The Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto spoke to the Lithuania Tribune just after meeting Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leading contender at the Belarusian Presidential elections on August 9. We talked about this meeting, about […]
Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Deputy Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, addressed Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and National Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis, proposing to establish a strategic partnership with the United States in […]
When the Baltic and Polish Foreign Ministers met in Vilnius, they welcomed the success of the fight against the coronavirus. However, disagreements have arisen over their views toward the Astravyets nuclear power plant, Vilmantas Venckūnas […]
We discussed this issue with the like-minded earlier, even before the pandemic, which seems to have frozen all other political topics for a while. However, the problem still remains unsolved and, therefore, today, in the […]
Until quite recently, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Belarusian Health Minister Vladimir Karanik have been inviting the public to ward off the COVID-19 virus by playing hockey, drinking vodka and spreading love. Such an attitude […]
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 […]
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. […]
Lithuanian news media was left surprised with V. Putin’s ratings in a sociological survey being almost equal to D. Trump’s. The two politicians, who make appearances in the world’s information space every day, received positive […]
We received an interesting request a few weeks ago. At first glance, it was nothing bad, but on a more thorough look – Kremlin propaganda tried to covertly sneak into the heart of Vilnius, the […]
Political scientists and analysts praise the Polish ethnic minority as the most civic-minded electorate. Representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Union are constantly in majority coalitions. That said, lately, […]
With a thaw happening, geopolitics ever more courageously is making its way into the discussion arena. The global balance of power and its influence over Lithuania seemed a waste of time to discuss for almost […]
There are two lines of thinking among the politicians in the EU on relations with Russia. There have always been those who call for – maintaining, restarting, refreshing – a dialogue with the current leadership […]
The Lithuania Tribune team spoke to Edward Lucas at the Riga Conference on 12 October. We spoke about French President Macron’s Reset initiatives with Russia, Lithuanian energy security politics and Astravyets, Georgia and Ukraine. Read […]
We did not stop the building of the first block of the Astravyets nuclear power plant since we were arguing over who was guiltier instead of actually doing something about it. Maybe we could stop […]
Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the EPP Lithuanian delegation expresses concern with recent developments in Georgia, when the constitutional amendment on the transition to a proportional electoral system was rejected in the […]
Following a decade of no foreign policy-related disputes, currently, we are increasingly hearing unexpected things. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) unexpectedly started criticizing the Foreign Affairs Minister L. Linkevičius, who during the […]
During a visit to Minsk, US Deputy Secretary of State D. Hale announced that after a break of 11 years, the countries will once again be represented at the level of ambassadors. The US embassy […]
“The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where the darkest shadows lie. Our duty is to always and everywhere bring more light,” President Gitanas Nausėda said at the annual Valdas Adamkus Conference […]
After almost twenty years of the voluntary political elite (with small exceptions), and sadly a considerable part of the journalists, being confined and avoiding discussions about Lithuanian foreign policy, some have started to suggest reconsidering […]
The relations of Lithuania and Poland are like those of friends turned enemies and once more back to friends. The road taken by Poland and Lithuania together has seen all sort of things. Experts contacted […]
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