Germanwings Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

One year on: How to prevent repeat of “German wings” disaster?

March 24, 2016 Aurimas Puskunigis 0

The human factor has been for several decades the weakest link in the security of aviation, from the 1950s incidents and accident statistics related to human factors are almost unchanged, accounting for 70-80% of all aviation incidents. […]

On the crash site of the Germanwings air plane in France

PM offers condolences on tragic airliner crash

March 25, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has offered his condolences to Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain Mariano Rajoy on the tragic Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps, which has taken the lives of citizens of both countries, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

The fate of the coalition – in Skvernelis’ hands? A wavering Paluckas opened a window for Žemaitaitis

December 23, 2024 0

Not even a week after the swearing-in of the new Government, the fate of the ruling coalition is already hanging in the balance – Remigijus Žemaitaitis, the leader of Nemuno Aušra, has issued an ultimatum […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]