Lithuania

Lithuanian students retrace Holocaust history on memorial day, confront country's role in massacres

Around 600 non-Jewish Lithuanian students participated in the March of the Living commemorations held in Vilnius and Ponary, Lithuania, where 70,000 people were killed during the Holocaust.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByMILLA WOLMAN

Lithuanian teenagers marched to sites where Jews from their towns were murdered during the Holocaust.

French and Lithuanian soldiers fire French self-propelled Caesar Mk-I howitzer in Pabrade training area, Lithuania September 16, 2026.

Lithuania prepares evacuation plans as PM warns of growing Russian threats

"We're thinking about a variety of scenarios; not all of them are being discussed very much publicly," Lithuanian Prime Minister Sinkevicius told the BBC.

SEPTEMBER 22, 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.

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

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

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