A new spiral of NATO expansion directly affects Russia‘s interests and provokes a response, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a commentary released on Wednesday over NATO’s invitation to Montenegro to join the alliance. […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius says that invitation extended this week to Montenegro to begin NATO membership negotiations is a signal not only to the Western Balkans but Georgia as well. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the question of visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union (EU) will depend on how successful will be Kiev’s efforts to eradicate corruption. […]
The European Union‘s (EU) sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Minsk agreements are fully implemented, says Renaldas Vaisbrodas, chief foreign policy advisor to the Lithuanian president. […]
In the last essay of this series, I presented the experience of historic and recent Russia‘s impact in Greece, now I will attempt to look at one of the new member states of the European Union – the Czech Republic. […]
On Friday, 20 November, at 11:00 a.m., Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the Palanga Amber Museum. […]
Terrorist attacks in Paris and the plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula might provide a turning point in Russia‘s relations with the West, allowing Moscow to break out of international isolation. Major Western powers might have to adopt a more lenient tone when talking to Russia in order to have Moscow contribute to fighting international terrorism, says Laurynas Kasčiūnas, analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. […]
In the previous articles of the series ‘Putin’s Russia: Kremlin’s Goals and Tools’, I analysed the theory and practice of Russia’s foreign policy and drew attention to the fact that Russia still uses the ammunition of USSR KGB – disinformation, influence agents, scandals (e.g., Edward Snowden’s story) and criminal activity: corruption, criminal world, drug trafficking and terrorism. So I will now move on to the cases of three countries and their policies – that, I believe, will be a perfect illustration of Kremlin’s capabilities. […]
Belarus has said the country’s experts will respond to all questions that Lithuania has raised about safety issues of its planned Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in December. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has denied reports published by the Russian media, claiming that Lithuania and Belarus had agreed on the construction of Astravets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) as required by the Espoo convention regarding environmental impact assessment. […]
Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, Latvian Defence Minister Raimonds Bergmanis and Estonian Economic Affairs and Communications Minister Kristen Michal electronically signed a memorandum on cooperation in cyber security on Wednesday. […]
After a meeting with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, Lithuanian PM Algirdas Butkevičius has said that attempts to restrict freedom of the press in Georgia are worrying. […]
Should Lithuania be worried about Estonia‘s plans to build its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal? If it becomes a regional gas supply facility, it could supply gas to Latvia and Estonia and take away desperately needed clients from Lithuania’s Klaipėda LNG terminal, already struggling to operate at adequate capacity. […]
The Baltic states and Poland is “in the same boat” when it comes to energy infrastructure projects and defence, Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius has told the Žinių Radijas radio. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius believes that the European Union (EU) should continue its policy of sanctions on Russia, since it is the only way to get Moscow to listen. […]
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