Recently, I was asked by radio journalist Aurimas Perednis what I thought about the issue of illegal migrants flooding the…
The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia's 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed…
The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia's 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed…
On 8 May, Lithuania is joining Europe in commemorating victory over Nazism. Russia celebrates its own Victory Day on 9…
Nobody takes much notice when the leader of any Western country stays out of the public eye for a period…
On 26 March, fifteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was elected the president of Russia. The moment coincided with the start…
On 26 March, fifteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was elected the president of Russia. The moment coincided with the start…
Can we speak about our former enemies and talk to them, or shall we keep the distance, ignore and insist…
Lithuanian readers have been recently presented with a book by American journalist Gregory Feifer, Russians: The People behind the Power.…
Arvid Bryne is a well-known Norwegian journalist and author and one of the best friends Lithuania has in Norway. A…
This January, the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre organized a big two-day international event for experts, politicians and intellectuals. The…
This January, the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre organized a big two-day international event for experts, politicians and intellectuals. The…
This January, the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre organized another big two-day international event for experts, politicians and intellectuals. The…
The Merchants' Guild building on Gedimino Avenue in central Vilnius hosted a conference in late November 2013 which featured Ukraine's…
The first day of this year is the first day of Lithuania with the euro. It is an unavoidable fact,…
As the saying goes, a pessimist is just a well-informed optimist. Russia's president is able to get any kind of…
In the ideological part of his annual address, Vladimir Putin explained how spiritual Russia was and that it would never…
This year Vladimir Putin's annual address received particularly much attention: the leader of an aggressive state with declining economy was…
The new Ukrainian Government has been appointed one year after the Euromaidan revolution began in Kyiv. In November 2013, those…
A small episode recently has shown that Russian President Vladimir Putin feels like he is a know-it-all who can ignore…