Lithuania

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.

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

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 old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, circa 1922

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


Battle for 500-year-old Vilna Jewish cemetery turns a corner

“Save Vilna is currently in the process of putting together the Save Vilna Restoration Proposal, which we will be submitting to the government for consideration.”

 Demonstration outside Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Uncovering a family's tragic Holocaust story

Like many of my generation, brought up in the safe confines of South Africa during and after the Second World War, I assumed that my whole family was as fortunate as my father and his siblings.

 Alka Hill monument with insets of the Hochman family. Top left: Miriam, daughter of Leib and Henia, age 3. Top right: Miriam at 13. Bottom right: Miriam’s brother, Israel, 11. Miriam and Israel were murdered with their mother at Alka Hill in August 1941.

EU leaders weigh new sanctions on Russia amid 'series of attacks'

Baltic and central European leaders said on Thursday that EU members must unite behind new economic sanctions against Russia

A view shows Russian warships on sunset ahead of the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 27, 2019

Grapevine December 3, 2021: The Lithuanian legacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JUDAICA COLLECTOR Zeev Zelig (L), Lithuanian Ambassador to Israel Lina Antanavičienė (C), and Schatz House manager Jimmy Lewensohn light the Hanukkah candles on Monday night.

A visit to Vilnius, Lithuania, for warm people and unexpected experiences

Welcome to Vilnius, the new Nordics. the hosts of The Jerusalem Post Podcast share their adventure to this unique city.

 A MONUMENT TO Grand Duke Gediminas in Vilnius’ Cathedral Square. He is credited with founding the Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th Century.

Lithuania halts construction of bike path near Holocaust mass grave

In Šiauliai, which was home to Lithuania’s second-largest Jewish population before the Holocaust, the future of the bike path is uncertain.

 A bicycle path passes on either side of a monument to Holocaust survivors buried in a mass grave in Šiauliai, Lithuania, pictured on Nov. 10, 2021.

Belarus must be held accountable for human trafficking, Baltic states say

'We ... condemn the actions taken by the Lukashenko regime instrumentalizing migrants for political purposes,' the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said on Monday.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures as he delivers a speech during a rally of his supporters near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020

Polish police find body of Syrian man near Belarus border

Thousands of migrants from the Middle East are sheltering in freezing conditions in the woods on the border between Belarus and EU states Poland and Lithuania, which are refusing to let them cross.

 Belongings of migrants are pictured in the forest after they left temporary night camp during migrant crisis on Belarusian - Polish border near Hajnowka, Poland, November 10, 2021.

Vilnius: Step back in time to Jewish Vilna and marvel at modern Lithuania

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 20

 Bohemian Uzupis, District of Vilnus

Lithuania, March of the Living to march in memory of Holocaust

A memorial ceremony will see the participants march from the Rudninku Square in Vilnius, which was the site of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust and concluded at Ponar, the site of a mass grave.

March in memory of Holocaust in Lithuania, September 2021