Belarusians

Vilnius University (VU) said on Friday it has launched a fundraising initiative to help Belarusian students and scientists persecuted by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.

The Lithuanian Union of Journalists, the Lithuanian Society of Journalists and the family of MP Kazys Starkevicius, representing the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, have established a Hope and Freedom Prize, forth 1,000 euros, for Belarusian journalists.

A total of 507 Belarusian citizens have been allowed to come to Lithuania on humanitarian, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

377 Belarusian citizens have been allowed to come to Lithuania on humanitarian grounds but only 82 have used the opportunity so far, and another 32 Belarusian have asked for asylum upon arrival to Lithuania, the Interior Ministry told BNS on Thursday.

Belarusians living in Lithuania call Alexander Lukashenko's secret inauguration on Wednesday a farce and continue to demand the authoritarian leader's resignation.

Lithuania's Foreign Ministry plans to facilitate visa issuance for Belarusian citizens.

Lithuania has to date granted entry to 205 Belarusian nationals for special humanitarian reasons, including 54 who are already in the country, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

Over 50 people from Belarus have arrived in Lithuania in the wake of the neighboring country's presidential election, fearing persecution and danger at home.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday formally approved a plan to support victims of repression by the Minsk regime and other Belarusian people, with its details yet to be finalized.

Seeking to express solidarity with the people of Belarus and supporting the democratic aspirations of the citizens of the neighbouring country, Vilnius University (VU) has decided to establish the Grand Duchy of Lithuania scholarships for the most gifted applicants from Belarus. This would enable Be...

Two Belarusian sound engineers have fled to Lithuania in fear of repression by the authorities for playing Viktor Tsoi's Peremen (Change), the Soviet perestroika-era song adopted as an anthem by Belarusian protesters, at a pro-government event in Minsk.

Some 11 Belarusian citizens have asked for asylum in Lithuania recently.

Twenty Belarusians have arrived in Lithuania under a humanitarian exception to the coronavirus travel ban, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.