Lithuania

‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint’: Zalgiris, Lo eye big night vs Maccabi Tel Aviv

The Lithuanian squad was in Israel just a couple of weeks ago, and came away with a win over Hapoel Tel Aviv. It would like to replicate that success after splitting its last two Euroleague games.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
ZALGIRIS GUARD Maodo Lo (in red), a veteran of top European clubs and a regular member of the German national team, brings extensive international experience into tonight’s Euroeague matchup against host Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Prominent Jewish communal leader Rabbi Julius Berman dies at 90.

Orthodox rabbi Julius Berman, who influenced secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90

His extensive leadership at some of the largest Jewish communal organizations in the United States defined his broader legacy.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet flies during a media day illustrating how NATO Air Policing safeguards the Allies' airspace in the northern and northeastern region of the Alliance, July 4, 2023.

Poland intercepts Russian plane over Baltic, reports airspace breaches from Belarus

Poland sent fighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying near its airspace over the Baltic Sea. It said dozens of objects entered from Belarus overnight.

|ByREUTERS, GIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
Dawn of Nemunas Party leader Remigijus Zemaitaitis attends a press conference after general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024.

Lithuania ruling party to stay in coalition with political ally convicted of hatred against Jews

The founder of the populist Nemunas Dawn party, Remigijus Zemaitaitis, was fined 5,000 euros ($5,800) last week for a series of social media posts against Jews and downplaying the Holocaust.

|ByREUTERS

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
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