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European Union
Lithuania’s European commissioner nominee tipped for health portfolio
The European Commission has completed the list of proposed new EU commissioners, EUObserver.com reports. With enough women to meet the requirements of the European Parliament, it can approve the new 28-member team headed by Jean-Claude Juncker. […]
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NATO to offer comprehensive support to Ukraine
NATO has established “a comprehensive and tailored package of measures” to help Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday during the NATO summit in Wales. […]
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What Angela Merkel doesn’t say about NATO-Russia agreement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated on several occasions that stationing permanent NATO forces in Eastern Europe would be in breach of the 1997 NATO-Russia agreement. However, legal expert Erika Leonaitė, a lecturer at the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University, says the reality is more complicated than that. […]
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France halts Mistral warship delivery to Russia
France has announced it stops the delivery of first of two Mistral assault navy ships to Russia, because the conditions are “not right”, the BBC reports. […]
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Lithuanian observer unpacks Obama’s statements in Tallinn: nothing new
Even though US President Barack Obama has expressed strong support for the Baltic States in Tallinn, Lithuanian observers say his statements were cautious enough to leave open door for a dialogue with Moscow. […]
Society
DELFI subjected to cyber attacks
The news portal DELFI was subjected to cyber attacks on Wednesday, on the day that US President Barack Obama arrived in the Baltics to send a strong message to Moscow. […]
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Kiev and Moscow agree on “ceasefire process” in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko announced on Wednesday he agreed with Russia‘s Vladimir Putin on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. However, he later modified his statement to say that Kiev and Moscow merely agreed on a process to end fighting. […]
Defence
Will Obama’s Tallinn visit be enough to deter Putin?
In diplomacy speak, US president Barack Obama‘s visit to Tallinn means a warning to Russia to keep her hands off the Baltic States. […]
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Barack Obama to arrive in Tallinn Wednesday morning
Even though US President Barack Obama was to arrive in Tallinn Tuesday night and spend a night there, the presidential jet will land in Estonia only on Wednesday morning, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
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Zbigniew Brzezinski: Baltics will come next after Ukraine
Zbigniew Brzezinski, an influential Polish-American political analyst and former US presidential adviser under President Jimmy Carter, says that after Russia is done with Ukraine, it might turn its gaze towards the Baltic nations. […]
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Comparing 1939 and 2014: Is this already war?
Seventy-five years ago this week, people in Europe and most of the world woke up to ominous newspaper headlines: “German Army Attacks Poland; Cities Bombed, Port Blocked; Danzig is Accepted into Reich”, “War! Nazi Bombs Rain on Polish Cities”. This was the start of the Second World War. […]
Energy
China geologists interested in Lithuanian shale resources
A meeting with petroleum geology research institutes from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Sinopec Exploration and Production Research Institute and Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, was held in the Lithuanian Geological Survey. […]
Defence
Barack Obama to send strong message to Putin from Tallinn and Wales
US President Barack Obama is visiting Estonia and attending a NATO summit in Wales this week. While in Europe, he is to send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning him against incursions into Ukraine laying his hands on the Baltic States. […]
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Estonia: Russia should admit it’s party to the war in Ukraine
Russia should admit that it is directly taking part of the conflict in East Ukraine, Urmas Paet, the Estonian Foreign Minister, said Thursday. […]
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Foreign affairs
Valdas Adamkus: The only person I had no luck with was Vladimir Putin
Former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus expresses his disappointment about the estranged relationship with Poland, and the demands of the Polish minority. He also shares insights and memories about his own personal relations with state leaders he worked with during his presidency, while appreciating a bold yet risky stance of Lithuania’s current leadership during the Russia–Ukraine conflict. […]