Crimean Tatars

  • Foreign affairs

Crimean Tatars call for non-recognition of Russian elections, FIFA World Cup boycott

Leaders of the Crimean Tatar parliament on Monday called on the West not to recognize Russia's upcoming presidential elections and…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania reiterates non-recognition of Crimea annexation

Lithuania reiterated on Wednesday its non-recognition of "the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea" by Russia. [...]

7 years ago
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Crimea will always be part of Ukraine – Lithuanian Constitutional Court chief tells Tatars

Crimea is part of Ukraine, regardless of annexation of the peninsula by Russia four years ago, Lithuania's Constitutional Court chairman…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker becomes 1st high-ranking EU official to visit border with Crimea

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, on Friday visited a checkpoint on the administrative boundary line between Ukraine's…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Intelligence: Lithuania’s Tatars targetted by Russia, Muslims abroad

Russia aims to boost it influence upon the Tatar community in Lithuania and take advantage of the disputes on the…

7 years ago
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  • Opinion

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…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania remembers Soviet deportations on Day of Mourning and Hope

Events in Lithuania have begun to commemorate Lithuania's Day of Mourning and Hope, which is held every year on 14…

8 years ago
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Moscow’s divide-and-conquer strategy against the Crimean Tatars

According to Refat Chubarov, the president of the Crimean Tatar World Congress and the elected chairperson of the Mejlis (the…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Eurovision results are political – Lithuania’s Linkevičius

Eurovision results are political, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius agrees, and they show Europe's views not just on music, but…

8 years ago
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Russia irked by Ukraine’s ‘political’ victory in Eurovision

Russian politicians and state-controlled media have expressed outrage over the Eurovision victory of Ukraine's singer Jamala who's song is widely…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Crimean Tatars ‘the new enslaved people of Europe’, says Landsbergis

Tatars of Crimea are "the new enslaved people in today's Europe", says Lithuanian statesman Vytautas Landsbergis. [...]

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian parliament website suffers cyber attack ahead of Crimean Tatar broadcast

The Lithuanian parliament's website cannot be reached by foreign users due to a cyber attack, the Seimas office said on…

8 years ago

‘Two years after illegal annexation of Crimea, human rights violations abound’

Six foreign ministers of the Baltic and Nordic states call on Europe not to let down pressure on Russia over…

8 years ago
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Lithuania condemns Russia’s moves to suppress Crimean Tatars

Attempts by Russian law enforcement institutions to ban activities of the Mejlis, or council, of Crimean Tatars is politically-motivated persecution,…

9 years ago