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Opinion

Opinion: What do Russian probes in the Baltic portend?

Earlier this month (October 2014), Scandinavian, and especially Swedish, media have focused on Sweden’s apparently abortive efforts to locate what was allegedly a disabled Russian reconnaissance submarine off its shores near Stockholm. But beyond the glaring evidence of the degradation of Swedish military capabilities — a condition it shares with most if not all of Europe — there is a larger story here. […]

Global Lithuanian Awards
Global LT

“Global Lithuanian Awards 2014” invites to nominate outstanding people linked to Lithuania

Third year in a row, Global Lithuanian Leaders | GLL organizes Global Lithuanian Awards for the outstanding personalities and their achievements to be noticed, promoted and celebrated. […]

Energy

The New York Times: Lithuania’s LNG terminal sends strong signal to Russia

Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is a strong signal that Russia’s stranglehold on the Baltic countries and their energy needs can be weakened, according to the New York Times. […]

Andrey Piontkovsky
Uncategorized

Andrey Piontkovsky: Putin plans to play poker, not chess

Russian president Vladimir Putin intends to blackmail the West with a nuclear weapon. So says Russian policy expert Andrey Piontkovsky. He reasons that if the “little green men” and Russian troops turn up in Estonia, for example, Vladimir Putin would warn NATO not to intervene because that would be a Russian World affair and he’d threaten to use nuclear weapons if the Alliance took military action against him. […]

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Sports

Rugby Union: Lithuania inspired by fans

Lithuania’s national coach Ntando Majokweni-Manyosha has stated that he was pleased with his youthful talents who held off an experienced Hungarian national team 38:29 in Šiauliai. […]

Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas
Politics

Lithuanian interior minister will have to resign if his associates are found guilty of corruption

If law enforcement agencies find that members of the Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas‘ team breached laws, the minister will have to assume moral responsibility and resign, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday. […]