Lithuania

Russia hits truck near Polish border in latest strike near NATO

Russia has begun targeting Ukraine's border crossings with its Western allies in recent weeks, part of a growing campaign by both sides to erode the other's economic infrastructure.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026|ByREUTERS

Police officers of the "Military Gendarmerie" stand guard in an area near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland, 30 July 2026, where a flying object hit the ground and exploded in the early hours of the day, the fire service reported.

The Malisoff family sits for a photo in 1907. Pavel Malisoff and his wife Michla sit in the center.

How a new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors

The tool also has the potential to support the descendants of Jews who were persecuted during the Holocaust as they prepare materials to confirm their eligibility for repatriation or citizenship.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

The old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, circa 1922

US antisemitism envoy pressures Lithuania to stop construction over Vilnius Jewish cemetery

US antisemitism envoy Yehuda Kaploun urged Lithuania to block renewed development at Vilnius’s historic Snipiskes Jewish Cemetery, warning that thousands of Jewish graves remain beneath the site.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2026|ByALEX CARSON

A partisan bunker is seen in Rūdninkai Forest.

Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion

Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”

AUGUST 28, 2026|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Yad Vashem chairman 'encouraged' by Holocaust remembrance in Lithuania

Dayan was invited as the keynote speaker for a special meeting of the Lithuanian Parliament and to participate in commemorative activities honoring the Holocaust victims in Lithuania.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at the Lithuanian parliament, September 21, 2023.

Traveling abroad to visit graves of Jews who died overseas

What makes a trip even more exhilarating is the opportunity not only to see a new part of the world but also to perform a mitzvah (commandment or good deed) at the same time.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByHESHIE , ROOKIE BILLET

THE GROUP after a Jewish Star replaced a cross at the grave.

What can the Middle East expect from the NATO summit? - analysis

The NATO summit in Vilnius this week will address Russia's invasion of Ukraine as well as Sweden's bid to join NATO.

JULY 10, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Lithuanian Army soldiers hold Lithuanian and NATO flags during the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO in Vilnius, Lithuania March 30, 2019.

NATO flexes muscle to protect Vilnius summit near Russia, Belarus

"You know where you are situated geographically, and you know pretty well where the threat is coming from", said Lt Col Steffen Lieb, commander of the Patriot deployment.

JULY 8, 2023ByREUTERS

A member of Lithuanian Riflemen's Union and a Border Guard officer patrol along Belarus border in Kaniukai, Lithuania July 7, 2023.

Give Ukraine quick path to NATO after war, Lithuania leader tells allies

Ukraine has been pressing NATO to declare at the July 11 and 12 summit that Kyiv would join the alliance soon after the end of the war and to set out a roadmap.

JULY 4, 2023ByREUTERS

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda attend a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 28, 2023.

Lithuanian president to meet Zelensky to discuss NATO summit

Ukraine's staunch European ally, Lithuania, will be purchasing air defense systems for Ukraine and meeting with the Ukrainian head of state to discuss NATO.

JUNE 28, 2023ByREUTERS

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda speaks as he attends the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 20, 2022.

'Lithuanian Slaughter of Its Jews': Testimonies from Holocaust survivors - review

The Lithuanian Slaughter of Its Jews is an invaluable addition to the historical record of the annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry, and it makes available vital information for English speakers.

JUNE 17, 2023ByEFRAIM ZUROFF