Vytautas Vigelis
Politics

Lithuania’s deputy culture minister steps down

On Tuesday, the recently and controversially appointed Deputy Minister of Culture Vytautas Vigelis announced about his resignation. […]

Vilnius Airport
Economy

Vilnius airport to be handed to private entrepreneurs

According to Lithuania’s Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Arijandas Šliupas, the ministry is currently intensively working on the concession project of the country’s airports: it is expected to give them to entrepreneurs already next year. This, in the opinion of the deputy minister, will increase revenue to the state budget. […]

State Security Department
Defence
No Picture
Opinion

Opinion: Information security – new challenges and Georgia

By one of its definitions, hybrid war involves classical military actions as well as undermining activities, energy, economic and finance warfare and, most importantly, information warfare. This is the kind of hybrid war that Russian Federation is waging against Ukraine. However, in one of his articles, the Russian expert, Andrey Ilarionov mentioned, that rather from being just a conflict between two countries, the war between Russia and Ukraine is a full-scale confrontation between the West and Russia. Unfortunately, Georgia found itself on the front line of this fierce confrontation between civilizations and has hence become one of the hotspots of information warfare. […]

Heidi Tagliavini
Opinion

Opinion: Spark of hope that Russia’s aggression will not pass this time

The German daily Berliner Zeitung was the first one to report about the resignation of Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini as OSCE special envoy in Ukraine and OSCE representative at the Minsk peace talks. This lady made her name in political and diplomatic quarters when the international commission she led published a report on the 2008 Georgian-Russian war. Her departure gives one hope that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will not be given a Tagliavini treatment. […]

Alexei Navalny
Uncategorized

Kremlin rejects reports of banning state officials to mention Navalny’s name

The Kremlin has not set any rules or issued any oral recommendations prohibiting state officials or the heads of state companies to mention the name of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. […]

No Picture
Defence

Lithuania’s Navy gets new commander

The Lithuanian Navy‘s warship fleet in Klaipėda on Monday hosted the changeover ceremony of the commander of the Navy – Fleet Admiral Kęstutis Macijauskas was replaced by Naval Captain Arūnas Mockus. […]