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Foreign Policy and Michael Carpenter in detail about the Marshal Plan for Ukraine

As part of its article dedicated to the Marshal Plan for Ukraine, which was initiated by us, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail cites an article by Michael Carpenter, Adviser to former US Vice President Joe Biden, where he praises our initiative. I was thus impelled to get a hold of the entire article by Carpenter. The article was published in the final issue of Foreign Policy, one of the most influential magazines worldwide and one that is most widely read by foreign policy experts. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
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Kęstutis Girnius. Challenges to the president‘s rulership

So far President Dalia Grybauskaitė would set the outlines of foreign policy herself, on rare occasions consulting the cabinet. From the very first days of her presidency she allowed everyone to understand that it will […]

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Lithuania – new destination for UK financial institutions loosing “passporting rights” after BREXIT

As it is almost clear that that UK banks, investment managers, payment service providers and other financial institutions will lose their “passporting rights” to do business in the European Union, Lithuania competes in attracting international financial companies leaving the UK. The Northern country uses the opportunity to become the forefront of financial technologies in the region and there are many reasons to believe about this success. An attractive legal and technological environment, business minded and advanced supervisory authority open to financial market innovations, qualified and competitive workforce, opportunities to operate across the EU basing from Lithuania – that‘s what put Lithuania to one of the best places on the global FinTech map already now. […]

Indrė Makaraitytė
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Indrė Makaraitytė. Is Skvernelis “labouring” for Lithuania or simply buying the voters’ love?

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is laughing again. He is laughing at the doctors who got on the plane with empty suitcases because they, those fools, fail to realise that politicians are aiming at them. The […]

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Virginijus Savukynas. Whose capital is Jerusalem?

When speaking international politics, most will say that in it what matters most is pure naked interests. It is true, however we should not disregard values either. After all we know who the aggressor is […]

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Certain political powers in Lithuania are playing and will continue to play the Russian card

Can the coming year bring change to the EU and Lithuanian relations with Moscow? Are we right to say that the threat posed by Russia is the most relevant? Lietuvos Žinios discussed these and other […]