United Nations General Assembly Archives

Arvydas Juozaitis. Trump and the new world order

October 2, 2018 Arvydas Juozaitis 0

Major Lithuanian news media did not seriously review US President Donald Trump‘s September 26 speech at the UN General Assembly, which shook the world political community. Prominent analytics say that this dramatically changes the accents […]

Lithuanian president, in New York, discusses defense cooperation with US, Norway

September 28, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on Thursday met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to discuss defense cooperation. […]

Lithuanian president to chair UN discussion on women’s economic role

September 26, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for New York to attend events of the United Nations General Assembly. […]

Lithuanian president leaves for UN Week in New York

September 25, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving on Tuesday for New York City to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly and to hand a Lithuanian state award to the late Senator John McCain over to his widow. […]

Lithuania abstains in vote on UN resolution condemning Israel over Gaza violence (Updated)

June 14, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly on a resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip. […]

San Cristóbal de la Habana from Unseen Cuba album

Opposition criticizes Foreign Minister over ties with Cuba

September 26, 2016 BNS EN 0

The aspiration of Lithuanian diplomats to develop closer ties with the Communist Cuba has drawn criticism from the opposition – former foreign minister Audronius Ažubalis has accused the Foreign Ministry of dual standards and lack of honesty in statements about democratic values. […]

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 […]