Defunct Lithuanian-language newspapers

thumb|Auszra issues 10 & 11 published in 1884 Aušra or Auszra (literally: Dawn) was the first national Lithuanian newspaper. The first issue was published in 1883 in Ragnit, East Prussia, Germany (the newspaper credited it as ), East Prussia's ethnolinguistic part – Lithuania Minor. Later, it was published monthly in Tilsit (present-day Sovetsk). Even though only forty issues were published and circulation did not exceed 1,000, it was a significant event marking the beginning of the Lithuanian national rebirth that eventually resulted in an independent Lithuanian State (1918–1940). This period

1972–1989 Catholic samizdat periodical in the Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

thumb|150px|Cover page of the first issue of Varpas (1889)

Vairas (literally: steering wheel; also translated as helm or rudder) was a Lithuanian-language political and cultural newspaper published by Antanas Smetona and the Lithuanian Nationalist Union, the ruling party in Lithuania in 1926–1940. It was published three separate times. Vairas was first established in January 1914 when Smetona departed Viltis; it was discontinued due to World War I. The newspaper was briefly revived in September 1923 when Smetona and Augustinas Voldemaras harshly criticized their political opponents and the Lithuanian government. Due to the anti-government rhetoric, th

thumb|Cover page of the 6th issue of Ūkininkas (1891) Ūkininkas or Ukinįkas (literally: The Farmer) was a monthly Lithuanian-language newspaper published during the Lithuanian press ban by the editorial staff of Varpas from 1890 to 1905. Ūkininkas was printed in Tilsit (current Sovetsk) and Ragnit (current Neman) in German East Prussia and smuggled into Lithuania by the knygnešiai.