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Politics

Laurinkus. Nausėda doesn’t need to “find his place”, he is exactly where he needs to be

The discussion Lithuanian Foreign Policy Outlook, where President G. Nausėda answered questions presented by the director of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre L. Kojala and others, convinced me that it should absolutely be the president […]

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Politics

A countermeasure for one of Lithuania’s regions against Russian propaganda evaluated

After noting the slower pace of vaccination in East and South-East Lithuania, talks resurfaced of establishing a special TV broadcaster in Polish and Russian in order counteract Kremlin propaganda lrytas.lt. During a Žinių Radijas show, […]

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Foreign affairs

Laurinkus: as relations fluctuate, Lithuania and the West should take an interest in Russian nationalism

I will admit, at first, I thought that Lithuania’s decision to expel two Russian diplomats in solidarity with the Czech Republic was hasty, without waiting for Sunday‘s televised public statement of Czech President M. Zeman. […]

Politics

Urbonaitė : I don‘t see anyone willing to burn their political careers

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s statement that upon feeling that the Conservatives Seimas group no longer backs her, she would question her continued leadership of the cabinet has stirred significant emotions and debate. The statement was […]