Iskander
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian PM sees US pressure on Russia over nuclear weapons treaty as effective

The United States‘ threat to pull out of a bilateral treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles was a necessary step to warn Russia to respect the terms of the pact, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday. […]

Dainava district partisans. Winter 1945-1946
Cyber security

Lithuanian freedom fighters in Russian propaganda: why does the Kremlin care?

Historical falsification, fact distortion, and tendentious interpretation are commonly employed as informational pressure tools to spread negative narratives among the neighboring states, to discourage citizens’ faith in their state, to weaken the will to resist the aggressor, to instill doubt about the country’s past, its historically important people. Below, Auksė Ūsienė, the senior specialist at the Strategic Communications department of the Lithuanian military explains why Lithuanian partisans often become targets of the Kremlin’s propaganda. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Politics

PM says child rights protection service ‘overdid things’

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says children’s rights protection officials “overdid things” in dealing with a situation in Kaunas where two young children were taken away from their parents over violence suspicions. […]

Lithuania's National Stand at SIAL in Paris
Economy

Lithuanian Food Exporters Present at SIAL

The love for food was the recurring theme for 5 days at SIAL in Paris, one of the largest in the world fairs that closes its doors on Thursday. 39 Lithuanian Food Exporters have a stand on SIAL, a gigantic biannual food fair, the largest in France, and a meeting place for more than 180,000 visiting 7200 companies from 119 countries on 250,000 m² of exhibition space (25 times Litexpo!). […]

Vilnius metro mockup
Politics

President sends law on metro back to parliament

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed a law on metro and sent it back to the parliament for improvement. […]

Davos 2015
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president receives WEF invitation

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been invited to the next year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, which will take place in January. […]