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Russia’s military games for Baltic and Polish civilians and youth

April 22, 2015 Agnia Grigas 0

With the Russian 9th of May celebrations of Soviet victory in World War Two approaching, many in the Baltic States are concerned about the potential risk of provocations or confrontation stemming from the more radical and disgruntled elements of the local Russian minority. Moreover, since Russia launched a shadow war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, NATO, American, and European governments have been increasingly concerned about the risks of hybrid warfare in Poland and the Baltic region. […]

Belt believed to belong to Grand Duke Vytautas on display in Vilnius

April 18, 2015 BNS 0

Segments of a belt, believed to be worn by Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas, go on display at the Grand Dukes Palace in Vilnius. […]

US professor appointed to head Belarusian university in Vilnius

April 10, 2015 BNS 0

Professor David Pollick from the United States has been appointed as rector of the European Humanities University, a Vilnius-based Belarusian school. […]

Lithuania to send note to Belarus on international border crossing point

April 9, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign affairs will Thursday send a note to Belarus on the sixth international car border crossing point at Šumskas. […]

Judge removed in Lithuanian paramedic spying case

March 26, 2015 BNS EN 0

Vilnius Regional Judge Stasys Lemežis has been removed from hearing the case of Lithuanian army paramedic Andrei Oshurkov who is suspected of having spied for Belarus. […]

Putin’s Russia: What did Nemtsov’s assassination reveal about the current regime?

March 19, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras 0

Assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was a shocking wake-up call for many all over the globe. Circumstances were more than eloquent – bullets hit Nemtsov right in front of Kremlin and merely one day before the planned protest march. […]

Embassy staff member busted with smuggled cigarettes

March 13, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian customs officers have found smuggled cigarettes inside a car belonging to a foreign embassy in Lithuania, the Lithuanian Customs said on Friday. […]

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Lukashenko interested in Ukraine war continuing, Belarusian opposition leader says

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is interested in the continuity of the Ukrainian war as it helps to disguise his country’s internal problems and avoid the West’s criticism for non-democratic processes, says Anatoly Lyabedzko, one of the Belarusian opposition leaders. […]

Spying case: Belarusian KGB agent used to live in Lithuania, witness says

March 5, 2015 BNS 0

The Belarusian KGB agent, Sergey Kurulenko, who collected information in Lithuania used to live in the Baltic country and even graduated from a school here. His mother and sister also live in Lithuania, it emerged during a hearing of Vilnius Regional Court on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian Customs to focus on Belarusian border

February 25, 2015 BNS 0

With the flow of illegal goods from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad declining, the Lithuanian Customs this year plan to focus more on the border with Belarus. […]

Russia’s neighbours concerned about Kremlin’s foreign policy, OSCE PA vice-president says

February 25, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), says that the OSCE PA attitude towards Russia changed considerably during its winter session. […]

“Riga Process” moves ahead towards creating EU Energy Union

February 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis paid a visit to Riga to take part in a conference on the creation of the European Energy Union. Latvia is currently presiding over the Council of the European Union. The Lithuanian energy minister says such union might contribute to dealing with issues which are given insufficient attention on the current EU agenda and which lack European-level support. […]

Lithuania opens new visa centres in Belarus

February 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Friday, 6 February, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened new visa issuance centres for the citizens of Belarus in Minsk, Gomel, Grodno and Brest. […]

Lithuanian court hears first witness testimonies in Belarusian spying case

February 6, 2015 BNS 0

A Vilnius court on Friday heard the first witnesses in the Belarusian spying case. The first witness was an employee of the Trakai Tourism Association, Violeta Karpičienė, who was in contact with Belarusian KGB agent Sergey Kurulenko suspected of collecting information in Lithuania. […]

Businesses exporting to Belarus should expect obstacles, warns Lithuanian ambassador

February 6, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As Belarus has joined the Eurasian Economic Union, companies developing their production in this country will enjoy new opportunities, however, businesses exporting to Belarus or transit of goods should expect certain difficulties, says Evaldas Ignatavičius, Lithuania’s ambassador to Belarus. […]

Lithuania praises Belarus’ position on Ukraine

February 5, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania has praised Belarus, saying its position on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is “very positive” as well as Minsk’s decision not to join Moscow’s sanctions against EU member states. Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas expressed the position after his visit to Minsk. […]

Lithuania discusses future of Belarusian university-in-exile

February 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 30 January, at a meeting in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius urged representatives of all governing bodies of the European Humanities University (EHU) to unite for a common goal, ensure smooth operations of the university, and meet its commitments to the students, the Belarusian society and international donor community, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

Belarus and Armenia re-evaluate relations with Russia

January 31, 2015 STRATFOR 0

Recent developments indicate that two of Moscow’s most loyal allies in the former Soviet periphery, Belarus and Armenia, may be reassessing their ties with Russia in light of the country’s standoff with the West. […]

Is Belarus benefiting from change in West’s perspective?

January 29, 2015 Grigory Ioffe 0

It is tempting to slip into a spiral of sensationalism when describing the concurrent trends in Belarus’s foreign relations and national aspirations, even though—if history is any guide—these trends may be reversed as abruptly as they started. So far, however, tensions have been on the rise along Belarus’s eastern flank; whereas, there has been steady improvement in Belarus’s relations with the West. According to the assessment of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, this has been the case since the very beginning of 2014. […]

Vytis Jurkonis: Eastern Partnership is not Eurasian Union, no one is forced if there’s no interest

January 29, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

State Secretary of the Latvian Foreign Ministry Andrejs Pildegovičs met Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makey on the 23rd of January. The visit was formally related to the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council. The Latvian diplomat mentioned a few things, which seem to become traditional at the beginning of any presidential race in Belarus. […]