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Ex-formin rejects suspicions over CIA prison outside Vilnius

February 20, 2018 BNS 0

Antanas Valionis, a former Lithuanian foreign minister, has rejected suspicions that the US Central Intelligence operated a secret prison for terror suspects in Lithuania between 2005 and 2006. […]

Lithuania broke its promise to Latvia over LNG terminal – former ambassador (Updated)

February 20, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania in the late 2000s promised Latvia to support its efforts to build a liquefied natural gas terminal near Riga, but broke that promise, a former diplomat says. […]

Polish right-wing government ‘playing into the hands of Putin’ – former Lithuanian ambassador

April 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

By adopting a confrontational tone with the European Union, Poland‘s new right-wing government is weakening Europe and playing into the hands of Russia, says Lithuania’s former foreign minister and ambassador to Poland Antanas Valionis. […]

Lithuanian leaders: Shevardnadze was a controversial figure

July 7, 2014 BNS 0

Former Georgian president and one of the last foreign ministers of the USSR Eduard Shevardnadze died in Tbilisi on Monday, aged 86. Lithuanian leaders say he was a controversial figure, whose legacy will include both great achievements and misdeeds. […]

Bad news from the Bank of Lithuania: here’s what they are forecasting

September 27, 2023 0

Several months have passed since the Bank of Lithuania’s last forecasts. The latest one, presented by the steward of the financial markets, shows both promising and not-so-good developments. The Bank of Lithuania projections that this […]

John F Tefft, at the conference. Photo by Jonas Petronis

Former US Ambassador Tefft: the war situation has further alienated the Russian government from the population

September 22, 2023 0

Former Ambassador John F. Tefft, visiting from the United States for Leonid Donsky’s 6th conference “Will Russia Survive 2024?”, says that Russia’s fate is difficult to predict and depends on the outcome of the war. […]

Investment in military-use technologies: trap or opportunity?

September 22, 2023 0

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the national defence industry is becoming more relevant, and the possibilities of producing both dual-use and military-use-only equipment or providing military-related services in Lithuania are being discussed. […]