The Kremlin
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Ž. Pavilionis and D.J. Kramer: The folly of dialogue with Kremlin

French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were among the leading figures attending the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, at which they met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader traveled to Vienna this week to meet with Austria’s leadership. And media reports indicate that President Donald Trump is interested in hosting Putin in Washington in the near future. There almost seems to be a race in engaging with Putin, including in Lithuania. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
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Kęstutis Girnius. Citizenship and other referenda

For a time now, discussions have continued for arranging a referendum on dual citizenship, changing a Constitutional article, which specifies that “except legally specified exceptions, no one can be both a citizen of the Lithuanian […]

Kęstutis Girnius
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Kęstutis Girnius. The CIA and the VSD

World media rarely pays particular attention to Lithuania. Last week was an exception, but it was neither a reason to celebrate, nor to be proud. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that secret […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Dalia Grybauskaitė
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L. Bielinis on NSGK investigation: we are witnessing just the start of a conflict

The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) parliamentary investigation and the accompanying “Farmer” and Conservative urgings to take up deeper analysis only show that this is simply the first stage of a conflict between […]