The European Parliament called on the European Commission on Thursday to counter Russia's attempts to whitewash crimes committed by the Soviet totalitarian regime.
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What is this girl thinking after 30 years? This was the question asked in the Russian newspaper "Komsomolskaja Pravda" together with a published photo of a girl in 1990 April during the protest for Lithuanian independence. Both the Baltic Way and independence of Baltic countries still irritate Kreml...
Over 10,000 people joined hands to form a human chain in Vilnius on Friday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way, organizers said.
Organizers of "The Hong Kong Way", a pro-democracy action in the form of a human chain across the semi-autonomous city on Friday, say protesters against Chinese oppression are drawing inspiration from the independence fight of Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians.
Members of the Lithuanian Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are proposing blacklisting Nikolay Ryzhak, a member of the Russian Duma, and ban him from coming to Lithuania.
Several lawmakers from the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have called on German sportswear maker Adidas to stop the sale of items featuring Soviet symbols.
Lithuania's Prosecutor General's Office said on Wednesday a separate pre-trial investigation into the 1991 Soviet crackdown on Lithuania's independence movement will be continued.
Lithuania plans to continue to boycott May 9 events in Russia, which celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on that day, the Foreign Ministry has told BNS.
Lithuania is asking Russia to ensure the security of its embassy in Moscow after its staff received a threatening letter.
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 Prosecutor General's Office has decided to appeal against the Regional Court of Vilnius' ruling in the high-profile January 13 case.
Президент США Дональд Трамп, обсуждая борьбу с группировкой ИГИЛ в Афганистане, заявил, что в отличие от США, военным других стран уместно там воевать.
Lithuania's northern town of Radviliškis plans to rename a street named after a Soviet hero in late August, the Lietuvos Žinios daily writes.
The defendants in the January 13, 1991 case cannot be held accountable for the Jan. 13 events as they followed the orders of their commanders and knew nothing about Lithuania's history, their lawyers say.
Comparing the Catalonian aspirations to break free from Spain with the Baltic states' movement to gain independence from the Soviet Union would be incorrect, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.
War is never two dimensional. Edward Lucas considers one chapter of anti-Soviet resistance, on the website of the Center for European Policy Analysis.
Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister and foreign minister, says that people in other parts of Europe know too little about the history of Lithuanian partisans who fought against Soviet rule.