Peter Hultqvist Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Sweden’s defence minister: Unrest in Baltic Sea region would be handled by all

January 15, 2018 BNS 0

All of the countries of the Baltic Sea region would have to respond to possible unrest in the region, although some of them are not members of NATO, Sweden’s Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist has said in Lithuania. […]

NATO’s airborne warning aircraft to land in Lithuania

October 13, 2016 BNS EN 0

NATO’s airborne warning and control system (AWACS) airplane is to land on Thursday in the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai, in the northern part of the country, the Defence Ministry said. […]

Is Nausėda already forming the ruling majority? Only three parties were invited to meet

October 7, 2024 0

While the heads of the opposition parliamentary parties are ironing their suits and preparing for their meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, the ruling parties shrug their shoulders. Counting down the days until the parliamentary elections, […]

Complicated Sino-Lithuanian relationship

October 1, 2024 0

As the Seimas elections approach, more parties, especially opposition parties, promise to change their foreign policy. The most significant change, in their view, is in relations with China. The opposition believes that seeing China as […]

Economist speaks out about the unstoppable rise in prices: ‘It’s getting a bit scary’

September 24, 2024 0

Prices in Lithuania decreased by 0.5% over the month, but annual inflation is again approaching the 1% mark. The most significant price increases over the year were in cafes and restaurants – nearly 9%. Some […]

Who could have thought? Germans give us a brigade, we give them electricity

September 20, 2024 0

Rokas Masiulis, the Head of the electricity transmission operator Litgrid, was one of the energy experts who, at the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, calmly and even optimistically looked to the future: Lithuania would […]

The EU must stop funding the brutal Cuba regime

September 16, 2024 0

Russia has always been Europe’s enemy. This is something that many of our Western and Central European friends seemed to forget since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not so in Eastern Europe and the […]

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

September 13, 2024 0

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]