Kestutis Kupsys, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

NielsenIQ: 3 out of 4 Lithuanians donate to charity but are most affected by extreme situations

April 7, 2021 Kestutis Kupsys 0

Three in four Lithuanians donate to social causes but their priorities are somewhat surprising. According to the data of international market research company NielsenIQ Baltics, people in Lithuania react most sensitively to extreme situations: animal […]

Nerijus Mačiulis. What kind of tax reform does Lithuania need?

April 1, 2021 Kestutis Kupsys 0

The working group on the review of tax benefits, set up by the Ministry of Finance, has already received over 200 proposals from experts, business and the public on what needs a transformation in the […]

Western optimism has turned into months of waiting: sanctions don’t seem to be working for Russia

January 25, 2023 0

Western optimism that sanctions on Russian goods will soon bring Russia to its knees has turned into months of waiting, but the aggressor’s economy has not collapsed, lrytas.lt portal reported. Summer and autumn have passed, […]

Human rights political agenda based on chams, the disappearance of which brings headaches, anxiety, and despair

January 25, 2023 0

A study by researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) (Morkevičius et al., 2022) revealed that the attitudes of political parties towards human rights in Lithuania change with the elections, depending on whether the party […]

In the Lachine Corridor. Geopolitical journeys of a Lithuanian

January 25, 2023 0

The village of Lachin (which the Armenians call Berdzor, by the way) is a kind of symbol of the strife and lawlessness of one of the significant South Caucasian conflicts. It was once home to […]

Let’s take off the rose-tinted glasses before the Vilnius NATO summit: we are vulnerable

January 23, 2023 0

Lithuania will host the NATO summit this summer, but many issues remain unresolved, with six months to go until mid-Summer. Vilnius will be hot, not only because of the summer and July weather but also […]

Prologue on Russia’s past, present and future. Answer to MEP Kubilius’ article

January 20, 2023 0

A response to MEP Andrius Kubilius’ article “Our Russian” psychological complexes‘ by Grigory Amnuel: a film director, producer, publicist and politician. (The article in Russian) Frankly speaking, I wanted to answer, or rather to start […]

Reserve Colonel: “If day x comes, people, we don’t know today will volunteer”

January 19, 2023 0

Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSDK), proposes to appoint a Deputy Minister of National Defence, who would be responsible only for the organisation of civil resistance. During the […]