US Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James
Defence

US Congress ‘should approve missile export to Lithuania’

A recent visit to Lithuania by US Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, during which the Americans pledged to support the formation of a regional air defence architecture by deploying air defence elements in the region for training, underscores Washington‘s commitments to Baltic defence, DELFI reports. […]

Vytautas Gapšys
Politics

MP Gapšys giving up Seimas seat as of Wednesday

Lithuanian MP Vytautas Gapšys of the Labour Party has handed a request to the Central Electoral Commission to terminate his mandate as of August 3.

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Astravyets N-plant
Foreign affairs

Lithuania should appoint politically neutral person for Astravyets N-plant

Lithuania would benefit from appointing a politically neutral person for issues of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus, political scientist Ramunas Vilpišauskas has told the national television LRT. […]

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CORPORATE

Lithuanian politicians ‘using Astravyets nuclear plant for politicking’

Lithuania has no unified position on the nuclear power plant project in Astravyets, say experts and politicians themselves. Safety at the Belarusian plant and import bans on its electricity have become common refrains in party […]