Timothy Snyder, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Opinion: To understand Putin, read Orwell

September 6, 2014 Timothy Snyder 0

Anyone who wants to understand the current Russian position on Ukraine would do well to begin with George Orwell’s classic, 1984, writes Timothy Snyder, Housum professor of History at Yale University, for the Politico. […]

Startup hub ROCKIT: 2021 will be great for green startups in Lithuania

January 25, 2021 0

Despite placing a more considerable emphasis on sustainability and becoming Europe’s leader in plastic packaging recycling in recent years, Lithuania remains a below-average performer on the EU Eco-Innovation Scoreboard (ranking 22 out of 28). To […]

Seimas approved the priorities for international co-operation of the Seimas

January 22, 2021 0

At its Wednesday, January 20 meeting, the Board of the Seimas approved the List of Long-term Priorities for International Cooperation of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. ‘The direction of Lithuania’s international co-operation remains […]

Foreign Policy Coordination Council discussed key objectives in 2021 foreign policy

January 15, 2021 0

President Gitanas Nausėda convened a meeting of the Foreign Policy Coordination Council to discuss key priorities and objectives in foreign policy in 2021, the President‘s Communication Group wrote in a press release. “We are a […]

Crisis management: aim high, act fast and keep the lights on

January 12, 2021 0

A few weeks ago, some of the participants at the new cabinet’s meeting must have been overtaken by a sense of déjà vu. It was a similarly urgent meeting in the weekend that the previous […]

Seimas to promote close bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the US

January 7, 2021 0

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted a Resolution thereby committing to consolidate the strategic partnership between Lithuania and the US in the field of defence, seek the permanent presence of US troops in Lithuania, promote […]

Nerijus Mačiulis. Five key accents of the new Lithuania’s government programme

December 31, 2020 0

For whom and what does the new Lithuania’s government programme promise? Across the 118 pages long programme, anyone could find accents of relevance to themselves – optimists can celebrate every page, while pessimists, as the […]