Chairpersons of the foreign affairs committees of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and Polish parliaments call on the Russian Duma to refrain from considering the initiative to justify the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Press release, 25 June 2020 Chairpersons of the foreign affairs committees of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and Polish parliaments appealed to the State Duma and other authorities of the Russian Federation calling them on to base the relations with their neighbours on international law, the respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity. With a view to … Skaityti toliau

Seimas invites the public to critically assess the propaganda denying the occupation and its consequences and diminishing the anti-Soviet resistance

Press release, 16 June 2020   While commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the first occupation of the Republic of Lithuania began by the USSR on 15 June 1940, the Seimas adopted a Resolution on the Soviet Occupation of the Republic of Lithuania in 1940 and its Consequences (draft No XIIIP-4908). The document stresses the necessity … Skaityti toliau

The Seimas adopted a Resolution on Historical Revisionism Perpetuated by the Russian Federation

Press release, 7 April 2020 In the Resolution on Historical Revisionism Perpetuated by the Russian Federation, the Seimas condemned historical revisionism and disinformation employed by Russia in an effort to deny the important role of the Soviet Union in initiating the Second World War, to put the blame on the victims of aggression, and to justify … Skaityti toliau

Members of the Seimas, as Signatories to the Act of Independence, shared their views on the 30th anniversary of the Day of Restoration of the Independence of Lithuania

Press release, 13 March 2020 At the sitting of the Seimas of 12 March 2020, as Signatories to the Act of Independence, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Kęstutis Glaveckas and Emanuelis Zingeris, Members of the Seimas, shared their thoughts on the 30th Anniversary of Restoration of the Independence. The following are the most important passages of their speeches. … Skaityti toliau

Photography exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring will open at the Seimas

Press release, 22 August 2018    On Friday, 24 August 2018, at 1 p.m. the photography exhibition Prague Spring – Czechoslovakia 1968 will open in the Stained Glass Gallery, Building 1 of the Seimas. The exhibition will be presented by its patron Ramūnas Karbauskis, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Culture, Michal Lukeš, General Director … Skaityti toliau

Seimas commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Vesna mass deportation of Lithuanian residents

Press release, 22 May 2018   The Seimas commemorated the 70th anniversary of the mass deportations of residents of Lithuania under the code name Vesna. As pointed out by Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, this was the largest wave of deportations of the mid-20th century. ‘The main and reserve … Skaityti toliau

Knygos „Another History of the Children’s Picture Book: From Soviet Lithuania to India“ pristatymas ir diskusija Romoje

Renginio tipas: Renginys Renginio data: Penktadienis, 2018 m. kovo 23 d. Renginio pradžia: 17:00 Renginio vieta: Via della Stamperia, 6, L'Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Dante hall, Rome Kita vaikų knygų istorija Centriniame grafikos institute Romoje Knyga „Another History of the Children’s Picture Book: From Soviet Lithuania to India“, kviečianti iš naujo permąstyti pasaulinę iliustruotų … Skaityti toliau

Seimas adopted a resolution on assessing the criminal activities of the Lithuanian Communist Party

On 27 June 2017, the Seimas noted that the brutal Soviet occupation of Lithuania, launched on 15 June 1940, inflicted enormous damage on the country and its people and the regime’s perpetrators of crimes against humanity had not yet been properly held to account at either national or international levels. The Seimas, therefore, called on … Skaityti toliau

Vilniaus oro uoste – pasaulinio lygio fotografų darbai

Vilniaus oro uoste – dar daugiau spalvų: iki gruodžio 30 dienos keleivių akis džiugins oro uoste įsikūrusi pasaulinio dėmesio sulaukusių fotografijų paroda „Soviet Bus Stops“ (liet. „Sovietinės autobusų stotelės“). Parodą galės apžiūrėti visi – tiek išvykstantys ar atvykstantys keleiviai, tiek ir važiuojantys ar keliaujantys pro šalį.      „Imtis meninių iniciatyvų oro uoste pamažu tampa tradicija. Pernai … Skaityti toliau

Speech by Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, at the commemoration dedicated to the Days of Mourning and Hope, and Occupation and Genocide

Press release, 14 June 2016 Photo of the Office of the Seimas (author Olga Posaškova)  Your Excellency President of the Republic of Lithuania, Prime Minister, President of the Supreme Council–Reconstituent Seimas, Your Excellencies Ambassadors, Members of the Seimas and the Government, Signatories to the Act of Independence, Deportees, political prisoners, dissidents, freedom fighters, Distinguished guests, Ladies and … Skaityti toliau