As the first state to declare independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Lithuania blazed a trail for democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. In recent years, Lithuania has been one of Europe's ...

1918 - Lithuania declares independence. 1920 - Soviet Russia recognises Lithuania's independence. 1939 - The Soviet Union compels Lithuania to accept Soviet military bases. 1940 - Soviet Army invades.

“The system that is called a nation is meant to expand its territory and render it immovable,” Vytautas Landsbergis, a 90-year-old Lithuanian politician who headed his country’s independence ...

To condemn it as evil is to condemn states like Lithuania. The first Soviet Republic declared its independence from the USSR just over 28 years ago, on March 11, 1990. The Supreme Council of the ...

A Lithuanian community living in Peterborough has celebrated the country’s independence day. The occasion, which is commemorated on 11 March, was marked by an 18-car convoy, a concert ...

VILNIUS, December 1. /TASS/. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Thursday declared an employee of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius persona non grata. "An embassy employee has been declared an ...

1918 - Lithuania declares independence. 1920 - Soviet Russia recognises Lithuania's independence. 1939 - The Soviet Union compels Lithuania to accept Soviet military bases. 1940 - Soviet Army invades.

Lithuania is the largest and most southerly of the three Baltic republics. Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 ...