Ramunas Vilpisauskas, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Vilpišauskas. Can the EU survive without US support?

February 3, 2017 Ramunas Vilpisauskas 0

The European Union (EU) has been trying to cope with several crises at once for a time now. The Eurozone crisis that began seven years ago is still unresolved and Greek issues could soon return […]

Vilpišauskas. A look at the leading parties‘ EU policies

October 10, 2016 Ramunas Vilpisauskas 0

Public surveys shows (the text in Lithuanian was published on October 3) that there are three parties that have the biggest chance to form the leading coalition: the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), the […]

MEP Kubilius: Will ‘helicopters’ bring to Lithuanian business a ‘quarantine package’?

April 5, 2020 0

Everybody understands that an economic downturn will follow the pandemic. Economic forecasts that started as relatively mild ones now often turn towards apocalyptical. No one is surprised by the Bank of Lithuania‘s reevaluation of its […]

With COVID-19 shaking up markets, farmers are advised to sell part of their harvest at higher prices

April 1, 2020 0

With COVID-19 slowing the global economy, investors are beginning to turn to classes of property that are currently more stable, this including grain, Agrorodeo general manager Robertas Lapinskas wrote. Seeking to ensure sufficient financial flows […]

Strong start for the grain sector this year, COVID-19 becomes a variable

April 1, 2020 0

For Lithuania, which essentially grows grain for export and only consumes a small portion of it domestically, 2020 began favourably. The winter was warm and mild, and the plentiful as never before winter crops were […]

Rasa Juknevičienė: COVID-19 lessons learned

March 26, 2020 0

‘Lessons learned’, as they say in the army. When I held the office of Minister of Defence of Lithuania, along with the commanders and other military representatives, we always discussed and outlined what lessons had […]

The French President’ Munich 1938

March 25, 2020 0

In the tradition of European historical memory of the 20th century, the mention of Munich reminds us of the 1938 agreements between Germany, France, and Britain on the future of Czechoslovakia. It is symbolic that […]

How to avoid fake news about Coronavirus

March 25, 2020 0

At the moment, in addition to official information about coronavirus, the situation in Lithuania and in the world, fake news is spreading. How can you distinguish which information is true and which is fake? How […]