Lithuania

The Baltic country's secret trick: How to visit top attractions for free

On the last Sunday of every month, museums, castles, and heritage sites across Lithuania offer free admission, from Vilnius to Trakai and Kaunas.

|ByCARMIT WEISS
Trakai, Lithuania.
The new Israeli "Barak" tank

HRF petitions Lithuanian court to investigate Israeli dental student for alleged Gaza war crimes

In its March complaint to Lithuanian authorities, the HRF claimed that S.G. served in the “Vampire Empire” company of the 52nd Battalion in the 401st Armored Brigade.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog meet with residents of the northern moshav of Netu’a, northern Israel, June 10, 2026.

Grapevine, June 24, 2026: Reliving the nightmare - opinion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
THE FORMER Romm Widow printing house, where the famed Vilna Shas edition of the Talmud was printed.

Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past

A walk through Vilnius reveals a city of cobbled streets and cafés layered over Jewish heritage, from the Vilna Gaon’s legacy to the ruins of the Great Synagogue.

|ByJACOB MAOR

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
The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Grapevine June 16, 2023: Not really another snub

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 16, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER Ingrida Simonyte and Chemi Peres, chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, chat as they overlook the sea directly below the Peres Center in Jaffa.

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

Russia has released new documents claiming that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were highly involved in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

JUNE 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of Latvian Auxiliary Police assemble a group of Jews, Liepāja, July, 1941.

Lithuanian PM presses Israel on increasing support for Ukraine

Simonyte to ‘Post’: Israel’s defensive systems are best antidote against Iranian weapons

JUNE 12, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė

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.