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Western media’s indifference to Ukraine – dangerous for Lithuania?

Major English-speaking TV channels do not devote enough attention to the events in Ukraine, even though the battles are more blood-stained than in other countries, notes philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis. According to him, it is an important lesson to learn for Lithuania and other Baltic countries: the media can be very ignorant, even though there is a massive war going on with vague Russian attempts to intervene, all resulting in great numbers of victims. People interviewed by LRT.lt believe that such information in the media is essential, as it helps to prepare and organize a collective political pressure, and it is easier for governments to make decisions accordingly. […]

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Government asks to ratify Lithuanian-Swedish sea border treaty

Lithuania’s government has decided to ask the president to submit the Lithuanian-Swedish maritime boundary treaty to the Seimas (parliament) for ratification. […]

Jovita Neliupšienė
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President’s adviser Neliupšienė on Belarus and her new book

The Lithuania Tribune/DELFI spoke with Dr. Jovita Neliupšienė, the Chief Advisor on Foreign Policy to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Dr. Neliupšienė headed a research team for the book ‘Belarusian Regime Longevity: Happily Ever After…’ Just before the presentation of the book, Dr. Neliupšienė spoke to the Lithuania Tribune about the book and the reasons for the Belarusian president’s longevity. […]

Leif Arne Ulland
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Norway to support energy security projects in Lithuania

Lithuania’s priority projects in the field of energy security will also be financed under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism in the future. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Norway‘s outgoing Ambassador to Lithuania Leif Arne Ulland discussed this and other key areas of the bilateral partnership on monday, the MFA said. […]

Tallinn
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Russian money flooding Estonia’s real estate market

More and more wealthy Russians and Ukrainians who are concerned about unstable political and economic situation in their countries are investing in Estonian real estate, writes Äripäev. […]

Transnistria
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Russia’s actions in Ukraine: Parallels with other “hot spots” of the former Soviet Union

The conflict in eastern Ukraine has clear parallels with other “hot spots” in the former Soviet Union, where the Kremlin has ambitions. The clearest parallels are with the Transnistrian conflict on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Unlike the rest of Moldova, ethnic Moldovans in Transnistria constitute just 31.9 percent of the district’s population; the ethnic Russians are 30.4 percent and the ethnic Ukrainians—28.8 percent. […]

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Lithuanian state television to air Russian-language news on Ukraine

Lithuanian national television LRT will launch a new Russian-language broadcast covering events in Ukraine. On 14 July, the national television LRT will start broadcasting news broadcasts News.Ukraine prepared by Ukrainian journalists. […]