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Ukraine's Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak

Latvia and Estonia do not consider arms supply to Ukraine

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

Latvia and Estonia intend to continue providing support to Ukraine, but they are not yet considering aid in the form of weapons or munitions, defence ministers of the two countries said at a meeting in Lithuania on Thursday. […]

Latvians and Estonians join Lithuania’s Mission Siberia

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Young people from Latvia and Estonia will this year join Lithuania’s Mission Siberia 2015 project, during which they will travel to Russia‘s Tomsk region to clean up the graves of Baltic deportees sent to Siberia under Stalin. […]

Lithuania to help Ukraine with training and “minimum” aid in weapons

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania will continue its support to Ukraine in the shape of training and humanitarian aid, while support in weapons will remain at a minimum level, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]

Minister Linkevičius on Russian MP Zhirinovsky: Some politicians belong in a zoo

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he sees no sense in discussing statements made by Russian Duma member Vladimir Zhirinovsky‘s about “redeeming Vilnius and Klaipėda”. […]

Baltic Assembly discusses developing regional tourism

May 27, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A joint meeting entitled Building a Baltic Tourism Region – Investment for Tomorrow was held by the Economics, Energy and Innovation Committee, the Education, Science and Culture Committee, and the Welfare Committee of the Baltic Assembly in Jurbarkas, Lithuania. Keynote speakers of the meeting focused on the long-term Baltic tourism strategy, the press service of the Lithuanian parliament said. […]

Russian Duma member threatens to “redeem Vilnius and Klaipėda”

May 27, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union‘s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas has called for an official Russian position on the public threats made on television by Duma member Vladimir Zhirinovsky “to redeem Vilnius and Klaipėda”. […]

Lithuanian citizen formally charged with espionage in Russia

May 27, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Russian officers have formally charged Lithuania citizen Aristidas Tamošaitis with espionage. He is currently being held under arrest in Moscow. […]

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko during military drill

Baltic and Ukrainian defence ministers to discuss Ukraine assistance

May 27, 2015 BNS 0

The Baltic defence ministers are meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Stepan Poltorak on Thursday and Friday. […]

Estonians have no regard for business ethics, survey suggests

May 26, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A fresh study by Ernst & Young on corruption and fraud risk shows that only 23 percent of Estonia‘s managers and employees think that the principles of business ethics in their company are good, and one-fifth of respondents believe that corruption is widespread in Estonia, Aripaev Online reports. […]

Duma speaker says Russia wants “normal relations” with Baltic states

May 25, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Featured last night on the LTV1 news magazine De facto was Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, who said that Russia wanted “normal relations with the Baltic States, and to revive the dialogue”. […]

Georgia can expect EU visa-free regime in 2016

May 23, 2015 BNS 0

Georgia can expect a visa-free regime with the European Union next year but Ukraine might need to wait for it due to the ongoing war in the east of the country, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]

Lithuanian analyst: airBaltic may grow into regional air carrier

May 23, 2015 BNS 0

Latvia’s airBaltic may grow into a regional air carrier in the future, chief economist of Swedbank Lithuania believes. […]

Russian opposition wants international probe into Nemtsov’s murder

May 23, 2015 BNS 0

Representatives of Russia’s opposition have little hope that people who ordered Boris Nemtsov‘s murder will be identified, and, therefore, will seek an international investigation. […]

Russia’s in spy catching game, former Lithuanian security chief says

May 21, 2015 BNS 0

The report on the detention of a Lithuanian intelligence officer in Russia is a response to the arrest of a Russian citizen, suspected of spying for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), in Lithuania, says Mečys Laurinkus, former chief of the Lithuanian State Security Department. […]