World War Two

Lithuanian intelligence warns of possible provocations, violent incidents on May 9

The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) has warned of possible provocations and violent incidents on May 9 , when Russians mark the victory over...

Righteous Among the Nations honored in Kaunas for saving Jews

Lithuanian families who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation were honored as Righteous Among the Nations in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas on...

President to skip Holocaust forum in Israel

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has decided not to go to a major Holocaust commutation event in Jerusalem, but will pay homage to the Jewish victims...

Lithuania set to declare Sugihara's year in hopes for impulse in ties with Tokyo

Several dozen Lithuanian lawmakers registered an initiative last week to declare 2020 the year of Chiune Sugihara , a Japanese diplomat who saved...

Several hundred people rally in Vilnius against removal of commemorations (1)

Several hundred people rallied in Vilnius on Wednesday to protest against the city administration's decisions to remove commemorations to two officials who...

Lithuania to continue to boycott May 9 Victory Day events in Russia

Lithuanian presidential candidates don't rule out compensating Jews for private property

Knesset speaker in Vilnius honors family for saving Jewish woman from Holocaust

The realization your grandfather may have murdered thousands of Jews (1)