Nerijus Udrėnas
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Lithuania appoints official to advise Ukraine on EU treaty

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s former senior economic adviser Nerijus Udrėnas has been appointed to assist Ukraine in the implementation of the association agreement with the European Union (EU). […]

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Putin backs down and… wins?

Russian forces are withdrawing from the Ukrainian border. Pro-Russian separatists are putting down their arms. There are reports about Russia re-opening some of its markets to Western production. All this has sparked discussions about Moscow backing down from confrontation with the West. […]

Petro Poroshenko and Barack Obama
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US President Obama pledges continued support for Ukraine

On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama participated in a video conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy.  They discussed the international response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, including steps that are being taken to counter the spread of the disease. […]

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Lithuania to send 15 MPs to observe elections in Ukraine

Lithuania will send 15 members of its parliament to observe the forthcoming general elections in Ukraine in late October, Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė said after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on Friday. […]

Mindaugas Jurkynas
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Elections will not bring changes to Latvian politics, Lithuanian observer says

The results of Latvia‘s general elections will not bring major political changes in the country, as the current ruling coalition will remain in power, says Professor Mindaugas Jurkynas of Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University. […]