Russia's Ambassador A. Udaltsov at the monument to the Lithuanian freedom fighters
CORPORATE

Bizzare Russian Embassy behaviour left Lithuanians puzzled: it’s the 1st time they’ve acted this way

The majority of Russians celebrate May 9th which is a Victory day: Moscow is shaken by a massive military parade and crowds of people go to the cemetery to lay flowers on military graves of […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President vows support to non-Lithuanian names in passports with green light from watchdog

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she will support the proposals to allow non-Lithuanian characters of the Latin alphabet on the main page of personal documents, if a green light is received form the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]

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Defence

Russian fake news seeks to generate Baltic opposition to NATO presence

Russian media outlets in Moscow and in the Baltic countries have stepped up their efforts to generate opposition among Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). These media sources have been putting out fake news stories suggesting that NATO was recruiting Russian speakers, especially in Latvia, to use “as guinea pigs” to test new “physical, biological and other techniques.” The goal of such “experimentation” is purportedly to prepare the Balts to help the Western alliance invade the Russian Federation. […]

Remigijus Šimašius in action
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Mayor Šimašius is not a leader but a caretaker

The mayors, who were elected during direct elections have already begun the second part of third term in office, as well as Remigijus Šimašius, who is the mayor of the capital and a Liberal. In […]

Nord Stream
Economy

Baltic countries: Nord Stream 2 is a political project

The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries and Poland reiterated on Monday that the planned second Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is a political project and underlined their opposition to the project. […]