<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> INDEPENDENCE DAY In pre-war Estonia 24 February was a state holiday: Independence Day. This year (the 62nd anniversary of the Estonian Republic), blue, black and white strips of cloth — the national flag of the pre-war Estonian State — were hung out in various places in Estonia on 24 … Continue reading Events in Estonia, Feb-July 1980 (57.15)
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Events in Lithuania, January-July 1980 (57.16)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> On 30 January 1980, Gintautas Ješmantas was arrested in Vilnius. He is charged with working for the Alma Mater periodical (CCE 53.31 [7]). Ješmantas graduated from Vilnius Teachers Training Institute where he specialized in Lithuanian Studies. He worked in the editorial office of the journal Kommunist, from which he … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, January-July 1980 (57.16)