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Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says a Moscow court’s decision to arrest the three Lithuanian judges who passed verdict in the January 13th case is yet another attempt by the Kremlin to stir up the tensions.
Taiwan on Thursday thanked Lithuania for setting a "historical precedent" and said it "will defend itself to the last day" as it congratulated the country on the Day of the Defenders of Freedom.
Vilnius is hosting on Saturday a traditional run to pay tribute to the victims of the Soviet army's crackdown on unarmed civilians in the Lithuanian capital 29 years ago.
The European Court of Human Rights is set on Tuesday to announce if it will refer a landmark ruling that Soviet repressions against Lithuanian partisans can be treated as genocide to the Grand Chamber for a review.
Lithuania's Prosecutor General's Office said on Wednesday a separate pre-trial investigation into the 1991 Soviet crackdown on Lithuania's independence movement will be continued.
Lithuania is asking Russia to ensure the security of its embassy in Moscow after its staff received a threatening letter.
The municipality of the Biržai district, northern Lithuania, has initiated placement of signs next to gravestones of Soviet troops to specify that the inscriptions on the gravestones are not consistent with historical truth, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Saturday.
Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister and foreign minister, says that people in other parts of Europe know too little about the history of Lithuanian partisans who fought against Soviet rule.
