Newspapers Lithuania

Thousands of Lithuanians prevented Soviet troops from entering a newspaper plant in Vilnius early Sunday, according to residents, in the latest confrontation since the republic declared independence four weeks ago. The action came one day after more than 150,000 people at a pro-independence rally in Vilnius, the republic's capital, heard President Vytautas Landsbergis say that the Kremlin would be unable to prevent Lithuania from breaking away from the Soviet Union.

Thousands of Lithuanians prevented Soviet troops from entering a newspaper plant in Vilnius early Sunday, according to residents, in the latest confrontation since the republic declared independence four weeks ago. The action came one day after more than 150,000 people at a pro-independence rally in Vilnius, the republic's capital, heard President Vytautas Landsbergis say that the Kremlin would be unable to prevent Lithuania from breaking away from the Soviet Union.

Soviet loyalists on Monday tried to muzzle the beleaguered Lithuanian government by barring publication of "anti-Soviet" newspapers at the republic's main printing press, but the plant director, supported by printers, vowed to continue publication. Responding to Soviet President Mikhail S.

Soviet loyalists on Monday tried to muzzle the beleaguered Lithuanian government by barring publication of "anti-Soviet" newspapers at the republic's main printing press, but the plant director, supported by printers, vowed to continue publication. Responding to Soviet President Mikhail S.