One year ago on June 18, Lithuania’s Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė raised her hand at the UN Security Council in New York to vote for a resolution strongly condemning military attacks against schools. The resolution also encouraged all countries to “take concrete measures” to deter the military use of schools by armed forces and armed groups in contravention of international law. […]
Few Lithuanian employers would we willing to hire refugees. Reluctance to deal with unfamiliar working cultures and differing attitudes towards work is one of the reasons, but companies that have experience of hiring migrant workers say Lithuania needs to open up its labour market to make up for the shortage of skills at home. […]
From the 9th to the 13th centuries, the present-day Lithuanian Baltic coast was inhabited by the Curonians, a Baltic tribe that inspired respectful fear even in the Scandinavians. Unfortunately, the Curonians did not found a state and were forced to recognise the rule of the Teutonic Order. Life by the sea was never calm. […]
In three weeks, British citizens are voting on whether to remain in the European Union. The results of the referendum are hard to predict with any certainty, but one thing is clear – Brexit would be most painful for the United Kingdom itself and the country’s economy. The situation of expat Lithuanians would also be inevitably affected. […]
Is the West misreading Russian President Vladimir Putin? Brookings Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the United States and Europe Fiona Hill sets the record straight in a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. […]
Judging by the reactions of parties’ chairmen and their members to the cronyism and corruption scandals rocking Lithuania’s political parties, the leaders of Lithuania’s “classical” political parties – the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Social Democrats and the Liberal Movement – are rife with Trumpism, argues political observer Arkadijus Vinokuras. […]
Unlike in the Cold War, the current Russia–United States confrontation is asymmetrical, which carries different dangers. Cooperation will remain limited and Barack Obama’s successor will most likely take a harsher stance on Russia. […]
The Lithuanian Tatar community is the oldest ethnic group living in Lithuania, having settled in the country when it was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. They have had a profound influence on Lithuania’s history, language and food. […]
One of the most important and anticipated events in the retail market in Lithuania is the opening of Lidl’s first chain of stores – some expect that Lidl will change the grocery retailing landscape in Lithuania completely but is Lidl really such a threat to the leading grocery retailers in Lithuania? […]
A bank account with €2,500 in it, a couple of weeks (or even days), some straightforward paperwork and there it is – a brand new company. […]
Vladimir Putin’s decision to pardon Nadezhda Savchenko was a purely pragmatic one. Left with no viable alternatives to freeing the Ukrainian pilot, Putin was forced to make a concession that may not sit well with the Russian population, which has come to see Savchenko as a symbol of the “Kiev junta.” […]
When NATO leaders gather in Warsaw on July 8 to 9, they will announce steps to beef up the alliance’s conventional force presence on its eastern flank. NATO also will shortly announce that the SM-3 missile defense site in Romania has achieved operational status. These moves will spur the Kremlin, with some fanfare, to announce military “countermeasures.” But those will be steps that Moscow almost certainly intends to take in any case. […]
Historical sources document medieval Lithuanian tribes to have been not just victims of crusader attacks but expansionists and pillagers in their own right, fierce warriors whose might terrorized their neighbours, including fellow Balts, and forged empires. […]
Lithuania’s parliament recently added a new amendment to the Alcohol Control Law, which, from November 2016, will prohibit retailers from displaying discounts on alcoholic drinks. The discounts themselves are not banned, however. […]
“Europe hasn’t failed, states have – as administrative subjects”, Raul Romeva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency in the Catalan Government, said as he closed an international forum on refugee integration earlier in May. […]
Lithuanian economists and business groups have noticed a trend among shoppers: Lithuanians are beginning to turn their backs on large supermarkets in favour of smaller shops and markets. […]
Agriculture has proven fertile ground for innovators and developers of smart solutions as well as investors eager to put their money into new technology. However, Lithuanian startups have so far shown little interest in the field. […]
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