Defence
US to send more troops, equipment to Baltic states
The United States will send more troops and military equipment to the Baltic states, US President Barack Obama said during a visit in Estonia on Wednesday. […]
Baltic States
Opinion
Opinion: In Wales, NATO will have to decide what it is
The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Paradoxically enough, at the beginning of planning the meeting, it was not entirely clear what the leaders should discuss. […]
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Zbigniew Brzezinski: Baltics will come next after Ukraine
Zbigniew Brzezinski, an influential Polish-American political analyst and former US presidential adviser under President Jimmy Carter, says that after Russia is done with Ukraine, it might turn its gaze towards the Baltic nations. […]
Defence
Barack Obama to send strong message to Putin from Tallinn and Wales
US President Barack Obama is visiting Estonia and attending a NATO summit in Wales this week. While in Europe, he is to send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning him against incursions into Ukraine laying his hands on the Baltic States. […]
Economy
European Union
Hungary’s Orban: Baltic States set bad example
The Hungarian prime minister, who is notorious for his contradictory statements, said that he was against the Baltic States‘ attitude towards Russia and highlighted that he was to seek for the European Union (EU) to improve its relations with Moscow. Viktor Orban also said that the values were important, yet that Hungary saw Russia as a business partner first. […]
Society
Commemorative Baltic Way stands unveiled in Lithuania
Nine special information stands to mark the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way have been unveiled near the roads Vilnius-Panevėžys and Panevėžys-Pasvalys-Riga in Lithuania on Friday. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The Baltic Way, a policy of memory and cooperation
I have to confess, that generally, I don’t like the term “Baltic States.” This term references a legacy I hate — the Soviet legacy. […]
Energy
Winter and Gazprom won’t wait: What the geopolitics of LNG will mean for the people of Ukraine and Europe
As the crisis in Ukraine is escalating with the prospect of Russian military intervention, there is every reason to believe that Vladimir Putin will use other weapons at his disposal. Thus European nations are increasingly – and justifiably – worried about the impending winter months when Russia could ratchet up the pressure on Europe, as it has done in the past, by imposing another gas halt with the consequent loss of life and negative economic impacts. […]
European Union
Baltic countries and Poland still working on request to EU over ASF
The Baltic countries and Poland have not yet finalized their joint request to the European Commission for support in the fight against African Swine Fever (ASF), Lithuania’s chief veterinary officer, who is coordinating the drafting of the document, said on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania calls on Russian government to distance itself from Zhirinovsky’s statements
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on Russia‘s government institutions to publicly distance themselves from statements made by member of the Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who voiced threats against the Baltic States and Poland. […]
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Zhirinovsky’s statements about Baltic annihilation decoded
Recent statements by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Vice Chairman of the Russian Duma, were meant to highlight that, from now on, Russia will be a key decision maker in European security matters. […]
European Union
Baltic-Polish task group to submit ASF proposals to EC
Officials from the Baltic countries and Poland have agreed to establish a joint task group, which will submit proposals on measures to fight African swine fever (ASF) to the European Commission (EC). […]
Culture
Linkup on Lithuanian-Latvian border planned for 25-year Baltic Way anniversary
The main event to mark 25 years of the Baltic Way will take place in Saločiai, close to the Lithuanian-Latvian border. The heads of the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian parliaments will join hands with citizens of all three countries. […]
Economy
Bank of Latvia: A special day and not only for Lithuania
This is an historic day for Lithuania and all the other Baltic States. Long and hard work on putting the economy right has been rewarded with an official invitation to join the euro zone as of 1 January 2015. Another wall then comes down for the people of the Baltic States, not least when it comes to business relations. This is one aspect that Latvia can’t help but value given its long border of almost 600 km with Lithuania. […]
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Nordic electricity bourse price fell by 3 percent in June
In the Nordic electricity bourse Nord Pool Spot (NPS) Estonian price region, the average electricity price was 35.81 EUR per MWh in June, nearly 3% lower than in May, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Lithuania’s interests in the Arctic – a new niche
Although most of our eyes are glued to what’s happening in Ukraine (and, let’s face it, the World Cup in Brazil) for reasons apparent to everyone, the world is not limited to what Lithuania sees. The latest and most important political trends determining power, identity, rules and regional development exist way beyond Lithuania’s geopolitical boundaries. […]
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Russian politician: We need to cut all contacts with Lithuania after Grybauskaitė’s statements
Russia needs to cut off all contacts with Lithuania and to start imposing economic sanctions after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has compared Vladimir Putin’s policy with those of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, says Igor Morozov, member of the Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee. […]