The Department of National Minorities, an envisioned structure within the Lithuanian government, will give more decision-making powers to ethnic minorities, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says, adding that the government made a mistake when it dissolved the department which existed before 2010. […]
Moscow’s border restrictions for Lithuanian-registered cars and trucks are a short-lived measure, since a long-term blockade would backfire on Russia, according to Nerijus Mačiulis, the chief economist at Swedbank Lithuania. […]
Lithuania expresses its firm support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a statement. […]
In Kyiv, President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to discuss Ukraine’s progress in implementing major reforms, the presidential press service informs. […]
Only the Ukrainian people can decide whether Ukraine will become a NATO member, but this will take considerable time, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Moscow imposed border restrictions on Lithuanian vehicles in response to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s recent statements in which she called Russia a terrorist state, political scientist Dovilė Jakniunaitė of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University said on Monday. […]
Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has offered to supply natural gas to Ukraine and to help the country in building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Aleksandr Udaltsov on 24 November over the trade barriers at the border, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania wrote in a press release. […]
The Liberals’ Movement has proposed selling at least 5 percent of the major state-owned energy companies’ shares. […]
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are generally known for being attractive to foreign investors due to favourable geographical location, stable economy and educated labour force. Nevertheless, every business is looking for the best conditions. To get detailed view on the investment climate in all three Baltic states, Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania together with the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius, Law firm VARUL and UAB Grant Thornton Rimess organizes a seminar on tax and legal aspects of doing business in the Baltics on 26 November, organisers of the Seminar announced. […]
Troops of the United States will remain in the Baltic states and Poland for at least another year to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated in Vilnius on Sunday. […]
Ukraine should be assisted in implementing the necessary reforms amid the immense challenges the country is faced with, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in Kiev on Monday. […]
In October, the Swedish Navy, after several years of calm, once again mounted an operation to identify and avert under-water intruders operating in Swedish territorial waters. Media speculated wildly about the reasons why anyone (read Russia) should have a reason to conduct an operation in the Stockholm archipelago; war preparations, infiltrating agents, discourage Sweden joining NATO and several other possible motives were put forward. […]
On 20 November in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) Urban Ahlin and discussed bilateral and international policy issues, the ministry reports. […]
Russian warships were observed near the Baltic states four times over the past week, they were accompanied away by NATO fighter-jets. […]
United States troops will stay in Lithuania as long as it takes to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated on 23 November. […]
A slowdown in checks of Lithuanian vehicles at the country’s border with Russia is a matter of concern, Algimantas Kondrusevičius, president of Linava, the Lithuanian road carriers’ association, has said. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius has summoned the Russian ambassador to explain why Lithuanian cars are being blocked at the Russian border. The meeting is expected to take place on Monday, 24 November. […]
On Monday, 24 November, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė goes for a working visit to Ukraine. She will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and attend the seventh session of the Council of Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania and Ukraine, the presidential press service said. […]
A reported uptick in pro-Russian activity in the eastern Latvian region of Latgale highlights Riga’s concerns about Russia, particularly in light of the standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Although the potential for serious pro-Russian separatist activity to materialize is much lower in Latvia than it was in Ukraine, Moscow still represents a threat to Riga, as demonstrated in a Nov. 18 report of Russian military planes flying near Latvian airspace and territorial waters. Because Latvia supports the pro-Western government in Ukraine and is courting a greater security commitment from NATO, Russia will likely maintain pressure on the small but strategic Baltic country through Russian-speaking communities and other means. […]
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