Defence
US Senator Durbin wants to see permanent presence of US troops in Baltics
Democratic US Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday that US troops should to be permanently stationed in the Baltic countries. […]
Crimea
Defence
European Union
Central, Eastern European politicians urge Trump to stop concessions to Russia
Central and Eastern European politicians have urged United States President-Elect Donald Trump to stop making concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he could view the steps as weaknesses and undertake provocations against the Baltic states and Poland. […]
CORPORATE
Why is Lithuania losing the hybrid war with Russia?
International relations experts keep repeating that Russia is already in a hybrid war with the West. At Kremlin‘s command, Russian special services tampered with US presidential elections, are attempting to do the same with the […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Railways has foreign policy of its own
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) pursues a foreign policy of its own by cooperating with a Russian corporation linked to the military industry, a member of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said. […]
Uncategorized
Putin outraged over Lithuania’s refusal of entry to Russian Constitutional Court judges
Lithuania has refused to ban entry to judges of the Russian Constitutional Court over decisions that legalized the annexation of Crimea. The Lithuanian decision drew an indignant reaction from Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]
CORPORATE
Russian propaganda most impactful on ethnic minorities
Europe has finally admitted what has been spoken about in Lithuania for a long time now – it is experiencing information attacks from Russia. This week the European Parliament passed a resolution which states that […]
Defence
Lithuanian diplomats send defense message to US new administration
Lithuanian diplomats met with members of the United States‘ future administration in Washington D.C., emphasizing Lithuania’s efforts to step up defense capacities in the past few years. […]
Defence
Seimas starts discussing updated National Security Strategy
Lithuania’s parliament is opening discussions into the updated National Security Strategy, a document that was last revised in 2012. […]
Opinion
About friends and allies
If during The Rīga Conference 2015 we began witnessing Kremlin’s adventure in Syria, today we observe casualties and the number deaths of this escapade. During the last 12 months, the world has beheld terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, aggression of Russian football fans during Euro-2016 in France, and bombings in Aleppo. The Crimea remains occupied and the Russian aggression against Ukraine is still ongoing. […]
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Ukraine is ready for all scenarios, including massive military action
Ukraine is ready not only for the so-called Crimean corridor scenario, but also for much larger-scale military action by pro-Russian separatists in its territory, General Viktor Muzhenko, the chief of the general staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said. […]
CORPORATE
Hybrid threats facing Lithuania – real or imagined?
If you type the word “hybrid” into the Google search machine, you will get a rather likely result – the term “hybrid car”. Only later Google will include such terms, as “hybrid warfare” and “hybrid threats”. In general, hybrid means a thing made by combining two or many different elements, mixed. So much about the terms. […]
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Lithuania doesn’t rule broadening natl sanctions against Russia
Lithuania does not rule out broadening its national sanctions against Russia if the European Union fails to do so at the bloc’s level, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said. […]
Defence
Brzezinski: Obama should warn Russia against intrusion of Baltic states
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US presidential adviser on national security, has urged the outgoing administration of Barack Obama to warn Russia that in intrusion into the Baltic states would mean a war to Moscow. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. New populists admire demise of the old populists
It was only four years ago that the Labour Party (DP) and Order and Justice (TT) got a quite a bit of support from some of the electorate. The latest polls show that both of […]
Defence
Lithuania recalling defence attache from Russia
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry on Tuesday said it was recalling Defense Attache to Russia Saulius Pikturna due to family reasons, however, did not elaborate on media reports about his marriage with a Russian citizen from Crimea. […]
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Lithuania urges Russia to investigate election violations, reiterates position on Crimea
Lithuania’s authorities urge Russia to investigate violations recorded in the run-up to and during last Sunday’s State Duma polls and underline that the elections do not change their attitude to Russia’s actions toward Ukraine. […]
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Russia ‘trying to back away from Minsk deal’ – Lithuanian minister
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia‘s allegations about a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea may be aimed at creating a pretext to back away from the Minsk agreement.
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No independent confirmation of Russia’s allegations against Ukraine – EU ambassador
Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU’s ambassador to Russia, says that Russia’s allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea have not been confirmed by independent observers.
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Culture
Russian rapper who supports Putin denied show at Lithuanian concert hall
A concert hall in Vilnius has said “no” to a concert by Russian rapper Timati because the singer is regarded as a Kremlin propaganda tool.
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