Foreign affairs
Lithuanian-descent Senator accompanies Obama on historic visit to Cuba
Lithuanian-descent US Senator Dick Durbin is accompanying President Barack Obama and his family on their historic visit to Cuba. […]
Barack Obama
Sports
Sabonis busts Obama’s bracket to fire Bulldogs forward in NCAA
Domantas Sabonis led US college Gonzaga to a stunning 68-52 victory over Seton Hall with a powerhouse performance grabbing 16 rebounds and in the process busting US President Barack Obama’s “bracket” for the NCAA tournament. […]
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Obama tells Putin to respect Ukraine ceasefire agreement
United States President Barack Obama told Russian leader Vladimir Putin, with whom he spoke on the phone on Monday, that Moscow must respect the Minsk agreements of ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. […]
Foreign affairs
Obama on independence day: ‘Lithuania continues to serve as a model to others’
US President Barack Obama has praised Lithuania‘s contribution to supporting Eastern Partnership countries and Ukraine, saying that Lithuania “continues to serve as a model” for strengthening democracy and security in the world. […]
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Opinion
Opinion: Why Baltics should hope Marco Rubio wins US presidential election
The election for US President is well underway and the races are so close that only a few percentage points could have an enormous effect on not only the Baltic States, but all of Europe. […]
CORPORATE
Trump, Clinton, Cruz, Sanders: Who would be the best US president for the Baltics?
As the presidential race in the United States picks up pace, political analyst Simonas Klimanskis looks at which of the front-runners for the Democratic and Republican parties’ nominations would pursue foreign policies that are in the best interests of the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. […]
CORPORATE
Obama’s €3bn plan to ramp up US military strength in Baltic States, Eastern Europe
US President Barack Obama is planning to substantially increase the deployment of heavy weapons and armoured vehicles in Lithuania and the Baltic States, and all along NATO’s eastern flank, to send a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes the New York Times. […]
CORPORATE
Partnership with Poland should be Lithuania’s key foreign policy priority, says former ambassador to US
Many in Lithuania have been criticizing Poland‘s new government, but former Lithuanian ambassador to the US Žygimantas Pavilionis believes that the return of a strategic partnership between Poland and Lithuania should be our greatest foreign policy priority. According to Pavilionis, those now criticising the Polish government are the same people that accepted Barack Obama‘s attempts to reset the US relationship with Russia and improve the EU’s relationship with Russia. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Minister Linkevičius on response to Russian aggression: Inaction itself can be provocative
Lithuania and other countries in the Eastern block are looking for a clear and decisive message of support from the United States as Russian President Vladimir Putin tests NATO’s decisiveness and tries to fill the “gaps of influence” created by the West’s inability to protect international law and its own interests, said Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius in an interview with The Washington Times on Tuesday. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Big danger to small creatures of nature
Climate change and the protection of our environment have captured the attention of world leaders. The United States is fully engaged in the effort to deliver an ambitious, durable, and inclusive agreement at the United Nations Conference in Paris in December. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president says Putin’s speech at UN ‘neo-Stalinist’
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s speech at the United Nations (UN) is “neo-Stalinist” and characteristic of celebration of last century’s dictatorships, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Putin’s UN speech means Russia is back in the game
Vladimir Putin is back in the international arena. That is the significance of the Russian president’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly, says Lithuanian political scientist Gražvydas Jasutis. […]
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Russia should respect principles Putin extolled in UN speech, Lithuania’s Linkevičius says
Russia should respect those principles the country’s President Vladimir Putin mentioned in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Russian and American presidents to meet on Monday
The US authorities have confirmed that the presidents of Russia and the United States will meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian ambassador presents credential letters to USA president
On 17 September, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States of America Rolandas Kriščiūnas presented his credential letters to the President of the US Barack Obama, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Is the West really about to betray Lithuania or Ukraine?
Last Tuesday, NATO decided to reduce the number of fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission. The number of fighter jets is to be cut from 16 down to 8. […]
Foreign affairs
President Obama challenges critics on historic nuclear deal with Iran
US President Barack Obama was fully on the offensive on Wednesday to let the world know that the deal with Iran was the best deal preventing that country from obtaining nuclear weapons. […]
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US Vice President Biden Supports Ukraine’s last chance for reform
During a busy day in Washington, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk received plenty of support from the US Administration, including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and US Secretary for Commerce Penny Pritzker. […]