Eastern Ukraine

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Lithuanian president: Sanctions on Russia starting to work

The plunge of the rouble indicates that the Western sanctions on Russia are starting to work, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė…

10 years ago
  • Society

Children from war-torn Ukraine to join camp in Vilnius

A camp for children from Eastern Ukraine who have been directly affected by the war will be organized in Vilnius…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Ceasefire in Ukraine is not working

The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is not working, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday after arriving in Brussels…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian foreign minister: EU must continue pressure on Russia over Ukraine

The European Union must continue its pressure on Russia for the war in Eastern Ukraine, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian foreign minister to discuss Ukraine at EU Foreign Affairs Council

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius will attend the European Union's (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday.…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian foreign minister hopes for additional EU sanctions on Russia

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has expressed hope that the European Union (EU) will announce on Monday additional sanctions for…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Will the Baltic states rise to the challenges to their own security?

Russia’s attacks on Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade have brought to the forefront sharp diversities of opinion within…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Sanctions are working for peace. Russia is not

Election time is over in Ukraine. It cemented the realities on the ground. Unfortunately, it has also further entrenched conflicting…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian Red Cross collects EUR 14,800 for Eastern Ukraine

The Lithuanian Red Cross Society has collected 51,000 litas (EUR 17,800) to support the conflict-ridden Eastern Ukraine, the society's secretary…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Orientalism reanimated or colonial thinking in Western analysts’ comments on Ukraine

Over the last few months, pro-Russian commentators in many Western countries have been portraying the Ukrainian events using a mix…

10 years ago
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Andrey Piontkovsky: Putin plans to play poker, not chess

Russian president Vladimir Putin intends to blackmail the West with a nuclear weapon. So says Russian policy expert Andrey Piontkovsky.…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian Foreign Ministry’s statement on elections in Ukraine

We congratulate the people of Ukraine for expressing their will in free and democratic early elections to Verkhovna Rada and…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Lithuania’s strategy for long-term support to Ukraine

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has become the biggest long-term geopolitical challenge not only to Ukraine but also to Europe at…

10 years ago
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Minister Linkevičius: I cannot join optimists cheering peace treaty in Ukraine

Baltic States are safe because they are with NATO. Russia will not try to threaten member states of the alliance…

10 years ago
  • Defence

How long could Lithuania resist open military aggression?

As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Humanitarian mission to Ukraine

The history of the partisan resistance is an integral part of Lithuania’s resistance to Soviet-Russia’s aggression and still speaks to…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: In Wales, NATO will have to decide what it is

The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders…

10 years ago
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Lithuania condemns Russia’s unilateral actions in Ukraine at UN Security Council

At the UN Security Council consultations on 22 August, Lithuanian Permanent Representative Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė condemned Russia's unilateral decision to…

10 years ago
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Maternity hospital turned into bomb shelter to protect babies in the midst of Ukraine’s battle

The babies are blissfully unaware, but the basement of a maternity hospital in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is…

10 years ago
  • Economy

More airplanes in Lithuanian air-space after Malaysian airliner crash

After the Malaysian airliner MN17 was shot down in Eastern Ukraine in mid-July, the number of flights across the Lithuanian air-space…

10 years ago