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Experts and colleagues: Kaljulaid will be a bold president of Estonia
Estonia‘s President-elect Kersti Kaljulaid will be a bold head of state, Lithuanian experts and her former colleagues said. […]
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Grybauskaitė congratulates Estonia’s president-elect
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday congratulated Kersti Kaljulaid on her election as Estonia‘s president, underlining that Estonia is one of Lithuania’s closest and most important partners and allies. […]
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Putin’s Russia. The situation is gradually changing
The Russian parliamentary (Duma) elections on September 18 do not promise any major changes. Opinion polls and the general atmosphere show that the country will continue to be led by the United Russia party which is affiliated with Vladimir Putin, while establishment opposition parties will support stability. Regardless, these elections will be significant in understanding the future of the long term, but little understood system of Vladimir Putin’s that has been in place for sixteen years. There are indicators suggesting that the role of the real opposition, despite its fragmentation, is gradually changing. Considering the delicate socioeconomic situation of the country and the presidential elections which are two years away, this makes for certain indications for the future. Thus what role does the opposition perform in the contemporary Russia? […]
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Rosatom becomes tool of geopolitical pressure – Minister of Energy in US
Rosatom, Russia’s state corporation that is building nuclear power plants in Europe, Asia and Middle East, is turning into an instrument of geopolitical pressure, Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis said during his visit to the United States. […]
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Probe findings prove Russia’s involvement in Ukraine conflict – Linkevičius
Dutch investigators’ conclusion that a Malaysia Airlines jet was downed over eastern Ukraine in 2014 by a Buk missile that came from Russia should open the eyes of those who did not want to see Russia’s involvement in the conflict, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on 28 September. […]
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Seimas’ speaker drops plans to go to Baku forum co-hosted by Putin
Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of Lithuania’s outgoing parliament, has changed her plans at the last minute and will not attend a Baku forum co-hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
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Latvian detained for smuggling in 3 Indian asylum-seekers
Lithuanian border guards on September 23 detained a Latvian woman for illegally transporting three Indian asylum-seekers from Latvia across Lithuania to the border with Poland, the State Border Guard Service said. […]
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Lithuania urges Russia to investigate election violations, reiterates position on Crimea
Lithuania’s authorities urge Russia to investigate violations recorded in the run-up to and during last Sunday’s State Duma polls and underline that the elections do not change their attitude to Russia’s actions toward Ukraine. […]
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More than half of Russian voters in Lithuania back United Russia in Duma elections
More than half of Russian citizens who cast their votes in Lithuania in Sunday’s State Duma elections supported the ruling United Russia party, based on preliminary results. […]
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Kwasniewski, in Vilnius, says Russia has to stop seeing Ukraine as artificial state
Russia‘s aspirations to regain its influence in Ukraine can only be changed if it stops seeing Ukraine as “an artificial state”, Poland‘s former President Aleksander Kwasniewski said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
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Belarus disregards possibility of disaster in Astravyets N-plant
A Lithuanian official says that Belarusians do not consider the possibility of a disaster occurring in their nuclear power plant under construction 50 kilometers from Vilnius as they think that such accidents like those in Fukushima or Chernobyl are impossible in Astravyets. […]
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Russian ombudsman asks diplomat about Lithuanian weaponry for Ukraine
At a meeting with the European Union’s (EU) Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas, Russia’s new Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova asked questions about Lithuanian supplies of military munitions to Ukraine. […]
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Lithuanian, Belarusian experts resume Astravyets N-plant discussions in Minsk
Belarusian and Lithuanian experts are starting a two-day meeting in Minsk on Tuesday to discuss issues concerning the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which is under construction close to their common border. […]
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Speaking about changes in Belarus would be self-deceit
An opposition figure has been elected to the Belarusian parliament for the first time in a decade, however, the fact does not mean major changes in the country ruled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, says Lithuanian political scientist Vytis Jurkonis. […]
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Supervisory Board of Rail Baltica approves its procurement model
The Supervisory Board of the joint venture of three Baltic countries approved the basic principles of the Rail Baltic/Rail Baltica procurement model which is core to the Contacting Scheme to be agreed by all three countries on 7 September. All procurements will be divided in three groups – procurements organised solely by the joint venture, consolidated procurements carried out by the joint venture and procurements carried out by the national implementers under strict joint venture supervision, Rail Baltic office reported. […]
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Lithuania yet to decide if to participate in case of Snoras ex-owner vs Govt
Lithuanian Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis says that it is possible that Russia’s arbitration court will not hear a lawsuit filed by Vladimir Antonov, Snoras’ former majority shareholder, against Lithuania and that the government has yet to decide whether to participate in the process. […]
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