Life vest in hands of migrants
“I will be honest with you: I hate all those Muslims,” – my neighbour Algirdas, a middle-aged educated gentleman, unexpectedly tells me during a conversation on the street in front of the house. Two...
View ArticleThe Real Friend is the one who tells you when something is wrong
Like other foreigners resident in Vilnius for many years, I have found the city’s people to be delightful, open-hearted, tolerant and eager to hear the views of strangers from faraway lands, Dovid Katz...
View ArticleLithuanians not willing to live next door to drug addicts and alcoholics
A recent poll shows Lithuanians to be intolerant of certain social and ethnic groups, such as Roma, Poles and Jews. The poll, conducted by GfK Custom Research Baltic, asked respondents to express their...
View ArticleEvery fifth Lithuanian cannot imagine foreigners coming to Lithuania
21.8 % of Lithuanians are not able to imagine foreigners coming to work to Lithuania. Those who see the possibility of this idea think that the most acceptable workforce is from the former Soviet...
View ArticleAfrican living in Vilnius: Lithuanians should forget occupation and learn...
In an effort to build a closer relationship with the locals, Lithuania’s African community appealed recently to the Vilnius municipality, delfi.lt writes. They asked them to provide forums where they...
View ArticleReaction to C. Nkemke’s comment “forget the occupation and move on Lithuania”
Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune In a recent Tribune article, Nigerian-immigrant to Lithuania Chijoke Nkemke has a rather harsh indictment of Lithuanian society. He claims that he personally has...
View ArticleNationalists should not be allowed to march on Feb. 16 – Zuroff in Vilnius
Nationalists should not be allowed to march through the main streets of Vilnius on Feb. 16 when Lithuania will mark the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania, Efraim Zuroff, director of the...
View Article“Patriotism is being open about the things we must change in our country”–...
Raised and educated in the United States, in Washington, DC, Darius Suziedelis, then in his 20s, decided, at the dawning of Lithuanian Independence back in the 1990s, to pack his bags and hopped onto a...
View ArticleForeign MEPs are set to take part in LGBT parade in Vilnius
BNS Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria will take part in a gay pride parade, planned in Vilnius on Saturday, followed by a conference on the issue....
View ArticleOpinion: Baltic Pride 2013 – Who needed it?
Mark Splinter | The Lithuania Tribune After months of apocalyptic predictions, flawed legal arguments and hateful outbursts which nobody would want their child to hear, a second gay parade finally...
View ArticleValues cleaving the EU
The so-called “value Europe” has been a subject of many debates lately, writes Viktor Denisenko for www.myep.delfi.lt. Initially, the EU was formed as an alliance to unify Western Europe countries. In...
View ArticleBusinessman promoting Jewish memory wins Person of Tolerance award
Businessman Valdas Balčiūnas has been named the 2015 Person of Tolerance in Lithuania, the public organization “Sugihara Foundation - Diplomats for Life” told BNS on Saturday. [...] The post...
View ArticleTolerance and awareness-promoting initiatives honoured with Equality and...
The annual Equality and Diversity Awards were handed out on Monday to celebrate projects and initiatives that contributed to advancing human rights and tolerance in Lithuania in 2015. [...] The post...
View ArticleTeaser for an upcoming series Whithin Lithuania
What makes you a Lithuanian? Family, language or love? In the upcoming series Whithin Lithuania, Ian G. Diaz interviews a diverse group of people who call Lithuania their home. In 2020 it might seem as...
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