{"id":180966,"date":"2026-03-25T23:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180966\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T23:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:09:39","slug":"lithuanian-mps-cheer-belarusians-at-their-rally-in-vilnius","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180966\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian MPs cheer Belarusians at their rally in Vilnius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pavilionis_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pavilionis_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pavilionis_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pavilionis_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pavilionis_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pavilionis_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        MP Pavilionis\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 25,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Lithuanian MPs cheered Belarusians at their rally in Vilnius marking the 108<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of short-lived independence of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic in 1918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MP \u017dygimantas Pavilionis, deputy chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, urged participants in the Freedom Day rally to campaign against easing sanctions on the Belarusian regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed skepticism about Washington\u2019s engagement with Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, noting that no deals are possible with the dictator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MP Tomas Tomilinas, deputy chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, delivered a speech in Belarusian and Lithuanian. He expressed joy at the release of his Belarusian friends, opposition politicians D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk and Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He encouraged Belarusians to fight for freedom, noting that \u201cpeople who sacrifice freedom for bread, get no bread and no freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MP Ruslanas Baranovas, head of the group \u201cFor a Democratic Belarus,\u201d said that he is happy to see Belarusians in Lithuania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to thank you for . . . your contribution to the creation of Lithuania. You made your contribution to the creation of Vilnius. You made your contribution to Vilnius\u2019s culture. You helped make the name of Vilnius sound all over the world. Thank you and always feel here like home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dzien_Voli_2026_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dzien_Voli_2026_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dzien_Voli_2026_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dzien_Voli_2026_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dzien_Voli_2026_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dzien_Voli_2026_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Several hundred Belarusians stage Freedom Day demonstration in Vilnius<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 25, Pozirk. Several hundred Belarusians took part in a Dje\u0144 Voli (Freedom Day) demonstration at the center of Vilnius on March 25 to mark the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic (BNR). &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180963\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 25,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Lithuanian MPs cheered Belarusians at their rally in Vilnius marking the 108th anniversary of short-lived independence of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic in 1918. MP \u017dygimantas Pavilionis, deputy chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, urged participants in the Freedom Day rally to campaign against easing sanctions on the Belarusian regime. He expressed skepticism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":180951,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-180966","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian MPs cheer Belarusians at their rally in Vilnius | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 25,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Lithuanian MPs cheered Belarusians at their rally in Vilnius marking the 108th anniversary of short-lived independence of the Belarusian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180966\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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