Economy
New ferry company entering Klaipėda port
The Port of Klaipėda is concluding a deal with a shipping company that will offer passenger ferry services from the Lithuanian Baltic Sea port. […]
Baltic Sea
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Opinion
Minister Linas Linkevičius: NATO should stop feeding the Russian troll
NATO-Russian relations are where they are, at historic lows, because of what Moscow does, not because of how Western nations react to it, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius argues in an op-ed piece for Politico. Russia needs to prove it deserves to be spoken to, while holding meetings for the sake of meetings will be counter-productive. […]
Opinion
Lithuania’s key role in countering Russian A2/AD challenge to Baltics
Concepts of military strategy and doctrine have long influenced the political and military geography of the Baltic region. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania and Slovenia say Nord Stream 2 would divide Europe
Lithuania and Slovenia agree that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Russia plans to build would shatter the European Union‘s unity and distort competition on the European gas market, the Lithuanian President’s Office says. […]
Society
Three Lithuanians cross the Baltic Sea on skis
Three Lithuanian members of virtual community Polar expeditions – Algimantas Kuras, Saulius Damulevičius and Vytenis Dapkevičius – are crossing the Baltic Sea on skis. […]
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Lithuanian elite flock to Neringa with mixed effects
Neringa, the municipality located on Lithuania’s picturesque Curonian Spit, has become a Mecca for the country’s rich and famous. However, second home owners, who spend most of the year in Vilnius and other major cities, are a mixed blessing for the beautiful region. […]
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Klaipėda increases record traffic as surrounding Baltic ports decline
Klaipėda seaport reached an all-time record level shipping traffic last year of more than 38 million tons and this year is still holding its leadership position as traffic declines at other Baltic sea ports. […]
Defence
NATO endorses plans to deploy additional forces in Eastern Europe
Defence ministers of NATO countries on Wednesday endorsed plans to step up the Alliance’s military presence in Eastern Europe in response to Russia‘s actions, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said. […]
Economy
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Marriott to invest in new hotel in Palanga
A new Marriott Hotel is to be built in the centre of Palanga by the end of 2018, with the international hotel group making a major investment in the Lithuanian resort town. […]
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Opinion: Kaliningrad – Kremlin‘s joker in geopolitical poker game with West
The Kremlin‘s propaganda rarely shocks anymore and hardly registers as news with most people but some of it deserves attention because when a specific propaganda message is repeated over and over, it is done in an attempt to embed it in our minds as being the uncontestable truth. In the case of Kaliningrad, it has to be feared that the Kremlin‘s efforts are an attempt to incite war between the West and Russia. […]
Defence
Sweden would defend Lithuania in case of an attack
Sweden would defend Lithuania in case of a military attack, say Swedish experts, although they also acknowledge that after two centuries of neutrality, the country‘s military has such a reduced capability that some Swedes doubt that their armed forces would be sufficient to protect their own country. […]
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Second gas pipeline bypassing Baltic States a key priority for Russia, says minister
Russia’s energy minister said a second gas pipeline, Nordstream 2, that will bypass the Baltic States and Poland to supply Germany directly with natural gas was a key energy project for Russia in 2016. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled once to intercept Russian military aircraft
On 9-15 November, fighter aircraft of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic States performed one A-Scramble to intercept a foreign aircraft in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
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Estonian plans present challenge to Lithuanian energy strategy
Should Lithuania be worried about Estonia‘s plans to build its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal? If it becomes a regional gas supply facility, it could supply gas to Latvia and Estonia and take away desperately needed clients from Lithuania’s Klaipėda LNG terminal, already struggling to operate at adequate capacity. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled four times last week
On 19-25 October, fighter jets conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states performed four scrambles to intercept aircraft flying in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania said. […]
Defence
NATO air policing intercepted one Russian military aircraft last week
Between 5 and 11 October, NATO air policing fighter jets patrolling Baltic airspace identified and intercepted one IL-76 transport aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania reports. […]
Lithuanian president: Swedish royal visit is consolidation of bonds between the countries
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a three-day state visit in Lithuania. During their meeting, the president and the Swedish royal couple discussed the results and prospects of long-standing and close bilateral cooperation. This is the second state visit by the King and Queen of Sweden in our country after 23 years, the presidential press service said. […]
