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Dáil selected a cabinet from its representatives; with ministries such as Defence, Finance, and Foreign Affairs forming what historian Arthur Mitchell has termed a ‘counter-state’.Footnote
18 At the head of the counter-state was Éamon de Valera, a mathematics teacher by profession, who was elected president of the
Dáil before travelling to America in the summer of 1919. At first, this counter-state had neither international recognition nor territorial integrity, but as the war progressed it took on more and more of the characteristics of a legitimate government. Abroad, a diplomatic network was established to agitate for international recognition.Footnote
Why does Lithuania have two independence days?
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Celebration on March 11, 2019 / S. Žiūra
Lithuania has two celebrations merely a month apart that people casually refer to as “independence day” – and have a day off work.
The celebration on February 16 is actually called the State Restoration Day (Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena). On February 16, 1918, the twenty members of the Council of Lithuania signed a document – the Act of Independence – declaring Lithuania a sovereign democratic state with the capital city Vilnius.
The document said Lithuania was severing statehood ties with all other nations – what it meant was primarily Russia, which ruled the land since the late 18th century, and Germany, under whose administration Lithuanians fell during World War One.
Outdoor exhibition in Vilnius celebrates women bravery in Belarus
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MO Museum exhibition in Vilnius, The Future of Belarus Fueled by Women / MO Museum
A museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, has launched an exhibition featuring the work of five female Belarusian photojournalists covering the protests against the Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. Meanwhile, in Belarus itself, culture is being “suffocated”, says a new Amnesty report.
An exhibition highlighting the brutal repression carried out by the Belarusian authorities against the country’s opposition, and the bravery of the many women who have formed human chains, often holding flowers, has opened in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
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