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Belarus
Defence
Defence
Russia, Belarus ‘trying to infiltrate Lithuanian army via new recruits’
Russia and Belarus are likely to target infiltrating Lithuania’s Armed Forces via new recruits and conscripts, according to the Lithuanian Security Institutions’ annual report on Wednesday. […]
Society
Kaunas reopens court case in murder of Lithuanian partisan leader
On Friday, a Kaunas court reopened the murder case of Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, the leader of Lithuania’s anti-Soviet partisans. […]
CORPORATE
‘Neighbouring countries still pose biggest threat to Lithuania’
Unfriendly neighbouring countries are the biggest current threat to Lithuania, said Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee on Žinių Radijas. […]
CORPORATE
Labour Party proposal to fix milk prices draws criticism, including from dairy producers
Lithuania’s Labour Party, whose delegate, Virginija Baltraitienė, is currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture, has proposed a controversial law to protect dairy producers that has critics, even those in the dairy industry, scratching their heads. […]
Uncategorized
The Pope and the Patriarch: Russia’s search for the right West
The Western political establishment is hostile to Russia. This makes it all the more important to demonstrate that the Western religious establishment is more sympathetic. Regardless of Putin’s aims, the meeting between Pope and Patriarch has become a landmark event in the history of Christianity. […]
Uncategorized
Environment Minister accuses Belarus of playing games with Astravyets nuclear power plant
Belarus is playing games over the Astravyets nuclear power plant and its answers about safety sound like a broken record, Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas said on Wednesday. […]
Energy
Foreign affairs
Vilnius-based Belarusian university discusses funding with donors
The European Humanities University (EHU), a Vilnius-based Belarusian school in exile, is holding a donors’ conference on Thursday to discuss the university’s finances and future role. […]
Energy
Lithuanian PM asks experts if blocking power from Belarus nuclear plant is possible
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has asked his energy minister to find out if it is technically possible to restrict the supply of electricity from Belarus’ new nuclear power plant, which is part of the so-called BRELL energy ring that also includes the Baltic countries and Russia. […]
Defence
Lithuanian border guards prepare for potential flow of refugees through Russia
As the European Union blocks the flow of illegal immigrants from Libya to Italy and negotiates similar agreements in Turkey and Greece, some fear that migrants may try a new approach towards entering the European Union that would take them through Russia and potentially the Baltic states. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s major parties come together to oppose Belarus nuclear plant
Lithuania’s major political parties will work out an agreement to present a unified front opposing the threat posed by the construction of a new Belarus nuclear plant and to send a clear message that electricity from the plant will face restrictions. […]
CORPORATE
Defence
Lithuanian army paramedic convicted for spying for Belarus
A Vilnius court on Friday sentenced Andrey Osurkov, a former paramedic of Lithuania’s Armed Forces, to three years in prison for spying for Belarus. […]
Uncategorized
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. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian PM calls on Latvia, Estonia to act on Belarus nuclear plant
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius called on the other Baltic States and the European Commission to step up efforts to make sure that a nuclear power plant being built by Belarus in Astravyets complies with safety standards. […]
CORPORATE
Four out of five illegal cigarettes in Lithuania from Belarus
Four out of five packets of smuggled cigarettes in Lithuania come from Belarus, according to a survey of used packets conducted at the end of last year by Nielsen. […]
Energy
Baltic grid synchronization plan expected by summer, EC vice-president says
The European Union’s (EU) researchers will draw up proposals by summer identifying the best ways to synchronize electricity grids of the Baltic countries and Western Europe, Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice-President for the Energy Union, has said while on a visit to Lithuania. […]