Tomas Dapkus, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Tomas Dapkus. The roots of the Justice Ministry scandal

March 7, 2018 Tomas Dapkus 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ first days back from holidays were much hotter than the Spanish sun. Vice Minister of Justice Raimondas Bakšys resigned on Monday. This was a publically expressed ultimatum-like desire from S. Skvernelis’ […]

‘We in the US think that migrants are a source of strength, not a threat’

May 19, 2016 Tomas Dapkus 0

Refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East is not a problem just for Europe to solve, says US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Benjamin G. Ziff. […]

US sanctions policy coordinator Daniel Fried: Russia seems to be digging itself deeper in the hole

August 23, 2014 Tomas Dapkus 0

Daniel Fried, coordinator for sanctions policy at the US State Department, says that it will take time before the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and the European Union begin showing tangible results, but they undoubtedly will. […]

Ukrainian says his truck carried BUK rockets that downed MH17

August 1, 2014 Tomas Dapkus 0

More and more evidence points to the fact that Kremlin-supported terrorists shot down the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. Alfa.lt has interviewed the owner of the trailer-truck that allegedly transport BUK rockets, one of which downed the MH17 flight, from Ukraine. […]

Nausėda’s promise remembered after surprising decisions by the Presidential Palace

February 24, 2021 0

With President Gitanas Nausėda refusing to appoint former ministers, who held significant public trusts, to ambassador positions, experts note that the president has already promised some of the pledges that accompanied him into the elections […]

Lithuanian startup disrupts healthtech industry with a therapeutic device and a habit tracking app

February 24, 2021 0

More than 4% of people around the world over the age of 40 suffer from essential tremor causing involuntary hand shaking. A Lithuanian healthtech and the medical technology startup “Vilimed”, located in Kaunas Science and […]

LATO invites to lecture “EU Strategic Compass: Will It Lead to Strategic Autonomy?”

February 23, 2021 0

Latvian Transatlantic Organisation invites you to join Airis Rikveilis, National Expert in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission, in his lecture “EU Strategic Compass: Will It Lead to Strategic Autonomy?”, which will be taking place […]

Laurinkus. The decisions on Belarus are important and support for Navalny is a risky exam for Lithuania

February 22, 2021 0

Good news for Lithuanian foreign policy – President G. Nausėda seeks for a Belarus strategy to be created. We have not had one before, it’s not clear we will ever get one, but the intentions […]

B-Bus – lack of a unified vision for public transport in Lithuania creates chaos

February 18, 2021 0

After the collapse of the Soviet regime, the Lithuanian passenger transport sector fell into stagnation and still hasn’t recovered: the market is fractured and passenger transport development has ground to a halt. This situation is […]

Brexit and Lithuania: some decisions could lead to significant success, but it is also related to major risks

February 18, 2021 0

The worst-case scenario has been avoided, but at least in the near future, there will be little good news. This is how the EU-UK economic Brexit agreement could be described, lrytas.lt announced. While there is […]