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.

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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.

|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.

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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.”

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

NATO squabbles over speedy accession of Ukraine as summit looms

NATO agreed in 2008 that Ukraine would eventually join the alliance but leaders have so far stopped short of taking steps in that direction.

JUNE 1, 2023ByREUTERS
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Norway's Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt attend NATO's informal meeting of foreign ministers in Oslo, Norway June 1, 2023.

Israel has failed to fight Latvia, Lithuania's Holocaust distortion - opinion

A number of acclaimed films have shone a spotlight on the Holocaust in the Baltics. But Latvia and Lithuania have responded with Holocaust distortion.

MAY 23, 2023ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference with then-Latvian prime minister Maris Kucinskis, in 2018.

Israel and Lithuania renew cooperation agreement in culture and education

MARCH 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The two foreign ministers with the Israeli ambassador Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein in Lithuania and the Lithuanian ambassador Lina ANTANAVIČIENĖ in Israel

Eastern Orthodox Church could set up in Lithuania to rival Russian church

Orthodoxy in Lithuania dates back to the 13th century, Bartholomew said, when it fell under the ultimate supervision of Constantinople.

MARCH 21, 2023ByREUTERS
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, conducts a service on Orthodox Christmas at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia January 6, 2018.

Russia threatens Europe without Ukrainian victory - Lithuanian FM to 'Post'

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis is helping sound the alarm of Moscow’s danger to Europe.

MARCH 10, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis in Jerusalem: Israel knows how it feels to look at burned cities, destroyed cities, rocket flying all over and this is what we want to avoid.

Lithuanian FM to ‘Post’: We want Israel to give Ukraine defensive weapons

Western allies, such as Lithuania, do not believe Israel can remain on the fence when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine war.

MARCH 2, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Lithuanian foreign ministry Gabrielius Landsbergis

Grigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93

The writer was well-known for bringing attention to the Lithuanian-Jewish experience.

JANUARY 24, 2023ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
A memorial candle for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Grigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93

JANUARY 24, 2023ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
A memorial candle for Holocaust Remembrance Day

NATO's Baltic States, Russia remove ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded

Estonia and Latvia have been among a group of NATO allies arguing strongly for Germany to provide Leopard battle tanks to boot Ukraine in fighting Russia.

JANUARY 23, 2023ByREUTERS
NATO and Russian flags are seen through broken glass this illustration taken April 13, 2022.

Lithuania-Latvia gas pipeline hit by explosion, operator says

A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was hit by an explosion, no injuries have been reported as of yet.

JANUARY 13, 2023ByREUTERS
View towards Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link in the industrial area of Lubmin, Germany, August 30, 2022.