Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

MEP Kubilius. Can Ukraine join the European Union this year?

March 1, 2022 Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia 0

Ukraine is fighting a brutal war. A war started by a madman who is scared that Ukraine, having chosen and defended its European integration course back on the Maidan in 2014, can become a successful, […]

Kubilius: When will we stop buying tanks for Putin?

February 28, 2022 Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia 0

The Ukrainians are winning hard battles. In three days, they smashed 146 Russian tanks and a lot of other military equipment. The West is waking up: it has started supplying arms. The German chancellor gave […]

Ukrainian journalist: Putin has signed his death warrant

February 28, 2022 Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia 0

I keep in touch with my Ukrainian journalist colleagues, whom I had the honour to meet in Kyiv in September 2021. Here is a letter from journalist Lyudmila Makey from Kirovohrad in Ukraine, who is […]

Gazprom and green deal: who will win? Gazprom is manipulating the deliveries of gas to European markets. Why?

February 3, 2022 Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia 0

Until the end of 2021, Gazprom was considered a reliable supplier of gas to Europe, or at least to the markets of Western Europe. That allowed Gazprom to become a dominant exporter of gas to […]

Assessing Lukashenko’s strategy: a plan to retire him instead of the gallows

February 1, 2022 Andrius Kubilius MEP Standing Rapporteur on Russia 0

While Belarusian dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenko threatens that the Baltic states will lose their statehood if the escalating tensions between the West and Russia and its ally Minsk escalate into war, political experts note that Belarus […]

Message from the President’s Office to Paluckas on Žemaitaitis

February 12, 2025 0

While Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas does not take issue with the statements made by the leader of the Nemuno Aušra, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, the President’s Chief Advisor, Frederikas Jansonas, takes a different position. According to him, […]

Surprised by what’s happening in Lithuania: this is what makes us stand out in the EU

January 30, 2025 0

Lithuanian economists are surprised to see our country’s economic growth: the Estonian economy has been in recession for two years, Latvia’s has been stagnating, and Lithuania’s has been booming. Consumer confidence in Lithuania stands out […]

Will the coalition shut the door on Žemaitaitis?

January 30, 2025 0

“The fate of Nemuno Aušra (Dawn of Nemunas) in the coalition has been decided; they will be removed – the coalition will not be able to endure for long this rhetoric and these things, which […]

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 […]