The news that Lithuania would continue to receive Belarussian exports of potassium fertiliser, after actively campaigning for sanctions against the regime in Belarus, rapidly became a scandal. The experts are appalled, the transit companies are […]
On November 5, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda presented the Finnish president Lithuania’s position on the threats posed by Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. The head of state also presented this position to the presidents of neighbouring […]
President Gitanas Nausėda acted bravely in approving the words of US President Donald Trump: “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots”. And I like this particular remark, that the future […]
During a visit to Minsk, US Deputy Secretary of State D. Hale announced that after a break of 11 years, the countries will once again be represented at the level of ambassadors. The US embassy […]
After almost twenty years of the voluntary political elite (with small exceptions), and sadly a considerable part of the journalists, being confined and avoiding discussions about Lithuanian foreign policy, some have started to suggest reconsidering […]
President D. Grybauskaitė‘s foreign policy toward the east, first and foremost toward Russia and Belarus, was controversial and hypocritical. How will her successor G. Nausėda act? At the start of her first term, D. Grybauskaitė‘s […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is the great survivor of European politics. Western leaders come and go, but Putin has persisted. He has managed to hold on to power for nearly two decades, through three foreign wars, two economic crises, multiple presidential and parliamentary elections (of varying degrees of fairness), a series of leadership reshuffles, the rise and fall of oil prices, and successive waves of economic sanctions. […]
Lithuanian state-run railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) plans to rent grain railcars from Belarus as Lithuanian grain processors and exporters complain about a lack of them. And the traffic of the existing ones is slow due to ongoing railway repairs, they add. […]
Eight EU member states, having an external EU land border, have backed Lithuania’s initiative to seek more funding for border protection and the creation of a border surveillance standard during their meeting in Vilnius. […]
The Lithuanian government endorsed on Wednesday an action plan for blocking electricity imports from Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear power and thus hampering the project. […]
A new transmitter will be launched in Lithuania this week for broadcasting the Russian and Belarusian-language services of the US Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) aimed at countering Russian propaganda. […]
After Latvia‘s foreign minister restated the country’s plans not to block electricity generated by the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP), Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius does not rule out the move is due to economic reasons. […]
Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission currently on a visit in Vilnius, has again urged Belarus to conduct internationally-monitored stress tests of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant currently under construction close to Lithuania. […]
United States Secretary of Defence James Mattis has visited Lithuania for the first time. The visit of a high ranking officer is another confirmation that America pays special attention to the security of the Baltic […]
Russia’s nuclear energy giant Rosatom, which is building the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus, had plans to gain a foothold in Lithuania, according to declassified material provided by the State Security Department to the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence. […]
Around 1,500 NATO troops this summer will train to defend the so-called “Suwalki gap“, a land corridor whose protection would be critical for defending the Baltic countries from Russia, the commander of the Lithuanian Land Force said. […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko‘s statements about armed fighters allegedly trained in Lithuania and Poland are aimed at warning future protesters and justifying possible repressions against them. […]
Poland‘s decision not to buy electricity generated at the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus confirms the Lithuanian stance that the utility threatens the whole region, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Poland became Lithuania’s first ally in its efforts to stop the construction of the Russian state corporation Rosatom‘s nuclear power plant in Belarus when it stated its intentions not to purchase electricity from the facility under construction in Astravyets, just 50 kilometers from Vilnius, Lithuanian politicians and experts said on Monday. […]
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