Walter Steinmeier pledged his country's support in maintaining Lithuanian freedom during a visit to Vilnius to attend ...

Dr Rafał Leśkiewicz. On 1 July 1569, the Union of Lublin, a landmark agreement that established a genuine union between the Kingdom of Pola ...

Firsthand accounts offer a vivid picture of this living history. In 1575, Jurgis Radvilas, for instance, a nobleman from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, documented his journey along the route, capturing ...

Results of the 2024-2025 certification cycle: 3 new Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe ...

UNESCO’s rapid emergency needs assessment mission in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, concluded successfully following the severe ...

It is worth noting that between November 8, 1838 and February 11, 1839 the tubercular Chopin found himself convalescing in Mallorca, at the Charterhouse in Valldemossa, together with his lover ...

A secret vault containing the burial regalia of the leaders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland was found in the dungeons of the Vilnius Cathedral, LRT reports. “On December 16, 2024, a vault ...

The Act of the Union of Lublin of 1569 established, in early modern age, by means of negotiations and free agreement, the Commonwealth of two equal states: the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of ...

To the west, what had become the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania joined forces in 1569 to create the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Russia and Belarus have been plotting attacks against the Belarusian diaspora in Lithuania since 2023, aiming to stoke ethnic tensions and disrupt the exiled Belarusian opposition, the country’s ...

Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) says it has uncovered a covert operation by Russian and Belarusian intelligence services aimed at inciting violence against Belarusian exiles living ...

This unusual border has a rich backstory tied to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and later, the Second Polish Republic and the Soviet Union.