With a slow but steady rise in their poll ratings, the Peasant and Greens Union have been seen by analysts as a rising star in Lithuania’s politics even before it snatched one of the most sought-after political newcomers, unaffiliated Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Russia‘s intensifying military activities have forced NATO to respond in kind, with the Alliance saying it will conduct more military exercises in Europe, and the United States promising to deploy far more equipment and forces in Europe. In 2017, Washington is setting aside $3.4 billion for Europe’s defence, but this might turn out to be just the tip of the iceberg. […]
Gitanas Nausėda, Žygimantas Mauricas and Nerijus Mačiulis, all economists at leading commercial banks in Lithuania, are optimistic about Lithuania’s economy in the coming year but they highlighted some of the greatest economic risks Lithuania faces in the coming year – most of them international rather than domestic. […]
After two days of negotiations, Turkey and the European Union reached a compromise agreement on a plan to reduce the flow of migrants from the Middle East to Europe. At a summit concluding March 18, the heads of government of the 28 EU members and their Turkish counterparts approved the plan, which should take effect March 20. While the deal could help reduce the number of migrants arriving in Europe, questions remain about the signatories’ ability and commitment to fully enforce it. […]
The strategically important Rail Baltica railway project designed to connect the Baltic States to Western Europe, from Tallinn to Warsaw, is slipping from Lithuania’s hands the country’s opposition parties claim. […]
Russia’s decision to withdraw the majority of its forces from Syria, announced on Monday by Vladimir Putin, has analysts questioning what the rationale behind the move was. Was this practice for Putin before another attack in Ukraine or the Baltic states, or was it an even more crushing defeat than what the Soviet Union experienced in Afghanistan? […]
After the European Union cut off migrant routes via Libya to Italy and agreed with Turkey to stem migrant flows across the Aegean to Greece, the Baltic States fear that migrants from the Middle East might discover new routes via Russia, making them their gateway to the European Union. […]
Traffic jams in Lithuania’s largest cities can’t hold a candle to those that torment the residents of the world’s largest metropolises, but Lithuanians who live farther away from their workplaces complain about having to spend an hour or more a day in traffic jams during their commutes. What sort of losses do traffic jams cause, and can this problem be solved easily? […]
The U.S. has a long history of championing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Baltic states, dating back to the interwar period of the 1920s. Today, U.S. interest in the Baltic region derives primarily from its treaty obligations as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). […]
Investment in residential real estate in Lithuania last year bounced back to levels last seen in 2007, the year before the financial crisis set in, bursting what was then seen as a real estate bubble. […]
With a small domestic market, Lithuanian entrepreneurs are more and more often looking to foreign markets for opportunities to develop and expand their businesses. While many have been looking to the US or Western Europe, others have also begun glancing eastwards at markets like India and China. […]
NATO-Russian relations are where they are, at historic lows, because of what Moscow does, not because of how Western nations react to it, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius argues in an op-ed piece for Politico. Russia needs to prove it deserves to be spoken to, while holding meetings for the sake of meetings will be counter-productive. […]
Lithuania’s work visa system for foreigners has become so complicated and time-consuming that it is causing shortages of skilled labour across the economy. […]
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