I admit fully that I’m a watch hound. The N1 from Vostok makes me proud to be Lithuanian.
January 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I admit fully that I’m a watch hound. The N1 from Vostok makes me proud to be Lithuanian.
A not insignificant part of my interest in history was spawned by the Lithuanian historian's love of an extremely detailed and aesthetically beautiful map
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A not insignificant part of my interest in history was spawned by the Lithuanian historian's love of an extremely detailed and aesthetically beautiful map
Ukraine, together with Lithuanian partners, is implementing a program to return to Ukraine specialists with Western education in order to strengthen the work of state institutions.
www.kyivpost.com/post/68071
www.kyivpost.com/post/68071
They’re back: Stories of Ukrainians Who Left New York and Europe to Help Their Country
Ukraine, together with Lithuanian partners, is implementing a program to return to Ukraine specialists with Western education in order to strengthen the work of state institutions
www.kyivpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Ukraine, together with Lithuanian partners, is implementing a program to return to Ukraine specialists with Western education in order to strengthen the work of state institutions.
www.kyivpost.com/post/68071
www.kyivpost.com/post/68071
“My colleagues are calling from downstairs, troopers are getting out from their tanks with guns and weapons, entering our building…” On 13 January 1991, Lithuanian TV presenter Eglė Bučelytė remains on air in a locked studio as Soviet troops storm the TV station
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“My colleagues are calling from downstairs, troopers are getting out from their tanks with guns and weapons, entering our building…” On 13 January 1991, Lithuanian TV presenter Eglė Bučelytė remains on air in a locked studio as Soviet troops storm the TV station
On this day in 1991, while several western governments called for Baltic nations to "ease tensions" by granting concessions to Moscow, Russian troops stormed key sites in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, including the TV tower and the Lithuanian Radio and Television building.
January 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
On this day in 1991, while several western governments called for Baltic nations to "ease tensions" by granting concessions to Moscow, Russian troops stormed key sites in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, including the TV tower and the Lithuanian Radio and Television building.
Lithuania ready to send ground troops, air defense, and a ship to support Ukraine, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said
🔗: link.nv.ua/norDr4
🔗: link.nv.ua/norDr4
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Lithuania ready to send ground troops, air defense, and a ship to support Ukraine, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said
🔗: link.nv.ua/norDr4
🔗: link.nv.ua/norDr4
it is fundamentally crazy to me that the 'varnishkes' in 'kasha varnishkes' is not a mutation of a lithuanian word of some kind
January 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
it is fundamentally crazy to me that the 'varnishkes' in 'kasha varnishkes' is not a mutation of a lithuanian word of some kind
European security world upside down? The Baltic/Lithuanian EU Commissioner Kubelius calls for stronger EU-European defence, while the French MEP cautions to focus on (a Europeanised) NATO.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 AM
European security world upside down? The Baltic/Lithuanian EU Commissioner Kubelius calls for stronger EU-European defence, while the French MEP cautions to focus on (a Europeanised) NATO.
At the restaurant "Žirmūnai", Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, 1971. Photo by M.Baranauskas.
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
At the restaurant "Žirmūnai", Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, 1971. Photo by M.Baranauskas.
The people of Iran are rising up, just as the Lithuanian people rose up against their Russian occupiers on 13 January 1991. At the time, the West was hesitant, and did not act to protect the Lithuanian people against being shot at and run over by Russian tanks. Today, we must know better. Free Iran!
Thread By @Dakasr2 - January 13 is a reminder. Moscow ☭...
January 13 is a reminder. Moscow ☭ lies, manipulates, terrorizes and waits for the right moment to wash everything in blood. The West hesitates,...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:56 AM
The people of Iran are rising up, just as the Lithuanian people rose up against their Russian occupiers on 13 January 1991. At the time, the West was hesitant, and did not act to protect the Lithuanian people against being shot at and run over by Russian tanks. Today, we must know better. Free Iran!
Vilnius is prepared to support Ukraine under future security guarantees by deploying ground troops, air defense units, and naval capabilities, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said
Lithuania ready to send ground troops, air defense, and a ship to support Ukraine — Nausėda
Vilnius is prepared to support Ukraine under future security
guarantees by deploying ground troops, air defense units, and naval
capabilities, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said in an interview...
english.nv.ua
January 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Vilnius is prepared to support Ukraine under future security guarantees by deploying ground troops, air defense units, and naval capabilities, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said
We genuinely pretend as hard as we can we have no idea why so many of our former colonies want to join NATO cos we never whitewash this at all.
My Lithuanian fans might be comforted knowing those very tanks are probably rusting in Ukrainian field coated inside with Orc puree
My Lithuanian fans might be comforted knowing those very tanks are probably rusting in Ukrainian field coated inside with Orc puree
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
We genuinely pretend as hard as we can we have no idea why so many of our former colonies want to join NATO cos we never whitewash this at all.
My Lithuanian fans might be comforted knowing those very tanks are probably rusting in Ukrainian field coated inside with Orc puree
My Lithuanian fans might be comforted knowing those very tanks are probably rusting in Ukrainian field coated inside with Orc puree
Lithuania is marking the 35th anniversary of the events in Vilnius - tragic and at the same time pivotal days of January 1991. At that time, Soviet troops attempted to suppress by force the Lithuanian people’s desire for freedom and independence. Unarmed civilians who stood
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1/8
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Lithuania is marking the 35th anniversary of the events in Vilnius - tragic and at the same time pivotal days of January 1991. At that time, Soviet troops attempted to suppress by force the Lithuanian people’s desire for freedom and independence. Unarmed civilians who stood
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“One heritage”.
Speaking as a whiter than white guy, which heritage? Lithuanian? Irish-Scots? Czech German? Those are all my heritage.
Speaking as a whiter than white guy, which heritage? Lithuanian? Irish-Scots? Czech German? Those are all my heritage.
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
“One heritage”.
Speaking as a whiter than white guy, which heritage? Lithuanian? Irish-Scots? Czech German? Those are all my heritage.
Speaking as a whiter than white guy, which heritage? Lithuanian? Irish-Scots? Czech German? Those are all my heritage.
Every January 13 I think of this Lithuanian girl of Tatar descent. Loreta Asanavičiūtė, born the same year as my mother. Crushed with a tank when she was only 23 years old. Was planning to get wed that summer.
I take every year I am older than her as my privilege.
I take every year I am older than her as my privilege.
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Every January 13 I think of this Lithuanian girl of Tatar descent. Loreta Asanavičiūtė, born the same year as my mother. Crushed with a tank when she was only 23 years old. Was planning to get wed that summer.
I take every year I am older than her as my privilege.
I take every year I am older than her as my privilege.
Saab has received an order for RBS 70 Bolide short-range air defence missiles from the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence, with deliveries planned between 2028 and 2032, according to the company.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65451
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65451
Lithuania orders RBS 70 Bolide missiles from Saab
Saab has received an order for RBS 70 Bolide short-range air defence missiles from the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence, with deliveries planned between 2028 and 2032, according to the company.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Saab has received an order for RBS 70 Bolide short-range air defence missiles from the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence, with deliveries planned between 2028 and 2032, according to the company.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65451
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65451
The surviving prisoners of the Jewish ghetto in Vilijampolė tell the Soviet officers who liberated the city about the atrocities of the Nazis. Of the 37,000 Jews who lived in Kaunas before the war, only 3,000 managed to survive. Lithuanian SSR, August 1944
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The surviving prisoners of the Jewish ghetto in Vilijampolė tell the Soviet officers who liberated the city about the atrocities of the Nazis. Of the 37,000 Jews who lived in Kaunas before the war, only 3,000 managed to survive. Lithuanian SSR, August 1944
In 1991, the night from Jan 12 to Jan 13, these innocent Lithuanian people were killed by the Soviet troops.
Teenager fatally shot in the back, young woman who was about to marry that summer crushed by a tank, fathers, newlyweds.
And the Nobel peace prize winner in Moscow.
Teenager fatally shot in the back, young woman who was about to marry that summer crushed by a tank, fathers, newlyweds.
And the Nobel peace prize winner in Moscow.
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
In 1991, the night from Jan 12 to Jan 13, these innocent Lithuanian people were killed by the Soviet troops.
Teenager fatally shot in the back, young woman who was about to marry that summer crushed by a tank, fathers, newlyweds.
And the Nobel peace prize winner in Moscow.
Teenager fatally shot in the back, young woman who was about to marry that summer crushed by a tank, fathers, newlyweds.
And the Nobel peace prize winner in Moscow.
it's so good how between 1009 and now the entire history of the lithuanian people is essentially us trying to tell a new armed maniac at the door "please go away. we aren't interested"
i cannot stress it enough that the first paragraph of lithuanian history looks like this:
3000 BCE: proto-indo-european speakers arrive in lithuania
1009 CE: other people encounter lithuanians, who immediately proceed to tell them to fuck off and murder someone with a club
3000 BCE: proto-indo-european speakers arrive in lithuania
1009 CE: other people encounter lithuanians, who immediately proceed to tell them to fuck off and murder someone with a club
if you sit in the forest for 2000 years and do not do anything interesting in the interim turns out you can evolve your language remarkably little
January 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
it's so good how between 1009 and now the entire history of the lithuanian people is essentially us trying to tell a new armed maniac at the door "please go away. we aren't interested"
Jurga Ryan (Lithuanian Artist, born 1971)
"Little Donkey", 2024.
Watercolours, A4, 15 × 21 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Little Donkey", 2024.
Watercolours, A4, 15 × 21 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Jurga Ryan (Lithuanian Artist, born 1971)
"Little Donkey", 2024.
Watercolours, A4, 15 × 21 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Little Donkey", 2024.
Watercolours, A4, 15 × 21 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
> i traced a new word's etymology back through the etymology dictionaries today. it's very interesting
>> is it very interesting or is it another lithuanian word
> it's a lithuanian word
>> is it very interesting or is it another lithuanian word
> it's a lithuanian word
January 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
> i traced a new word's etymology back through the etymology dictionaries today. it's very interesting
>> is it very interesting or is it another lithuanian word
> it's a lithuanian word
>> is it very interesting or is it another lithuanian word
> it's a lithuanian word
i used to play a game with my indian flatmate back in undergrad where she would give me a sanskrit word and i would guess the meaning based on the nearest lithuanian cognate. i got it right approximately 60% of the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
i used to play a game with my indian flatmate back in undergrad where she would give me a sanskrit word and i would guess the meaning based on the nearest lithuanian cognate. i got it right approximately 60% of the time
i cannot stress it enough that the first paragraph of lithuanian history looks like this:
3000 BCE: proto-indo-european speakers arrive in lithuania
1009 CE: other people encounter lithuanians, who immediately proceed to tell them to fuck off and murder someone with a club
3000 BCE: proto-indo-european speakers arrive in lithuania
1009 CE: other people encounter lithuanians, who immediately proceed to tell them to fuck off and murder someone with a club
if you sit in the forest for 2000 years and do not do anything interesting in the interim turns out you can evolve your language remarkably little
January 11, 2026 at 1:19 AM
i cannot stress it enough that the first paragraph of lithuanian history looks like this:
3000 BCE: proto-indo-european speakers arrive in lithuania
1009 CE: other people encounter lithuanians, who immediately proceed to tell them to fuck off and murder someone with a club
3000 BCE: proto-indo-european speakers arrive in lithuania
1009 CE: other people encounter lithuanians, who immediately proceed to tell them to fuck off and murder someone with a club
On the bright side TIL that the word Gallia (and Gallaecia, Galatia, etc) is derived from the same root as the Lithuanian word "galėti", through proto-Celtic as *galnati, meaning the same thing
Yes, I shit you not: Latin Gallia and English Gaul are /accidentally/ near-identical words to refer to the same thing that do not derive from the same root.
January 11, 2026 at 12:52 AM
On the bright side TIL that the word Gallia (and Gallaecia, Galatia, etc) is derived from the same root as the Lithuanian word "galėti", through proto-Celtic as *galnati, meaning the same thing