After NATO showed a short film over social media about the “Forest Brothers” – the partisans in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia who resisted the Soviet occupation of Baltic States – Moscow reacted in official capacity. […]
Next year Russia will hold presidential elections. But there are some problems. First of all, Russia is not a democratic state. In “Freedom House” rankings it belongs to the “not free” countries category. In 2017 the country received an evaluation of only 20 points from 100. It means, that in the short-term we should not expect free and democratic elections in Russia. […]
Could the Seimas Committee of Culture and “Farmer” group prefect Ramūnas Karbauskis be forced out of all important posts due to a scandal that began last week due to his meeting with former member of […]
Upon the conclusion of the Seimas spring session and with the Farmer and Greens Union leader once again embroiled in yet another scandal, one can already clearly conclude – the reforms, if they happen at […]
During the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union congress and council meeting to be held in Naisiai, Šiauliai region on Saturday, several members of the council intend to urge party leader Ramūnas Karbauskis to answer questions […]
“This move is just a small detail, but it displayed that when the time comes we can mobilise over ten thousand people. After all one of the lines of Russian propaganda is that Lithuanians, if […]
From July 11 to July 22, the Šiauliai district will host a training exercise for which the USA will deploy its long range anti-aircraft defence system Patriot. The deployment of Patriot missiles in Lithuania were […]
While the cities were drowning from rain, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the Farmer Greens were trying to save their drowning positions from the political river. He succeeded, though he was forced to stand upside […]
They could take it when we were accepted into NATO and even when Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė described Russia as a terrorist, the reaction was less hysterical. Things were very different with the release of […]
“Personally I am sceptical. I tried talking, sitting down at one table, but I see less and less common vision and consensus in our diverged opinions. This political season’s end was the culmination. When you […]
On July 14 the Vilnius Airport will begin its runway reconstruction which will last 35 days. If all planned work is completed earlier, the airport will still reopen as planned – on August 18, the […]
The real campaigning for the presidential elections will begin and the main candidates to the post of president will only really appear with 3-4 months left to the elections says political scientist Vincentas Vobolevičius and […]
Having overcome the somewhat extended Seimas spring session, members of Seimas evaluate the work accomplished ambiguously. The majority “Farmers” take pride in counting passed legislation, which is to supposedly deal with various “weeds”, while the […]
“We see the Social Democrats as being in a very convenient situation – being in the coalition, not voting for strategic reform, occupying the posts of ministers and committee chairmen, using all the privileges, but […]
I have written a short Facebook comment in Lithuanian regarding the latest meltdown within the local liberal circles, but this story is worth expanding on. The gist of the matter is that Remigijus Šimašius, the […]
Today marks eight years of President Dalia Grybauskaitė in the post of head of state. In recent years of her second term she continued to adhere to her style and methods of work – criticizing […]
In March 2016, Ms. Merkel and Mr. Erdogan reached an agreement on refugees, which would eventually involve all of Europe. Countless refugees, namely Syrians, were trying to reach Europe and in particular Germany, where public opinion slowly started to show signs of opposition to their reception. […]
Having spoken up about plans to renegotiate the agreement with the “Farmers” in autumn, Lithuanian Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas continues to raise tensions. “We are moving from words to deliberations on procedures to terminate […]
There are often complaints that Lithuanian political parties do not renew themselves, the same politicians keep getting re-elected to Seimas, youth or new faces, who have fresh ideas, are not allowed in. These complaints have […]
“Emotionally both sides had the aim to show that relations can be constructive, that there is room for cooperation. Russia distributed information that the talks lasted four times longer than planned, which displays Russia’s importance. […]
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