Michael Fallon Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Britain sending five warships to Lithuania, Baltics to deter Russia

February 10, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Britain is sending five warships to Lithuania and the Baltics as part of an increased NATO presence in the region to act as a deterrent against Russia. […]

Olekas: Deployment of UK troops to Baltics is reactions to Moscow’s actions, not vice versa

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that the UK‘s decision to send army units to the Baltic states and Poland is a reaction to Russia‘s actions in the region, therefore Moscow’s statements about reciprocal steps are misleading. […]

NATO plans in Baltics will be met with ‘reciprocal steps’ from Russia

October 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee head Alexey Pushkov has said NATO‘s latest measures to shore up the defence of the Baltic states from threats emanating from Russia is “theatre of the absurd”. Meanwhile the Kremlin’s spokesman said Russia will take “reciprocal steps”. […]

UK announces persistent deployment of troops to Baltic states

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At Thursday’s NATO Defence Ministerial meeting in Brussels, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that the UK would deploy a persistent military presence to the Baltic states. […]

British defence secretary wants to send a strong message to Russia about Baltic defence

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

NATO should step up pressure on Russia to use its influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as to give a more resolute response to Moscow’s “testing” of the Alliance’s flank in the Baltics, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday. […]

Are the Baltic states at risk of Russian aggression?

April 16, 2015 Agnia Grigas 0

As tensions are brewing between Russia and the West, the three tiny states on the coast of the Baltic Sea – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – seem to be at the epicentre of this imminent showdown. […]

US diplomat acknowledges NATO discussions about hybrid war

February 28, 2015 DELFI EN 0

During a visit to Vilnius, U.S. Mission to NATO DCM Lee Litzenberger acknowledged that the hybrid war Russian President Putin is fighting in Ukraine has prompted discussions about how Article 5 of the Washington Treaty can be applied. And these questions have no answers yet. […]

British PM seconds warning that Baltic states could be Russia’s next target

February 25, 2015 BNS 0

Great Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has joined the warnings made by other high-ranking officials about the possibility of the Baltic states being the next Russian target after Ukraine in an effort to test NATO‘s strength. […]

Lithuanian PM sceptical about British defence secretary’s warnings of Russian aggression

February 19, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he does not believe that Moscow could use the same methods it used in Ukraine to destabilize situation in the Baltic states. His comments come after British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warned about the danger that Russia might pose to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. […]

Lithuanian president: Russia violating truce in Ukraine, EU must respond

February 19, 2015 BNS 0

The West must tighten the existing sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s and pro-Russian separatists’ failure to comply with the Minsk agreement, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

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 […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]