John F Tefft, at the conference. Photo by Jonas Petronis
Foreign affairs

Former US Ambassador Tefft: the war situation has further alienated the Russian government from the population

Former Ambassador John F. Tefft, visiting from the United States for Leonid Donsky’s 6th conference “Will Russia Survive 2024?”, says that Russia’s fate is difficult to predict and depends on the outcome of the war. […]

Seimas
Politics

If failed to win the president post – then the Parliament? Talks about Vėgėlė’s party

Politicians who are already drawing the outlines of the new ruling majority should take their time, as a completely unexpected player – lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė – may still appear in next year’s Seimas elections and […]

German troops
Defence

German soldiers tell us what they think about going to Lithuania

After lengthy negotiations between Lithuanian and German politicians, it was finally agreed that a permanent German brigade would be deployed in Lithuania, but only one in five German soldiers would be willing to go to […]

Foreign affairs

Ex-president D. Grybauskaitė’s move – already in foreign press: unanswered questions and an unexpected reaction from China

The visit of former President Dalia Grybauskaitė to Taiwan has attracted the most attention, not among the Taiwanese themselves or the usual threatening Chinese, but among Lithuanians, Agne Černiauskaitė and Indrė Naureckaitė writes in lrytas.lt. […]