Defence
NATO is not brain-dead, Mr Macron!
From the Baltic Way to the Berlin Wall and then all the way to the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, which was ultimately followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Those were […]
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Foreign affairs
Are we going to allow construction to begin on the second block of the Astravyets nuclear power plant?
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 […]
Politics
“Farmer” tactics similar to a neighbouring country’s party
The elections that took place in Poland did not go unnoticed in Lithuania. With Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party has won the trust of its electorate yet again, hope to repeat the same winning […]
Foreign affairs
MEP Kubilius disappointed with Georgian constitutional amendment
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 […]
Economy
100 days of the president – solely tax tariff increases won’t solve problems
They say that only after the first one hundred days can you really begin to be more critical of a president’s decisions, choices and behaviour. A hundred days is the limit for when the warmup […]
Politics
The welfare state in Lithuania needs war
There is so much talk about the welfare state vision that it can already be pictured in a physical manifestation – riding as if the Vytis, which was not allowed into Lukiškės Square, on its […]
Foreign affairs
We know how to growl at Belarus, but not talk to it
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 […]
European Union
Heiko Maas: Where were you when the Berlin Wall came down?
Heiko Maas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany All of us in Europe who experienced 9 November 1989 can answer this question. When East and West Germans embraced each other with tears of joy 30 years ago, this […]
Politics
The newcomer has things to learn from his predecessor
Prior to the presidential elections and after them, G. Nausėda promised that he will be unlike his predecessor D. Grybauskaitė. That said, he never clarified, what this could mean, Vytautas Bruveris wrote in lrytas.lt Meanwhile, […]
Politics
I would like for Trump to win again, while for Nausėda to not lose his courage
President Gitanas Nausėda acted bravely in approving the words of US President Donald Trump: “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots”. And I like this particular remark, that the future […]
History
Bukovsky, the lion of man. Tribute to friend
The most difficult thing is to write a tribute to a dear friend, Vladimir Bukovsky . One stumbles towards a dialogue which is not possible any longer. My life has changed in the late 1980s […]
Nordic/Baltic
Lithuanian efforts to come to agreement with Latvia viewed with reserve by political scientists
Actively engaged in foreign policy, President Gitanas Nausėda was confronted with the reality of Prime Minister S. Skvernelis’ words from half a year ago that the Latvians are not our brothers, but our competitors. Even […]
Economy
Baltic countries’ business owners: Lithuanians share the least with their employees
In recent years, not only employee wages but also business owners’ profits have been rising. And increasing profits do not always reach the employees’ wallets. Bank of Lithuania economists, who made such conclusions, explain that […]
Economy
You can keep on creating a welfare state for even a hundred years
The sort of chaos we now see in Seimas hadn’t yet been seen in Seimas after the restoration of independence. True, prior to deciding on organising snap elections (so far the only) in 1992, there […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Lithuania should take note of changes in Washington’s policy toward Minsk
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 […]
Lithuania
Dagys on his new political power: similar to the Polish Christian front
Due to clashes with party leadership, member of Seimas Rimantas Jonas Dagys left the Conservative party and its Seimas group this year. Now, alongside likeminded people, he is assembling a new political movement. At least […]
Lithuania
Is there a need to worry about national identity?
One of the most complicated problems that President Gitanas Nausėda is going to face is nationalism. It is awakening in Europe and it will reach Lithuania too, even though not in the shapes we are […]
Lithuania
President Nausėda faces a wave of criticism
The cart is being pulled by nigh on equal forces in different directions, thus it’s shaking and remaining in one place. Such a means of transportation is comparable to our current state leadership, Vytautas Bruveris […]
Economy
Lithuania aligns itself with the West or is it the other way round?
The system of bottle deposit, which was imposed three years ago gave people something they had waited for a long time – a possibility to sort beverage packaging. The long-term experience of rich countries could […]
Economy
The minister of finance fancies himself a designer
“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” This phrase was coined over a hundred years ago by US politician and inventor Ben Franklin. While not for these words, but more than a hundred years after […]