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Landsbergis, the man who opposed the Soviets

Landsbergis, the man who opposed the Soviets

Vytautas Landsbergis was actually the first leader of the free Lithuania. He was the person who declared independence of Lithuania on March 11 1990. Listening to him in this interview is like hearing history happens. Landsbergis is among people who

Marina Macrì 14 January 2021 News, Recollections of the past No Comments Read more

Molotov Ribbentrop Pact and its secret protocols

Molotov Ribbentrop Pact and its secret protocols

There are still many question marks about the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, especially in connection to the secret protocols. Arvydas Anusauskas, former member of the Lithuanian Parliament and appointed Ministry of Defense after election in October 2020, is a historian who

Marina Macrì 5 January 2021 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Diplomacy in Lithuania, a rebirth story

Diplomacy in Lithuania, a rebirth story

Diplomacy. A word that conjures up images of complicated political maneuverings. In truth though, diplomacy and its activities are deeply connected to our life as citizens. Through diplomacy, as well as foreign ministries, we forge international relations, we pave the

Marina Macrì 4 November 20205 November 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Sugihara Story, a brave man

Sugihara Story, a brave man

Japanese people in Lithuania? On our first few trips, we were astounded when we learned about their presence. You could imagine our surprise when we met any foreigners, let alone Japanese people, as tourism in the area was not as

Marina Macrì 13 October 20205 November 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Vilnius and surrounding by hot-air balloon

Vilnius and surrounding by hot-air balloon

Have you ever been in hot-air balloon? We tell you our exciting experience in Lithuania, above the capital Vilnius to almost Trakai, in our video. A wonderful summer evening. The preparation before the flight is even really thrilling: the unfold

Marina Macrì 21 September 20205 November 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Freedom Way, the Baltic Way for Belarus

Freedom Way, the Baltic Way for Belarus

A red flower and a flag white-red-white. In the day of the freedom way. August 23, 2020. In the same day of the celebration of the Baltic Way, the human chain 600 km long created by the Baltics in 1989

Marina Macrì 24 August 202025 August 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Story of a picture: Lithuanian honey and the Vilnius market

Story of a picture: Lithuanian honey and the Vilnius market

Honey, or “medus” in Lithuanian. We always find it on the tables of our Lithuanian hosts. They are really proud of their honey, as it comes from their land. It is often produced by their relatives or friends. We always

Marina Macrì 15 March 202015 March 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Incredible story of the Lithuanian language under Czars and Soviet era

Incredible story of the Lithuanian language under Czars and Soviet era

Smugglers. “Criminals”. They were scholars, teachers, avid readers. They loved their country more than anything and they wanted to be Lithuanians. They became book smugglers to protect their identity, their traditions and the soul of Lithuania. They were the knygnešiai,

Marina Macrì 28 February 20207 May 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News 4 Comments Read more

Report – 100th Anniversary Restored Lithuania State

Report – 100th Anniversary Restored Lithuania State

February 16th, Happy Anniversary, Lithuania! We were in Vilnius for the 100th Anniversary of the Restored of Lithuania State. It was not cold, as one might expect in Winter at those latitudes. The first meeting was in the Cathedral Square,

Marina Macrì 16 February 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Vilnius remember the tragic events of January 1991

Vilnius remember the tragic events of January 1991

We were at the commemorations of events to remember the tragic events of January 1991, when the Soviet Union militarily attacked Lithuania to destroy the country’s independence, declared in March 1990, after almost 50 years of Soviet occupation. We took

Marina Macrì 22 January 202023 January 2020 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more
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Il progetto “Lapteviečiai, voci del silenzio”


You don’t get to choose the stories you tell. They choose you. They are there, in plain sight. Like Poe’s Purloined Letter, you don’t see them. Then, little by little, as an imperceptible destiny, your eyes meet them more and more frequently. You think this happens by chance. But the memory of the places you have seen and the books you have read becomes less fortuitous. Finally you realize that those places, those pages actually chose you. As a sailor in uncharted seas, you trust the current to guide you. Read more

About


Marina Macrì ed Edo Prando
Marina Macrì Journalist and photographer, is currently responsible of the editorial services at P.M. Studio and its website pmstudionews.com, dedicated to the world of Photo- graphy. She has produced a series of travel reports in different countries Read more

Lithuania today

We visited Lithuania for the first time in June 2005. The country had become a member of the EU just over a year before, together with the other two Baltic States: Latvia and Estonia.

It is difficult to know exactly what called us to there, if not the curiosity we felt for a country that had been swallowed by the huge galaxy of the Soviet Union and that we Southern Europeans knew very little about. Read more

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