Zivile Kropaite, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania grapples with homophobia

June 25, 2015 Zivile Kropaite 0

Lithuania has recently started discussing its attitudes towards homosexuality, in what remains a novelty for a country ranked among the most homophobic in the EU. […]

Lithuania creates precedent in EU by banning Russian TV station

April 10, 2015 Zivile Kropaite 0

Lithuania’s media watchdog has blocked broadcasts by Russian TV channel RTR Planeta on grounds of inciting hatred over Ukraine. […]

Russia’s information war in Lithuania growing in intensity

October 7, 2014 Zivile Kropaite 0

It is hard to find anyone in Lithuania who does not believe that Russia‘s propaganda campaigns in the Baltic EU member state have been growing in intensity. […]

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 […]

Kojala about forgotten attention for Ukraine’s situation: this should concern us

March 25, 2020 0

Lithuanian representatives returned from the annual Munich Security Conference in a poor mood. China’s threat was emphasised, while the question of Russian aggression was either circumvented or sounded like calls to improve relations with Moscow. […]