"Lithuanian Paths to Modernity" Egidijus Aleksandravičius
Dec. 28, 2016, 2:09 p.m.
"Here is the country called the Republic of Lithuania, once erased from the map of Europe, small and unvanquished, similar in that perhaps to Portugal and Ireland, member of the European Union, which did not share the fate of Languedoc, Savoy or Transylvania and was able to claim its independence. A traveler visiting here from the west or north will find open borders, Eurozone and a mosaic of languages and ethnicities, religions and traditions, just as it used to be in the distant past.
The borders with the neighbors belonging to the Moscow's sphere of influence are guarded by a visa regime and the fear of a return to authoritarianism." Krzysztof Czyżewski