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Lithuania Independence Day in Vilnius, March 11 for freedom

Lithuania Independence Day in Vilnius, March 11 for freedom

March 11, 2023. Lithuania marks its 33rd anniversary of independence. Nobody could have thought that even this year the anniversary would have been a day not only to remember the regaining of the independence of the Baltic state in 1990,

Marina Macrì 12 March 202315 March 2023 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Vilnius Light Festival, the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig

Vilnius Light Festival, the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig

October 1989. The wall in Berlin was still a reality. The Iron Curtain divided Europe. Thousands of people took to the streets in Leipzig, at that time part of the GDR (DDR) under the control of the Soviet Union, for

Marina Macrì 7 February 202312 March 2023 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

NATO in Lithuania, interview with commander eFP Battle Group

NATO in Lithuania, interview with commander eFP Battle Group

Interview to the commander of eFP (enhanced Forward Presence) Battle Group in Lithuania After the NATO summit in Madrid, the Alliance decided to recognize Russia as the main threat. It has not happened since the collapse of the USSR. The

Marina Macrì 9 August 202212 August 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Riflemen’s Union, who they are, what they do

Riflemen’s Union, who they are, what they do

March 11 is a beautiful sunny day. The ceremonies for the anniversary of the Lithuanian independence, regained in 1990, have just ended. There were also many demonstrations in support of Ukraine devastated by the war waged by Russia. But another

Marina Macrì 10 April 20227 August 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

March, 11-Lithuania Independence Day for Ukraine-Reportage

March, 11-Lithuania Independence Day for Ukraine-Reportage

Slava Ukraini, Glory to Ukraine. That slogan echoes on the streets of Vilnius and all of Lithuania. It’s ringing in our ears, it’s before our eyes, everywhere in this country. On March 11, restoration of the independence in Lithuania, is

Marina Macrì 13 March 202218 March 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Freedom Defenders Day 2022, our report from Vilnius

Freedom Defenders Day 2022, our report from Vilnius

Anniversary of the attack by the Soviets on January 1991 The night between January 12 and 13, 1991 Mr. Gorbačëv decided going into action. Since the declaration of independence by Lithuania on March 11, 1990 USSR had been attempting to

Marina Macrì 16 January 202216 January 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

Waiting Kaunas2022: Memory Office, to build a better future

Waiting Kaunas2022: Memory Office, to build a better future

A few more weeks to the official opening of Kaunas2022 (European Capital of Culture). The program includes many events, exhibitions, workshops, and seminars. Among the main themes is the Memory. A project that sets the memory of what the city

Marina Macrì 2 January 2022 Lithuanian Stories, News No Comments Read more

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
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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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