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January 13
“One of the most important battles in Europe’s modern history was fought and won in Vilnius 16 years ago.” Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, January 2007 In the late 1980′s a “Singing Revolution” swept through the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Thousands of citizens coalesced night after night in each of the republics to sing national songs that had been banned under the Soviet regime. (Latvia, Lithuania and …Read more 
The West read the headlines in shock…
The two most bitter enemies in Europe, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, had signed a non-aggression pact. What did it mean? The end of peace and the beginning of the most devastating war in history. In spite of concern over Nazi Germany’s buildup of military power, the Britain and France had been wary of signing any alliance treaty with the Soviet Union, whom they considered merely the …Read more
March 11
The great thing about being a tiny nation sandwiched between Russia and Germany is that you get to celebrate so many Independence Days! Lucky Lithuanians. Here it’s only March and the country celebrates its third independence-related holiday of the year! Lithuania’s main Independence Day is February 16, which celebrates the day in 1918 that the Council of Lithuania declared itself finally independent of both Russia and Germany during the chaos of World War …Read more February 16 “The Council of Lithuania in its session of February 16, 1918 decided unanimously to address the governments of Russia, Germany, and other states with the following declaration: “The Council of Lithuania, as the sole representative of the Lithuanian nation, based on the recognized right to national self-determination, and on the Vilnius Conference’s resolution of September 18-23, 1917, proclaims the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania, founded on democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital, and declares the …Read more |
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