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Netherlands taking over NATO air-policing mission in Lithuania

January 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

Dutch aviators with four F-16 fighter-jets will take over the NATO Baltic air-policing mission conducted from the Šiauliai air base in Lithuania, the Alliance said. […]

Flag raising ceremony on the Geidiminas' castle 2017

What to observe in Lithuanian politics in 2017

January 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania. […]

German PzH2000 shooting for the first time in Lithuania

Lithuanian national security – what awaits in the future

January 2, 2017 LT Daily 0

Processes proceeding far from Lithuania and right by its borders lead to the conclusion that challenges to national security have not disappeared. Today it is hard to predict how things will proceed thus national defence is one of the priorities of national security policy. […]

Lithuanian businesses get loans from Russian banks

January 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania is in the zone of influence of Scandinavian banks, however, Russian banks also have low-key operations in the country and hand out loans to Lithuanian businesses, which Scandinavian-operated local banks are not extremely happy about and warn about risks, Verslo Žinios daily said. […]

Seimas speaker suggests skipping “minor things” in ties with Poland

January 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Monday dismissed the problems of the Polish national minority as something minor, urging the two countries to skip them and “do the most important work, major work.” […]

Lithuanian leaders condemn Istanbul attack

January 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis have condemned the terror attack that claimed a multitude of lives in Istanbul in early hours of 2017. […]

Bruveris. The world in 2025: a continuation of last year’s collapses towards new fires

January 13, 2025 0

The world is becoming smaller, more intertwined, and increasingly fragmented, with many of the previous centres of power continuing to lose their power. This is why all the dangerous and destructive processes that this new […]

Lithuanian politicians react to the Russian attack scenario: what the reports indicate

December 31, 2024 0

On 29 December, the Finnish publication Iltalehti published information from NATO sources on the scenario of an attack on Finland, Norway and the Baltic States rehearsed by Russian forces during one of the exercises, Indrė […]

R. Juknevičienė. About Georgia and Beyond

December 31, 2024 0

Georgia has risen up against the anti-European regime of Bidzina Ivanishvili, Rasa Juknevičienė, Permanent Rapporteur on Georgian Affairs at the European Parliament, writes. What is happening now in Georgia is not just a local dispute […]

The fate of the coalition – in Skvernelis’ hands? A wavering Paluckas opened a window for Žemaitaitis

December 23, 2024 0

Not even a week after the swearing-in of the new Government, the fate of the ruling coalition is already hanging in the balance – Remigijus Žemaitaitis, the leader of Nemuno Aušra, has issued an ultimatum […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]