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Norwegian Embassy hires PR firm to tackle bad press in Lithuania

Following bad press that Norway‘s child welfare services received in Lithuania for restricting parenting rights of a Lithuanian mother, the country’s embassy in Vilnius has hired a public relations agency to improve the country’s image. […]

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Lithuanian and Latvian PMs criticize Greek Tsipras’ Moscow trip

The prime ministers of Lithuania and Latvia on Friday criticized Greek PM Alexis Tsipras‘ visit to Moscow where he spoke against the European Union‘s (EU) sanctions for Russia. […]

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Most Russians want stability, not reforms, poll suggests

“Ensuring stability rather than carrying out reforms,” a majority of respondents said during a public opinion survey conducted by the Public Opinion Fund (FOM) with the aim to find out what the population thought about the main task of the Russian authorities. […]

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Putin’s week-long disappearance: checking if Russia can fight two and a half wars at once

Russia is successfully implementing military reform whose purpose is to have the capability to fight two and a half military conflicts concurrently. That is, the Russian armed forces must be able to fight two of any type of military conflict and at the same time participate in a peacekeeping operation alone or together with international forces using only standby military capabilities. […]

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EU ambassador to Russia warns against supplying arms to Ukraine

The European Union‘s (EU) Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas says that supplying arms to Ukraine would be a risky step, given the possible response on the Russian part. […]