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Lithuanian president extends condolences over shooting in Paris

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has extended condolences to President of France Francois Hollande over the tragic attack against a Paris-based magazine in which dozens of people were killed. […]

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Lithuania comes to the middle of its term at UN Security Council

Lithuania has reached the half-point in its two-year membership in the United Nations (UN) Security Council. Throughout 2014, the Lithuanian delegation mostly focused on the conflict in Ukraine, the rule of law, protection of civilians in armed conflicts, reinforcement of UN cooperation with the European Union (EU) and proper implementation of the Security Council’s decisions on sanctions, the Foreign Ministry has said. […]

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Russia’s information warfare in the Baltic states (II)

The Russian state’s control of Russian media is well known and thus, it is not surprising that the Russian media had often been used as Moscow’s tool abroad. The prevalence of the Russian language and the sizeable Russian minorities in Estonia and Latvia facilitate receptiveness to Russian language media. […]

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Lithuanian president rejects invitation to Moscow WWII event

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has received an invitation from Russia to attend festivities to mark 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazi Germany but will not attend the events in Moscow next year. […]