Today in Lithuania we celebrate the Day of Restoration of the Press, Language and Book. On May 7, 1904, we liberated ourselves from a period in Lithuanian history that lasted as long as four decades, when the Russian tsarist government banned the most important signs of nationality – the Lithuanian press, book publishing, language and free speech. It is absurd and ironic that, considering that Lithuania has been independent for almost four decad…
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Today in Lithuania we celebrate the Day of Restoration of the Press, Language and Book. On May 7, 1904, we liberated ourselves from a period in Lithuanian history that lasted as long as four decades, when the Russian tsarist government banned the most important signs of nationality – the Lithuanian press, book publishing, language and free speech. It is absurd and ironic that, considering that Lithuania has been independent for almost four decad…