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Merkel: Eastern Partnership is not instrument for EU enlargement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated that former Soviet states that are part of the European Union‘s Eastern Partnership programme should not expect any promises of full membership. […]
Lithuania only EU state to fully boycott 9 May celebrations in Moscow
Lithuania will probably be the only country of the European Union (EU) to fully boycott the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on 9 May, diplomats tell BNS. […]
PM offers condolences on tragic airliner crash
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has offered his condolences to Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain Mariano Rajoy on the tragic Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps, which has taken the lives of citizens of both countries, the prime minister’s press service said. […]
Opinion: Is Minsk the end, or just the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine?
There is no doubt who gained most from the deal reached in Minsk on February 12th to end the conflict in Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin. At a minimum, a frozen conflict will block Ukraine’s progress towards NATO and the EU; and if fighting resumes, the terms of the ceasefire will leave Ukrainian forces in a weaker position than now. […]
Lithuania supports German leadership in resolving conflict in Ukraine, MP tells ambassador
Lithuanian Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas, deputy speaker of the Seimas, chair of the Committee on European Affairs, has met with Jutta Schmitz, German ambassador to Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian MP rejects opposition’s accusations of EU softness on Russia
Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament and Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, a social democrat, says he does not agree with the criticism of right-wing parties that accuse the European Union of being too soft on Russia. […]
Vytautas Landsbergis on Minsk agreement: It is worse than Munich
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-Soviet leader and honorary chairman of the conservative Homeland Union, says that the Minks agreement for ceasefire between Kiev’s forces and Moscow-supported separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine, which was signed on Thursday, is worse than the Munich agreement of 1938. […]
Mogherini stresses historic responsibility in talks on Ukraine
The European Union‘s (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says that the French and German leaders attending the Minsk talks on peace in Ukraine on Wednesday will speak on the EU’s behalf, emphasizing the historic responsibility of the talks. […]
Ukraine peace talks: What are the goals and the stakes?
While Ukraine‘s government forces are fighting pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Donbass region, Western leaders are engaging in a tense diplomacy game with Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]
Opinion: Are Merkel and Obama indeed appeasing Russia?
For over a decade now we in Lithuania are being told that Germany is always indulging Russia. This line of criticism has lost some steam recently, after Angela Merkel played a crucial role in adopting hard sanctions on Russia. However, recent efforts by her and French President François Hollande to find a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have rekindled suspicions that there are plans to indulge Russia and betray Ukraine. […]
Chancellor Merkel and President Obama discuss Ukrainian situation as fewer options remain to resolve crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday. The visit, which had been planned for some time, saw both leaders discuss a wide array of trade and security issues. The recent developments in Ukraine, with Russia destabilizing the country, dominated a large part of the talks and the hour-long joint press conference that followed. The press conference was attended by Vice-President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Ambassador Susan Rice. […]
Kremlin: No one will talk to Putin in ultimatums
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums at talks on the Ukraine crisis, a Russian radio station quoted the Kremlin as saying on Monday. […]
Lithuanian foreign minister in Brussels: Supplying arms to Ukraine “logical step”
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after arrival at the meeting of European Union’s (EU) foreign ministers on Monday that the West would make a mistake by tiptoeing around Russia, saying that the possible US arms supply to Ukraine would be a sensible step. […]
Lithuanian president says she trusts Merkel and rejects fears of “second Munich”
Amid fears by some politicians of a new “Munich Agreement” in talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that she trusts that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not betray Ukraine or Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian president in Munich: To betray Ukraine would mean to betray ourselves
To betray Ukraine would mean “to betray ourselves”, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said during a presidential debate at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. […]
John Kerry in Kiev: Russian aggression cannot be ignored
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is visiting Kiev on Thursday, has said that Russian aggression in Ukraine cannot be ignored, Euronews reports. […]
Lithuanian president tops Ukraine’s list of international friends
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė leads the annual rating Top-10 Ukraine‘s Promoters in the World 2014 presented by the Institute of World Policy, the President’s Office said on Thursday. […]
Angela Merkel congratulates Lithuania on joining euro zone
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Lithuania on becoming the 19th member of the euro area and says the accession marks the culmination of Lithuania’s remarkable economic achievements. […]
Angela Merkel and John Kerry the most active global policy figures, Lithuanian foreign minister says
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, US Secretary of State John Kerry and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were distinctly active in foreign policy this year. Linkevičius also noticed that the role of personalities has been giving way to coordinated work of institutions and international organisations. […]