Lithuanian leaders on Saturday congratulated the United States on its Independence Day, underlying partnership between the two countries in their messages of congratulation. […]
On Friday morning whilst he was preparing the eulogy for the nine murdered black people in Charleston, South Carolina, United States President Barack Obama received the last piece of good news in a week that had plenty to celebrate for the White House administration. Shortly after the the Supreme Court announcing marriage equality, President Obama issued a statement. “It’s been a significant morning. It’s been a significant couple of days. And it’s certainly been a significant month.” […]
A visit several weeks ago by Kurt Volker, former US ambassador to NATO and currently the head of the McCain Institute, would have gone unnoticed by the Lithuanian public, if it weren’t for a few media interviews. And even if it was noticed, many must have thought it of little consequence. […]
A US-EU trade agreement is unlikely to adversely affect Lithuania’s agricultural industry, the country’s permanent representative to the EU said on Tuesday, adding that the US will not flood the Lithuanian market with cheap products as the deal would provide for removing customs duties only on specific American product quotas. […]
Nobody takes much notice when the leader of any Western country stays out of the public eye for a period of time. And this is because the state has a governance structure which provides for substituting one official with another, if need be, all the way to the top. […]
John Shimkus, the only US Republican congressman of close Lithuanian descent, says he is proud of Lithuania being such a staunch ally of the United States, with the ties deeply rooted in the two countries’ long-standing political, economic and cultural collaboration. […]
If Hillary Clinton, who officially opened her presidential election campaign on Sunday, is elected as the next president of the United States, she would be more strict towards Russia, says Kęstutis Girnius, associate professor at Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]
According to the Christian calendar, Easter is the most important event during the year. The death and resurrection of Christ is the essence of the Christian religion. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
President Barack Obama‘s nominee for defense secretary, Ashton Carter, said Wednesday he would likely support delivering arms to Ukraine to counter pro-Russian separatists. He also said the United States should do everything to reassure its allies in the Baltics. […]
President Barack Obama, during his State of the Union address to the American Congress on Tuesday night, spoke about the situation in Ukraine. He advocated the use of diplomacy to uphold the principle that bigger nations cannot bully the small. […]
Lilia Shevtsova, a Russia expert at the Brookings Institution, says that Vladimir Putin is a far cry from the shrewd and effective leader everyone, friends and foes alike, take him to be. On the contrary, she says, the Russian president is a shallow mediocrity who has not got a clue how to avert his country’s imminent collapse. […]
Russia is already preparing for large-scale celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, and Latvian President Andris Bērziņš has been invited to the event as well. […]
Russia will not leave Washington’s actions without response, the United States will be fully to blame for the consequences, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich warned on Friday in connection with the signing by US President Barack Obama of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act. […]
While nobody wants Russia to go bankrupt, the rouble crisis and the pending economic difficulties should make Russia revise its policies, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
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