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November 3, 2018, 5:30 am
Lithuanian state historians defend Nazi collaborator accused of killing Jews
Defense comes in response to an American activist’s lawsuit demanding removal of plaque in Vilnius honoring Jonas Noreika
By JTA
Silvia Foti visiting a friend in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2013. (Ina Budryte/via JTA)
October 6, 2018, 10:00 am
After US teacher exposes her grandfather as Nazi collaborator, Lithuania listens
Long hailed as a national hero, Jonas Noreika has also been accused of murdering Jews during WWII. Now, his granddaughter has written a biography — and it’s far from exonerating
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Pope Francis delivers his message as he celebrates Mass at the Santakos Park, in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. Francis paid tribute Sunday to Lithuanians who suffered and died during Soviet and Nazi occupations on the day the country remembers the near-extermination of its centuries-old Jewish community during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
September 23, 2018, 4:43 pm
Honoring Holocaust victims, Pope warns Lithuanians against anti-Semitism
Marking destruction of Vilna Ghetto, Pontiff cautions 100,000 gathered for mass against the reappearance of “pernicious attitudes” leading to genocide
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis greets the crowd on his Popemobile as he arrives for a meeting with youths at the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
September 23, 2018, 8:23 am
Pope quips, ‘I am the devil,’ next to John Paul II
Pontiff acknowledges his detractors over church’s sex abuse scandals and his views on Communion for divorced and remarried couples
By AP
Pope Francis smiles as he arrives with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, right, ahead of a meeting with authorities, civil society and diplomatic corps in the square in front of the Presidential Palace, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 22, 2018 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
September 22, 2018, 11:34 am
Pope urged to speak out against construction atop Vilnius Jewish cemetery
Appeal follows months of intensive lobbying by rabbis and activists who oppose the building of a conference center, citing religious rules that forbid disturbing Jewish bodies
By JTA
Pope Francis waves at the faithful attending his weekly general audience at the Saint Peter's square, on September 19, 2018, in the Vatican. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)
September 21, 2018, 3:57 pm
Pope to pay tribute to Holocaust victims in Vilna ghetto visit
On papal trip to Lithuania, Francis to also honor Catholics jailed for challenging the Soviet regime
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Japanese diplomat Sugihara Chiune, who helped save the lives of thousands of Jews as the Imperial Consul to Lithuania in World War II. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
September 15, 2018, 10:17 am
Son of ‘Japanese Schindler’ finds forged visas in Lithuanian archive
Chiune Sugihara’s son says seals and signatures on documents different from those he gave to Jews in Lithuania fleeing Holocaust
By JTA
Illustrative: A red T-shirt with the acronym and symbol of the former Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
September 7, 2018, 8:41 pm
Baltic states blast Walmart over Soviet-themed shirts
Lithiuanian envoy to US calls on retail giant to remove merchandise ‘with the symbols of mass murder’ from its online store
By LIUDAS DAPKUS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks, visiting the the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius, on August 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas)
August 26, 2018, 8:31 pm
At Vilnius synagogue, Netanyahu warns Jews are still under threat
PM tells Lithuanian Jewish community that 75 years after the Holocaust, Iran, Hamas and others ‘still seek to destroy us’
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, attend a remembrance ceremony at the Paneriai Holocaust Memorial near Vilnius, August 24, 2018. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 8:54 pm
Netanyahu honors Holocaust victims, ancestors in Lithuania
‘We will never be defenseless again,’ prime minister says at memorial ceremony outside Vilnius
By AFP
From left: Latvia's Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Estonia's Prime Minister Juri Ratas, hold a joint press conference following a meeting in Vilnus on August 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 5:00 pm
Netanyahu: EU development aid for Iran a ‘poison pill for the people’
PM blasts Europe’s ‘distorted’ view of Israel, says EU’s $21 million financial aid package to Tehran to bolster flagging economy ‘a big mistake’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2018. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 12:41 pm
After meeting Netanyahu, Lithuanian leader proposes closer EU ties
Saulius Skvernelis calls for cooperation on counter-terrorism, and more direct dialogue to ‘better understand’ Israeli positions
By Agencies and TOI staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis arrive to address a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2018. (AFP/ Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 2:35 am
Despite honors for collaborators, PM praises Vilnius for Holocaust remembrance
Netanyahu thanks Lithuanian counterpart for ‘great steps’ to commemorate Holocaust, but Jewish community figures say country continues to honor nationalist figures who killed Jews
By TOI staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 23, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
August 23, 2018, 4:40 pm
Netanyahu lands in Lithuania, grandma’s birthplace, in search of European allies
Ahead of meeting with Baltic leaders, PM says he hopes outreach to Eastern European states will help counter EU’s ‘not always friendly’ ties with Israel
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė in Jerusalem on October 20, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 22, 2018, 7:54 pm
Netanyahu to meet Baltic leaders in first trip by Israeli PM to Lithuania
Premier’s visit to Vilnius seen as part of bid to cultivate Eastern European support for Israel in the EU
By AFP
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