Chiune Sugihara

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Jau tradiciškai Kaunas rudenį pasitinka varpų muzika: net dvi dienas, rugsėjo 2–3 d., Vytauto Didžiojo karo muziejaus sodelyje skambės kariljonistų iš viso pasaulio atliekami kūriniai. Tarp jų – ne tik klasika, populiariosios muzikos fragmentai, bet ir lietuvių bei ukrainiečių liaudies dainos, Holiv...

Lithuania's second-biggest city of Kaunas is launching on Monday a week of events to commemorate Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Lithuanian Jews from the Holocaust during World War Two.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is coming to Lithuania this weekend to meet with the country's top officials and pay tribute to the memory of war-time Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who rescued Jews in Kaunas.

Ludo Segers | the Lithuania Tribune

In most parts of the world, starting a conversation with references to the weather is considered pretty banal. Not so in countries like Canada or Lithuania, where spring has been late to come.

the Lithuania Tribune

Though unseasonably low temperatures and rain have dampened the springtime mood in Lithuania, many consider the blooming cherry blossoms at the Chiune Sugihara park in Vilnius to be a sign that spring has arrived in Lithuania.