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Ukraine’s Savchenko must learn political ‘rules of the game’ – analyst
Political scientist Linas Kojala said that Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot-turned-national hero who was recently released by Russia in a prisoner swap, will become a politician with outsize influence in her country – which can be dangerous if she doesn’t understand the “rules of the game.” […]
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Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko released in prisoner swap with Russia
Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot captured by Russia and accused of killing two journalists in Eastern Ukraine, was freed in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. […]
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Crimea two years on from Russian annexation – Lithuanian journalist tells of changes
Artūras Morozovas, a Lithuanian photojournalist who recently returned from Crimea, spoke about how the region has changed over the two years since it was annexed by Russia. […]
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Russia repays Soviet Union’s debt to Kuwait
The Russian government has paid out USD 1.72 billion to Kuwait that was owed by the former Soviet Union. […]
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The tip of the Ukraine iceberg: After the Dutch EU referendum
Despite Kiev’s official rhetoric, the national consensus on integration with the EU is increasingly fragile. Pro-Russian forces are reasserting themselves in the southeast, while ultra-right activists are campaigning against the European Union in the west. On top of that, the current pro-European government has no real achievements to boast of. […]
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Georgia ‘is waiting for invitation to join NATO, too’ – Lithuania
After NATO has officially invited Montenegro to become its 29th member, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius reminds the Alliance that Georgia is also waiting for invitation to join. […]
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Montenegro invited to become 29th NATO member state
NATO on Thursday invited Montenegro to become the 29th member of the Alliance. This is the seventh expansion in the Alliance’s history, and it is being made over the objections of Russia. […]
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Russia’s counter to missile defence pushes Europe together
The ceremony of opening the United States’ missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania, last week (Thursday, May 12), was greeted by a barrage of condemnation and criticism from Russian officials. The next day, President Vladimir Putin turned these denouncements into state policy by defining this deployment of a radar station and SM-3 missile interceptors as a direct threat to Russia and promising to “curtail” it. […]
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Russia irked by Ukraine’s ‘political’ victory in Eurovision
Russian politicians and state-controlled media have expressed outrage over the Eurovision victory of Ukraine‘s singer Jamala who’s song is widely seen as a swipe against Russia’s annexation of Crimea. […]
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Lithuania’s Linkevičius urges international donors to continue support for Belarusian university in exile
The Lithuanian foreign minister has urged the Nordic Council of Ministers to continue funding the European Humanities University (EHU), a Belarusian school in exile based in Vilnius. […]
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Latvia beats Lithuania to OECD membership
Latvia will become the second Baltic state to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The country’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had received an invitation to join the 34-country bloc often described as the rich club. […]
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Putin’s ‘master plan’ for the Baltic States – new investigation
A new documentary by leading Baltic journalists investigates the Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s master plan for and interference in the Baltic States by following a $100 million money trail that funds Russian-backed proxies in the Baltics. […]
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‘Developments in Poland unbecoming to democracy’ – head of Lithuania’s constitutional court
Poland recently celebrated the 225th anniversary of Europe’s first written constitution, but the country’s current right-wing government is doing everything to undermine its current constitutional rule, says Dainius Žalimas, the chairman of Lithuania’s Constitutional Court. […]
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Latvia celebrates 26th independence anniversary
Latvia is celebrating the 26th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday. […]
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‘You gotta shoot’ – Trump on Russian flybys in Baltic
US presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if Russia does not respond to diplomatic calls to stop flyby manoeuvres over the Baltic Sea, the Americans would have to shoot Russian planes down. […]
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Most illegal migrants cross into Lithuania from Latvia
Illegal migrants coming from Belarus were the biggest problem for Lithuania a couple of years ago, but the direction of illegal migration flows has changed and an increasing number of illegals now cross Lithuania’s border from Latvia, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said on Friday. […]
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Finland beginning to doubt its dependence on Russian energy
Lithuania has been one of the loudest voices in Europe pushing for increasing energy independence from Russia, but not all EU countries are following this strategy. Finland, which is not a member of NATO, is set to increase its dependence on Russian gas and uranium, which has some in the country worried. […]