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Jeffrey Gedmin: Unless Europe puts values above commerce, we risk another Iron Curtain

November 22, 2014 Monika Garbaciauskaite 0

Unless the EU takes a tough stand on Russia‘s foreign policies, there will re-emerge deep divisions in the continent between a free Europe and a less free Europe, says Jeffrey Gedmin, president of the Legatum Institute in London and former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. […]

Lithuania ranked 42nd in world prosperity index

November 3, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Norway is the most prosperous country, according to the 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index, published on Monday by the British research centre Legatum Institute, while Lithuania is number 42 among 142 ranked nations. […]

C’mon Aussies, c’mon!

September 3, 2014 Alex Tigani 0

Australia has won its second consecutive match against Lithuania in dominating for, handing the Baltic nation its first defeat in the FIBA World Cup 82:75. […]

19-year-old Adam Ramanauskas celebrates the 2000 AFL Premiership with Mark Johnson.

On this day in sport: 2 September

September 2, 2014 Alex Tigani 0

The Australian-Lithuanian community celebrated a range of sporting milestones throughout the spring of 2000 as the city of Sydney hosted the Olympic Games. […]

Lithuania could open embassy in South Africa in November

August 28, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian embassy in Pretoria, the South African Republic, could be opened in November. The related draft decree was prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

There is no medicine for stupidity

August 17, 2014 Jura Reilly 0

Jura Reilly is Australian-Lithuanian author of short stories and the book A Wolf at Our Door which chronicles the survival of her relatives who were exiled to Siberia after World War Two. Jura kindly agreed to share one of her short stories about growing up in South Australia with the Lithuania Tribune. […]

On this day in sport: 16 July

July 16, 2014 Alex Tigani 0

As the Australian Football League celebrates its “Diversity Round” for 2014 its fitting we look back on an Australian-Lithuanian legend, Adam Ramanauskas. […]

Cartoon by Fiona Katauskas, fionakatauskas.com

Famous Lithuanians in Australia: Cartoonist and illustrator Fiona Katauskas

July 12, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Fiona Katauskas is a cartoonist and illustrator whose work appears in Australian national and State newspapers and magazines. She has illustrated a large number of books for many publishers; and for the past eight years she has been the producer of Talking Pictures – a segment of the current affairs program Insiders – which analyses the week’s political cartoons and is screened every Sunday morning on ABC1 and 24. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]