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Moldova’s gives highest state award to President Grybauskaitė

March 18, 2015 ELTA 0

President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti has signed a decree awarding the Order of the Republic (Ordinul Republicii) to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Lithuanian parliament speaker asked to send weapons during visit in Ukraine

March 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she has heard requests during her visit in Ukraine to provide assistance in weapons. […]

Estonian appointed to high management position at Microsoft

March 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Estonian Pilkku Aasma was appointed this month as Microsoft Devices Group Operations Manager, which means that she is CEO Stephen Elop’s right-hand person, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company, Delfi reports. […]

Russian military flexes muscles near Baltics

March 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Several units of the Baltic fleet and in the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces have been put on high alert for a large-scale strategic military exercise in Russia, news agency Interfax reports. […]

British PM Cameron says no to Putin

March 14, 2015 Aleksejus Podpruginas 0

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is the latest European leader to reject Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s invitation to attend victory day celebrations this May in Moscow. […]

Lithuanian energy minister expects new N-plant talks to speed up after Estonia forms new government

March 12, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis expects that talks with Latvia and Estonia on the project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas will move ahead after Estonia forms a new government. […]

West must show Russia that it can benefit from observing rules

March 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A discussion on current geopolitics and the role of small countries in international policy was organised in Vilnius Town Hall on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence. […]

Hackers bring down Baltic news website

March 11, 2015 Aleksejus Podpruginas 0

Lithuanian press may be under heavy attack by foreign hackers. The first victim was the independent news website “The Baltic Review” whose English and German version “Baltische Rundschau” were hacked and totally destroyed last week. […]

Nemtsov’s killers hit in the heart of Russian opposition, says his comrade

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

The killers of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov hit directly in the heart of the Russian opposition as he was the key drive behind opposition activity, Nemtsov’s associate and the leader of the Democratic Choice of Russia movement, Vladimir Ryzhkov, said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

Iceland inspires Lithuania to support Ukraine, President Grybauskaitė says

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

As the first country to have recognized Lithuania’s independence from the Soviet Union, Iceland now inspires Lithuania to support Ukraine, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with the Icelandic counterpart in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Lukashenko interested in Ukraine war continuing, Belarusian opposition leader says

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is interested in the continuity of the Ukrainian war as it helps to disguise his country’s internal problems and avoid the West’s criticism for non-democratic processes, says Anatoly Lyabedzko, one of the Belarusian opposition leaders. […]

Crimean Tatar leader: If all European countries were like Lithuania, Ukraine crises could have been prevented

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

If all European countries had the same position on the Ukrainian-Russian conflict as Lithuania, this “banditism” would have been prevented, says Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of Crimean Tatars and a member of the Ukrainian parliament. […]

Former President Adamkus: Russia’s imperialist goals pose threat to Baltic states

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

Russia‘s imperialist goals are posing a real threat to Lithuania, but the country’s NATO membership is a guarantee of security, former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says. […]

Peter Pomerantsev: Big media need their Geneva convention

March 9, 2015 DELFI EN 0

As Russia wages war in Ukraine, attacking not just military targets but also basic common sense with aggressive misinformation and propaganda campaign, information has become a security issue. Faced with new and quite unprecedented challenges, big media is approaching a moment when it will need to have a Geneva convention moment – get together and agree on a global self-regulation mechanism, says British journalist and author Peter Pomerantsev. […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Russia’s ambition in central Europe exceeds its capability

March 7, 2015 STRATFOR 0

Russia has actively worked to boost its leverage in Central Europe over the past few years, and the crisis in Ukraine has only heightened the Kremlin’s interest in the region. Russia aims to use commercial and political ties to undermine Western institutions and to steer Central Europe toward Russian interests. […]

EU willing to step up cooperation with Armenia

March 6, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union is willing to step up its connections with Armenia, Lithuania’s Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis said after a visit to Yerevan this week. […]

Mikheil Saakashvili: Baltics do not have strategic advantages of Ukraine

March 6, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In an interview with DELFI, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that, in the event of war, the Baltics lack the strategic advantages held by Ukraine. […]

Russia to deploy new 400km range missiles in western regions

March 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Russian military has put into service new missiles meant for the S-300V4 anti-ballistic system; they have a range of 400 kilometres, a representative of the Russian Defence Ministry said, adding that the new missiles will be first deployed in Russia‘s western regions. […]

UN high commissioner for human rights satisfied with non-citizens’ situation in Latvia

March 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein said during a meeting with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics on Wednesday that he was satisfied with the situation of ethnic minorities and non-citizens in Latvia. […]

Lithuania supports Georgia’s European integration aspirations, justice minister says

March 4, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis is paying a visit to Georgia where he met with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani. […]