The e-Residency presentation at the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius  Photo Ludo Segers
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e-Residency, Estonia’s idea for a borderless world

On Wednesday afternoon, the Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania invited Ott Vatter of the Estonian e-Residency for their season’s opening event in the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius. […]

Stasys Lozoraitis
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How Lithuanian-Polish feud and Baltic Entente played into Soviet hands

Between the two world wars, Lithuania was an enthusiastic new nation state caught in a precarious international situation. Trapped between two expansionist powers, Germany and the Soviet Union, Lithuania tried to strengthen its security, but the main handicap was its feud with Poland over Vilnius. One diplomat tried to change that but it was too late. […]

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Russia criticizes Lithuania’s move to refuse entry to Latvian activists

Russia‘s Foreign Ministry has criticized Lithuania’s decision to blacklist three Latvian public figures and refuse them entry to Lithuania for an event in Klaipėda. Lithuania has rejected the criticism. […]

Carl Bildt
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Bildt urges “to do more” to tackle migrant crisis

Former Swedish premier Carl Bildt says that the Baltic states must share the refugee burden with Southern Europe, if they want to expect solidarity in the future. In an interview to BNS Lithuania, Sweden’s prime minister from 1991 to 1994 and foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 said he did not see Russian threat to the Baltic states “at the moment” but urged the West to continue pressure on Russia and prepare for an “uncertain” future. […]