Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday condemned manifestations of ethnic hatred and called on the country's law enforcement to prevent them after the Jewish community spoke of threats.
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Faina Kukliansky, chairwoman of the Jewish Community of Lithuania (JCL), on Friday voiced her indignation over remarks by the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats' (HU-LCD) presidential candidates about Jonas Noreika, a Lithuanian military officer accused by some of collaboration with the N...
Vilnius which is changing every day makes every effort to preserve values of cultural heritage – archaeological explorations of the complex of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius (at Vokiečių g. 13A) started on 12 July, and on 2 - 6 September, creative workshops for preserving its heritage will be held. ...
Some of the members of the Jewish Community in Lithuania on Friday expressed no-confidence in Faina Kukliansky, the leader of the community whom they accused of authoritarian rule and undue use of money earmarked by the state.
As the Lithuanian parliament readies to discuss ways of marking the Year of Jews, Faina Kukliansky, the leader of the Jewish Community in Lithuania, has expressed astonishment over failure to discuss the initiative with the organization.
In the twentieth century, most of Lithuania underwent seven currency changes, not counting a stretch with no currency at all, and two with only scrip, while of the remainder, the Vilnius region—eight, and the Klaipėda—six. These changes went hand in hand with changes in ownership, laws, economic pri...
Jews were highly important to the Lithuanian state, the country's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said at the Tuesday's meeting with David Harris, the head of the American Jewish Committee.
