Foreign affairs
Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia – formin
Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]
Eastern Partnership
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM inviting minister, ambassadors to discuss Eastern policy
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is inviting the foreign minister and several ambassadors to discuss the country’s relations with Russia and other Eastern countries. […]
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Latvia seeking to maintain electricity connections to Russia even after synchronisation?
The exceptional activity of Latvian politicians concerning Belarus may become an impediment in the project of synchronisation with continental Europe, LRT.lt writes. Diplomatic sources have told LRT.lt that the synchronisation process through Poland, which is […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister visiting Ireland
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is in Ireland on a working visit, which will include meetings with Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Simon Coveney. […]
CORPORATE
The “Russian Factor” in Germany’s policy towards the Eastern Partnership
In contrast to many of its European neighbours, Germany maintained relatively close relations with Russia for a long time. Some observers even spoke of a German “Russia first” policy during the term of Chancellor Gerhard […]
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Ž. Pavilionis. About Vovochka the neighbour and the choice: the West or the Lithuanian Schroederism?
Many of us have probably encountered or at least have heard of an undisciplined next-door-neighbour with a fondness for drinking. Let us call him Vovochka (the Russian equivalent of “Little Johnny”, a diminutive form of […]
CORPORATE
Eastern Partnership policy is mired in fatigue
Last Friday Brussels was host to the Fifth European Union and Eastern Partnership states – Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus – summit meeting. If we are to recall the analogous meeting held in […]
European Union
Astravyets N-plant of concern to all of Europe – Juncker
All of Europe is concerned about the Belarusian nuclear power plant project in Astravyets, which constantly comes under severe criticism from Lithuania due to its safety standards, says the European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker, adding that Brussels would keep a close eye on the situation. […]
European Union
Post-Brexit situation for Lithuanian emigrants tops president’s meeting with British PM
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels had a bilateral meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine needs to be more persistent in reforms – Lithuanian president (Updated)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Ukraine needs to be more persistent in carrying out reforms rather than in demanding a EU membership prospect. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president says Moscow behind Lukashenko’s snubbing of Brussels summit
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko does not participate in Friday’s Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels because of Moscow’s decisions. […]
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European neighbours won’t be shovelled easy promises
The fifth European Union Eastern Partnership Summit will be held on Friday. While in recent years there have been breakthroughs in implementing this programme, no particular decisions or declarations are expected in Brussels this time […]
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A historical opportunity to change fatigue with Eastern Partnership with ambition
The European Union and six Eastern Partnership states will meet in the fifth Eastern Partnership summit on November 24. It has already been dubbed the “survival meeting”. We will either finally doom Eastern Partnership or […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to EU Eastern Partnership summit
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Thursday leaving for Brussels to attend the European Union’s (EU) Eastern Partnership summit that should set guidelines for the organization’s relationship with the six Eastern neighbours. […]
European Union
Brussels hails improving ties with Belarus, but vows to keep up pressure over N-plant
In the lead-up to the European Union‘s Eastern Partnership summit, officials in Brussels hail improving relations with Belarus, but promise Lithuania that they will keep up pressure on Minsk to ensure the safety and security of its Astravyets nuclear power plant. […]
European Union
Eastern Partnership: November summit should be forward-looking, injecting new dynamism
“The summit in Brussels should be forward-looking, injecting new dynamism providing a clear political vision for the future of our Eastern Partnership. Differentiation is key. As our resources are limited, the principle of ‘more for more and less for less’ should be implemented. We should focus our resources much more on those Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries who have made remarkable progress on their European path”, said Laima Andrikienė MEP, co-author of the European Parliament’s recommendations ahead of the EaP Summit on 24 November. […]
Foreign affairs
Belarus’ opposition activists criticize decision to invite Lukashenko to Brussels
Belarus’ opposition activists are skeptical about Brussels’ decision to invite the country’s authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, to the so-called Eastern Partnership summit in late November. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania upgraded Marshall Plan for Ukraine into European idea – ambassador
The European Union’s (EU) financial plan for Ukraine, which is informally titled as the new Marshall Plan, has become a European initiative thanks to Lithuania, says Ukraine‘s Ambassador to Vilnius Volodymyr Yatsenkivski. […]
Foreign affairs
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NATO-Russia relations: messages from Zapad 2017
National strategy requires us to analyze across all dimensions relations of power and observe the ways implemented to realize it. When we think about military strategy, we examine operational and tactical doctrine and its application […]