Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad
Defence

Antanaitis: ‘The Russians will want to test us’

“First of all, these exercises are intended to demonstrate their power. The Russians are beginning to appear to the world and NATO as a weak link, a weak state. The Russians need to flex their […]

Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Gintautas Paluckas
Politics

After Paluckas’ resignation – political scientists’ verdict: what next?

Lithuania is left without a prime minister – on Thursday, scandal-ridden Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas finally resigned, Agnė Liubertaitė states in lrytas. Political scientists say that this decision is essentially a good one, albeit belated. […]

Foreign affairs

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Presidential palace
Politics

Ignas Vėgėlė and why his family’s business denies what it previously took pride in

Attorney Ignas Vėgėlė gained fame during the quarantine period as the Chairman of the Bar Association, giving a speech against restrictions on human rights, Eglė Samoškaitė states in TV3.lt This individual was not well-known in […]