Gitanas Nausėda
Opinion

Can hardly wait for Nausėda to bang his fist on the table

President Gitanas Nausėda is increasingly often reproached for being too passive, and a “search for the president” is being announced ironically. Despite the fact that during the first presidential year, G. Nausėda spoke to the […]

Ukrainian Parliament
CORPORATE

Foreign Policy and Michael Carpenter in detail about the Marshal Plan for Ukraine

As part of its article dedicated to the Marshal Plan for Ukraine, which was initiated by us, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail cites an article by Michael Carpenter, Adviser to former US Vice President Joe Biden, where he praises our initiative. I was thus impelled to get a hold of the entire article by Carpenter. The article was published in the final issue of Foreign Policy, one of the most influential magazines worldwide and one that is most widely read by foreign policy experts. […]

Joe Biden
Defence

Trump ‘doesn’t understand what Article 5 is’ – Biden on defending Baltics

United States Vice-President Joe Biden has said that the Baltic states have no reasons to doubt US commitments to NATO, downplaying the remarks about NATO made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. […]

US Vice President Joe Biden  Photo Ludo Segers
Uncategorized

US Vice President Biden Supports Ukraine’s last chance for reform

During a busy day in Washington, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk received plenty of support from the US Administration, including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and US Secretary for Commerce Penny Pritzker. […]

Lithuanian Embassy (left ) and Cuban Mission in Washington   Photo Ludo Segers
Foreign affairs

Lithuania and Cuba soon to be diplomatic neighbours in Washington

Early Thursday morning several media teams set up in the neighbourhood of the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington DC. The Swiss Embassy, Cuban Special Interest Section is located next door to the Lithuanian Embassy on 16th Street. It houses the Cuban representation in the US Capital after the Americans severed diplomatic relations with the island nation 54 years ago at the height of the Cold War. The somewhat secretive mission got mainly attention in the past whenever demonstrators would gather to demand the release of Americans or dissidents held in Cuban prisons. All of that is about to end. […]

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Chancellor Merkel and President Obama discuss Ukrainian situation as fewer options remain to resolve crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday. The visit, which had been planned for some time, saw both leaders discuss a wide array of trade and security issues. The recent developments in Ukraine, with Russia destabilizing the country, dominated a large part of the talks and the hour-long joint press conference that followed. The press conference was attended by Vice-President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Ambassador Susan Rice. […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president tops Ukraine’s list of international friends

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė leads the annual rating Top-10 Ukraine‘s Promoters in the World 2014 presented by the Institute of World Policy, the President’s Office said on Thursday. […]