WWII

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The Vilnius authorities plan to remove the Soviet sculptures at Antakalnis Cemetery in September, the Vilnius municipality informed BNS.

Supporters of Jonas Noreika, a controversial Lithuanian military officer known as Generolas Vetra (General Storm), on Thursday night reinstalled the memorial plaque removed from the facade of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in central Vilnius in July.

Lithuania's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis on Thursday called on the US e-commerce giant Amazon to stop selling Soviet-themed products.

The Jewish Community of Lithuania said on Thursday announced it was reopening its headquarters and Vilnius Synagogue.

Lithuanian diplomats expressed their protest to a representative of the Russian Embassy on Thursday over Russia's decision to mark the takeover of Vilnius and Kaunas during WWII with artillery salutes.

The remains of around 700 World War II victims might be buried in the territory of Lithuania's Air Base in Siauliai, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius said on Tuesday he would propose putting British Holocaust denier David Irving on the list of unwelcome persons in Lithuania.

Lithuania's former political prisoners and deportees called on Russia during their convention on Saturday to let participants of the Mission Siberia project into the country.

A fine of up to 300 euros is proposed for wearing Russian St. George's ribbons with black and orange stripes in Lithuania.