soon thereafter, a number of countries followed and on 17 September, the UN General Assembly admitted Lithuania as a member.
Lithuania's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis has been honored with France's highest decoration.
Public relations specialist and editor for the Verslo Klasė (Business Class) journal Aurelijus Katkevičius spoke about the circumstances surrounding the upcoming Seimas elections in the Įspėjantis Pranešimas (Warning Message) TV show.
Serious safety and geopolitical concerns about the Astravyets (Ostrovets) Nuclear Power Plant being constructed in western Belarus, at Vilnius doorsteps, dominated a conference organised by Res Publica today in Vilnius.
In her annual address on Thursday, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not put the blame for the country's problems solely on the government and managed to maintain balance and not show her support for any political group in the run-up to the general elections, a political analyst said.
Concerns about the Soviet plot to overturn Lithuania's legitimate administration could always be felt in the years following the restoration of Lithuanian independence, said Lithuania's then-MP Vincas Ramutis Gudaitis.
The Kino Pavasaris international film festival in Vilnius hosted the Lithuanian premiere of the documentary film Mariupolis, directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius, last Friday. The film is a documentary about the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Tatars of Crimea are "the new enslaved people in today's Europe", says Lithuanian statesman Vytautas Landsbergis.
The Restoration Parliament Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis has called on all Lithuanians to unite in opposing the Astravyets nuclear power plant being constructed in Belarus in his speech to mark February 16.
On February 11, 1991, Iceland was the first country to recognize Lithuania's independence, and Iceland‘s Foreign Affairs Minister at the time Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson said it showed that small countries coming together could exert real influence on the international stage.
EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis said there was little difference between the nationalist outlook of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and Lithuania’s first post-independent leader, Vytautas Landsbergis.
Justice will not be achieved in full in the January 13, 1991, attempted coup case without the presence of the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, according to Lithuania's first post-independence leader, Vytautas Landsbergis.
Professor Vytautas Landsbergis was presented with the Heart award in Kaunas at the house of the nation on Sunday.
Two former Lithuanian leaders – ex-president Valdas Adamkus and the country's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis – have urged the government "to do everything in its power to immediately halt the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant" in Belarus some 50 km east of Vilni...
With general elections approaching, the conservative Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, one of Lithuania's major political parties, is facing the prospect of another term in opposition.
Linas Muliolis was your average young Lithuanian born in the USA. The son of World War II refugees, Linas grew up in Cleveland's Lithuanian community. In January 1991, he was just a month away from turning 21 years old and was in Vilnius during the historic January 13 events.
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania's first post-communist head of state, received an award on Wednesday in recognition of his contribution to the country's freedom. The award was presented by several non-governmental organizations, after the Seimas snubbed Landsbergis for its annual Freedom Prize.
Vytautas Landsbergis, the first head of state of Lithuania after secession from the Soviet Union in 1990, has caused minor controversy by refusing to participate in January 13 commemoration events in parliament.
