The evaluation of the Nazi-Soviet crimes should not be left to historians only
Ms Irena Degutienė, the Lithuania’s Parliament Speaker, participated in the International Conference ‘Europe 70 years after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact’ held by the European Parliament, and made an...
View ArticleLithuanian FonMin; West Europe doesn’t know our history well
Some cuts to the EU’s long-term budget for the period 2014-2020 may be necessary given current financial realities, but severe cuts would reduce the European Union’s capacity to act as a global player,...
View ArticleLithuania, Which Assuming Its Duties as Chairman of OSCE, To Try To Maintain...
The foreign minister Audronius Azubalis said to Lietuvos rytas portal that Lithuania, which is assuming its duties as the chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), will...
View ArticleBarriers – not only in our minds, by V. Bruveris
When whining about our historical complexes, stereotypes, and barriers, we often forget that there are plenty of similar countries outside the EU. At least we have kind people to remind us of this from...
View ArticleProf. Sužiedėlis: Cruel History of Genocide Still Plagues Us in 2011
From 23 March to 12 May, Saulius Sužiedėlis, Professor Emeritus at Millersville University (Pennsylvania, USA), held a series of public lectures at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) on genocide and mass...
View ArticleThe European Commission Is Deceiving Itself, by V. Landsbergis
It took about two years to conclude the ongoing dispute and to do all the necessary work in order to resolve a really important issue. The European Union was preparing and ratifying the European law...
View ArticleEU Agreed to Remember Totalitarian Crimes
On Friday’s (10 June) meeting of European Union Justice and Home Affairs Council reached a conclusion and decided on the procedures which would guarantee that crimes committed by the totalitarian...
View ArticleCourt gives 6 months to ex-Soviet officer for sending people to Siberia
The Court of Appeals of Lithuania on Monday issued a tougher sentence for former Soviet security officer Vaclovas Kojalis, 84, for sending people to Siberia, replacing a fine with six months in prison....
View ArticleLustration Commission proposes ending lustration process – daily
Algimantas Urmonas, chairman of the Lithuanian Lustration Commission of the last five year, says a period could be put to the lustration process that has been taking place for over two decades this...
View ArticleSoviet victims want separate law on social guarantees
Relatives of victims of the January 13 events and the Medininkai massacre want a separate law on their social guarantees. The issue was discussed by relatives of the victims and Speaker of the Seimas...
View ArticlePresident Grybauskaite removes convicted Paleckis from list of state awardees
President Dalia Grybauskaite has removed Algirdas Paleckis, leader of the Socialist People’s Front, convicted for the denial of Soviet aggression during Jan. 13, 1991, from the list of state awardees....
View ArticleLithuanian Constitutional Court: Soviet crimes may be qualified as genocide
BNS Lithuanian courts may qualify the deportations and repressions carried out by the Soviets during the guerrilla war as genocide, if it is proven that the crimes were aimed at destroying a...
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