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Big contradiction between Putin’s lines
President Vladimir Putin‘s end-of-the-year media conference left little space for interpretation about Russia‘s foreign policy in the face of looming economic recession brought on by plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions. […]
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Lithuanian president: Sanctions on Russia starting to work
The plunge of the rouble indicates that the Western sanctions on Russia are starting to work, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday upon arrival at the European Union‘s (EU) summit in Brussels. […]
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Latvia’s one year in the euro zone: no upsurge of investment
January 1, 2014, will mark one year since Latvia replaced its national currency, the lats, with the euro. Looking back at this important event, one can conclude that hopes of the euro kickstarting a rapid increase of inflow of investments in Latvia and membership in the euro zone making Latvia more attractive have not come to pass. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Nobody wants Russia’s bankruptcy but Moscow must change its course
While nobody wants Russia to go bankrupt, the rouble crisis and the pending economic difficulties should make Russia revise its policies, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
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Lithuanian archbishop voices concern about Russia’s aggression
Archbishop of Vilnius Gintaras Grušas has voiced his concern about possible Russian aggression against Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and appealed to Western Catholics to be better informed about the situation, Catholic News Service reports. […]
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Putin’s Russia. Why it is worth to reconsider links between Kremlin and international terrorism
It was all over the world news when Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė publicly stated that Russia was a “terrorist country”. She later explained that Russia “has attributes of a terrorist state”. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister calls for EU patience on Russia sanctions
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Monday called on the European Union to exercise patience and consistency in relations with Russia and draw up new sanctions over the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Ceasefire in Ukraine is not working
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is not working, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday after arriving in Brussels for a meeting of European Union (EU) diplomats. […]
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Russian spies return to Europe in ‘New Cold War’
Earlier this month, experts convened in Brussels for a conference titled ‘The Second Cold War: Heating Up?’ Even among the plethora of current ‘New Cold War’ themed events, this one stood out: the organiser, Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka, has been accused of being a Russian agent of influence – a spy. […]
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Lithuanian industrialists offer to mediate in Ukrainian-EU business cooperation
More than 20 businesspeople and representatives of business organisations are taking part in the high level Ukraine-Lithuania business mission to Brussels on 9-11 December, organised by the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), the confederation said in a report. […]
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Angela Merkel: Germany will give military assistance to Baltic states if necessary
The EU response to Russia‘s actions in Ukraine is a correct decision, Germany‘s Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published in Welt am Sonntag on 7 December. […]
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Estonians and Finns must decide on LNG terminal fast, EC vice-president says
European Commission Vice-President of the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip said on Friday at a conference in Tallinn that Estonia and Finland have to move forward fast with the LNG terminal project, because there is prevailing investment drought in Europe and no one is going to wait until Estonia and Finland finish deliberating different solutions, Aripaev Online reports. […]
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Ukraine’s Lithuanian economy minister wants to improve transparency in state-owned companies
Lithuanian businessman Aivaras Abromavičius, who has been appointed as Ukraine’s new economy minister, has identified the reduction of regulatory burdens and improvement of operating transparency of state-owned companies as his chief goals. […]
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Putin’s message: Russia’s woes are West’s fault, not his
President Vladimir Putin gave his annual state of the nation address in the Russian parliament. Lithuanian political analyst Kęstutis Girnius summarizes Putin’s main message thus: sanctions are Western countries’ fault, not his. […]
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Eight foreign ministers met with Crimean Tatar leader in Basel
On Lithuania’s initiative, the foreign ministers of eight countries on Thursday met with Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of Crimean Tatars, and Andrey Yurov, head of the Ukrainian-Russian human rights mission in Crimea, in Switzerland. […]