Andrius Kubilius
Opinion

W. Europe needed a Marshall plan in 1947. In 2017 Marshall plan is needed for Ukraine

In 1947, following his return to Washington after the negotiations with Stalin and Molotov in Moscow, George Marshall, the famous US military leader and post-war Secretary of State, saw the need to promote economic recovery in Western Europe destroyed by war. This was seen as a stabilising factor and the only way to halt Stalin’s ambitions of expanding his political dominance to Western Europe. […]

Emmanuel Macron, the French President-elect
European Union

Macron victory will ease Lithuania’s concerns over France’s stance on Russia

The victory by centrist Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections will mitigate the concerns in Lithuania over the Paris attitude towards Russia, says Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, director of the Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė in Klaipėda
Defence

President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania is ready to defend itself

President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday that Lithuania was ready to defend itself in the event of Russian aggression as she commented on the latest annual threat assessment report by the country’s intelligence services. […]

Sergey Shmakov
Defence

Backing separatists in Eastern Ukraine means acting against Lithuania

The Lithuanian State Security Department‘s director says that those who support separatists in Eastern Ukraine are acting against Lithuania and Western values. […]

Anatoly Lebedko
Uncategorized

Belarusian opposition think Russians may leave weapons after Zapad

The Belarusian society has fears about the upcoming joint war games with Russia, Zapad 2017, and the plans to bring numerous weaponry, Belarusian opposition activists have said in Vilnius. […]