Lithuanian youth head backs Nazi leader - Jewish Chronicle
24 May 2012, 9:24 am
The head of Lithuania’s national youth association (ULNY) has denied that the country’s wartime puppet leader authorised the transportation of thousands of Jews to the kaunas ghetto — and maintained that Jews cannot join his movement. Youth leader ...

LTU - Hosts begin preparations for U17 Worlds - FIBA
24 May 2012, 1:54 am
The 21-man list was trimmed down to 17 players, who will now meet in kaunas for the second training camp, where the team will play the first pair of friendly games. After the workouts in kaunas, the side will continue to prepare for the World Championship ...

Jews protest as Lithuania set to rebury WWII leader - YNET News
22 May 2012, 11:53 pm
Brazaitis died in the US in 1974 and his remains are to be flown to Lithuania on Thursday for burial on Sunday in the central city of kaunas. "Official institutions should not support this ceremony, as it discredits Lithuania in the eyes of the world ...

Vilna Synagogue Vandalized After Nazi Puppet Honored - Arutz Sheva
22 May 2012, 1:45 pm
Vandals on Sunday spray-painted the front of a synagogue in Vilna, Lithuania. The incident came shortly after a ceremony in kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania, to bury the bones of Juozas Ambrazevičius-Brazaitis. Brazaitis served as the head of ...

PyjamasApps Unveils Kids CARS - App for Creativity and First Steps in Device - Newswiretoday.com
22 May 2012, 8:01 am
Replace these Affiliate Programs at ANYTIME! Your banner here within the next hour. Kids CARS app is design to feel like playing with real cars – it starts from kid’s own created story – one need to imagine where and why are going. After that it is ...

Holocaust Denial: Assaults on Collective Memory Becloud Europe's Future - Huffington Post
17 May 2012, 8:00 am
This year, on Lithuanian Independence Day, 300 neo-Nazis marched through the Center of kaunas. They were addressed by five Parliament members, including three belonging to Lithuania's ruling Homeland Union party. Iran's Mullahtocracy continues to make ...

Lithuania’s shame - Jerusalem Post
15 May 2012, 3:19 pm
Besides an official ceremony at Vilnius International Airport, there will be a religious service at the Church of the Resurrection in kaunas and a rich program of cultural events to mark the occasion. In theory, this Ambrazevičius “festival” is of no ...

Lithuanian university calls off memorial for pro-Nazi head of state - Haaretz.com
15 May 2012, 2:29 pm
The Lithuanian University in kaunas on Tuesday decided to cancel a commemorative conference planned for the "prime minister" of Lithuania's 1941 Nazi puppet government. In a controversial move, causing anguish among Holocaust survivors, Lithuania's Jewish ...

Gazprom files suit against Lithuania on kaunas CHPP in intl court - Interfax Information Agency
15 May 2012, 9:42 am
MOSCOW. May 15. (Interfax) - Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) filed a request with the Arbitration Tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce on March 19 to initiate arbitration proceedings against Lithuania in connection with an investment dispute on tariffs at ...

Lithuania honours anti-Soviet self-immolation hero - France 24
14 May 2012, 1:47 pm
The nation of three million went on to join the EU and NATO in 2004. Ceremonies honouring Kalanta were held in the central city of kaunas, where 19-year-old Kalanta set himself on fire on May 14, 1972, in a fatal protest against Soviet occupation.