Blackened flag angers Lithuania
Jul 30, 1998
Rokas M. Tracevskis
VILNIUS – Latvians are the only ethnic brothers of Lithuanians in the world, so they have always been close.But the tension that's been growing between the two nations over the construction of Lithuania's Butinge oil terminal was heightened last week when Latvian greens desecrated a replica of the Lithuanian flag while voicing their opposition to the terminal, outside the Lithuanian Embassy in Riga.The protesters smeared a placard of the Lithuanian flag with black paint to symbolize oil and burn ...
The article you requested can be accessed only by subscribing to the online version of
The Baltic Times. If you are already subscribed to
The Baltic Times, please log on using the form on the top of the page. If you do not have a membership yet - please
subscribe