Vytautas Bakas
CORPORATE

We will all find out on Wednesday: influence on politicians was very refined

The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) is finalising its conclusions in the investigation of business influence on politics. They are to be presented to the public with most names included on Wednesday. “The […]

Andrius Kubilius
CORPORATE

Andrius Kubilius. Strategy for the protection of democracy against hybrid threats

1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]

Vilnius
Foreign affairs

Lithuania hosts 16+1 forum of China-CEE agriculture ministers

Vilnius is hosting on Friday a forum of agriculture ministers from China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries, marking the first-ever meeting within the 16+1 framework in Lithuania. […]

Arvydas Sekmokas
Energy

Lithuanian ex-energmin: Gazprom to keep its dominance if Nord Stream 2 is built

The binding obligations imposed by the European Commission on Gazprom to prevent its dominance in Central and Eastern Europe will prove pointless if a second Nord Stream gas pipeline is built, Arvydas Sekmokas, a former Lithuanian energy minister, said on Thursday. […]