Voruta (newspaper)

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Voruta is a Lithuanian weekly historical newspaper, founded in 1989 by .[1]

Preparations for publishing Voruta started in 1988 and first trial issue was published in 1989. Edvardas Gudavičius, , , Arūnas Bubnys, , Zigmas Zinkevičius, , , , , , Kazimieras Garšva, among other authors published their works in Voruta.[1]

Newspaper is named after Voruta, a mythical capital of the Lithuania established in the time of king Mindaugas in the 13th century.

Criticism[]

The newspaper has been noted for leaning towards nationalistic and anti-Polish bias, particularly in the early 1990s,[2] but later its tone changed to a more neutral one.[2]

Its past editors included the leader of the anti-Polish, nationalistic organization Vilnija, Kazimieras Garšva.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b (in Lithuanian) Gražina Jurgaitienė and Marius Vaišnys. Mano credo: daugiau autorių, daugiau nuomonių, daugiau įvykių (My Credo: more authors, more views, more events), "Voruta", No. 10 (484), 19 May 2001
  2. ^ a b (in Polish) Algis Kasperavičius, Współcześni historycy litewscy o sprawie Wilna i stosunkach polsko-litewskich w latach 1918-1940 oraz zmiany w potocznej świadomości Litwinów' Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine', in Historycy polscy, litewscy i białoruscy wobec problemów XX wieku Historiografia polska, litewska i białoruska po 1989 roku, Krzysztof Buchowski i Wojciech Śleszyński (ed.), Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, 2003
  3. ^ (in Polish) Stanisław Tarasiewicz, Litewski historyk oskarża Polskę o rewizjonizm granic, lecz zarazem ubolewa, że Polska nie chce zwrócić Niemcom swoich zachodnich ziem, infpol, 2008-11-07

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