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Sanctions on Russia must be extended, Polish president says

December 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Polish President Andrzej Duda believes that sanctions imposed on Russia should be prolonged as the Minsk Agreements are rather unlikely to be implemented on time. […]

Latvian Prime Minister Straujuma resigns

December 7, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma on Monday announced about her resignation. […]

Russia says Montenegro’s invitation to NATO is ‘confrontational step’

December 3, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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 Linkevičius: NATO invitation for Montenegro is also signal to Georgia

December 3, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Visa-free regime for Ukraine will depends on its progress fighting corruption, President Grybauskaitė says

December 2, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Lithuanian president’s office: Russia sanctions to stay in place until Minsk agreements are implemented

December 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Turkey has every right to protect its airspace, President Grybauskaitė’s advisor says

December 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Chief foreign policy advisor to the Lithuanian president Renaldas Vaisbrodas says Turkey had every right to shoot down a military jet which violated its airspace. […]

Russian response to Turkey: Three scenarios

November 24, 2015 DELFI EN 0

When Turkey shot down a Russian military aircraft on Tuesday, Moscow’s response was quick: not only did it confirm the fact that it was a Russian plane, but also started spitting angry statements that the Turkish move was “dangerous escalation”. […]

Vladimir Putin, Miloš Zeman, Angela Merkel

Putin‘s Russia. How to change a country within several years

November 24, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras ir DELFI 0

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. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Baltic presidents meeting in Palanga

November 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Will there be rapprochement between Russia and West?

November 19, 2015 Ziniu radijas 0

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. […]

Truce in east Ukraine ‘in the balance’

November 19, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

The Lithuanian foreign minister and his Swedish counterpart, who are on a visit to Ukraine this week, stated after meeting Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin that ceasefire in the country’s eastern regions was hanging in the balance. […]

Lithuanian leaders congratulate Latvia on independence day

November 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Latvia celebrates its Independence on 18 November, marking the day in 1918 when it declared independence from the Russian Empire. The leaders of Lithuania, which declared itself an independent republic in the same year, have extended their congratulations to their Latvian counterparts. […]

Vladimir Putin and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras

Putin’s Russia. Kremlin’s plan for Europe, bribe No. 1

November 17, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras ir DELFI 0

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 to discuss Astravyets NPP with Lithuania in December

November 13, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

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. […]

PM Butkevičius rejects reports of agreement between Lithuania and Belarus on Astravets NPP

November 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski with prospective PM candidate Beata Szydlo

Will Poland come back as a regional leader?

November 9, 2015 Vytautas Kersanskas 0

Expected, yet very impressive. These words come to one’s mind when evaluating results of the parliamentary elections in Poland. After eight years in opposition, the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party came back to power thunderously. […]

Baltic states strengthening cooperation in cyber security

November 5, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

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. […]

Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili

Attempts to restrict media freedom in Georgia ‘worrying’, Lithuanian PM tells Georgian counterpart

November 4, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Estonian plans present challenge to Lithuanian energy strategy

November 2, 2015 Birute Vysniauskaite 0

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. […]