Dovile Jakniunaite, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

No Good End in Sight: The Crumbling Iran Nuclear Deal

February 18, 2019 Dovile Jakniunaite 0

In May of 2018, United States President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), colloquially known as the Iran nuclear deal. This deal was one of Barack Obama’s biggest achievements in international politics, with many experts and policy actors widely endorsing and backing the agreement. Thus, Trump’s decision, although not totally unexpected, was met with disapproval not only in Iran, but also by other parties to the agreement, including Germany, U.K, France, Russia, and China. The U.S. withdrawal raises a lot of questions about the future of Iran, nuclear non-proliferation, as well as regional and international security. […]

Opinion: A new test from Russia

July 17, 2015 Dovile Jakniunaite 0

A couple of days ago, on 10 July, news came that two new border signs sprang up in Georgia, declaring that here begins the “border of South Ossetia“. One of the signs moved about 300 metres from its original position into the zone controlled by Tbilisi, the other sign progressed forwards by about a kilometre. The new marking took away about ten hectares of territory from Georgia. […]

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Opinion: Lithuanian foreign policy – loud, but narrow and negative

January 6, 2015 Dovile Jakniunaite 0

What could we say about Lithuanian foreign policy last year? Most would likely agree that it was visible, audible and active. These words define the form very well, but what could we say about the content? […]

Videos are already being made to lure Africans to Lithuania

July 23, 2024 0

The number of foreigners working in Lithuania is increasing. Videos have even been produced inviting Africans to work in Lithuania. Job search websites are full of job offers for foreigners that would put many Lithuanians […]

Bank of Lithuania: we are witnessing a turning point

July 8, 2024 0

Lithuanians are the least likely to feel inflationary pressures and interest rate increases and the most confident that salaries will rise in the coming years, according to a survey initiated by Citadele Bank in the […]

Citus Experts: The Housing market hasn’t gone on summer vacation yet. The most active half-year in two years and improving affordability

July 8, 2024 0

Based on the preliminary data of analysts of Citus, a creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company, 222 transactions were carried out in the primary housing market of Vilnius in June and 668 in […]

Citus experts: 10,000 people are waiting for the Euribor rate to decrease. Housing market scenarios

June 28, 2024 0

At the beginning of June, the European Central Bank announced a 25-basis point (0.25%) reduction in the Euribor base rate. Analysts at the creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company Citus calculate that housing […]

Neither Blinkevičiūtė nor Karbauskis wants to become Prime Ministers: they explained why

June 28, 2024 0

They want to win the parliamentary elections but do not want to become Prime Ministers. Both Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, the Chairwoman of the Social Democrats, and Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Peasants, do not answer […]

Citus presents the project Ežero Takais by CITUS – construction and sales are commencing in a small-scale and cosy development in an attractive location in Vilnius

June 5, 2024 0

In the first days of June in Vilnius, Sidaronių Street, beside one of the largest Buivydiškės ponds, creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company Citus is starting project Ežero Takais by CITUS. The sales […]