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Opinion: Molotov-Ribbentrop and the birth of the Lithuanian-American alliance

August 28, 2014 Paul Goble 0

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed 75 years ago is remembered as the beginning of an alliance between Hitler and Stalin that divided Eastern Europe between the two totalitarian dictators and opened the way to World War II. That it certainly was, but the accord had another impact as well: reaction to it marked the beginning of an alliance between Lithuania and her Baltic neighbours with the United States. […]

Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkienė

Valdas Adamkus: The only person I had no luck with was Vladimir Putin

August 28, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus expresses his disappointment about the estranged relationship with Poland, and the demands of the Polish minority. He also shares insights and memories about his own personal relations with state leaders he worked with during his presidency, while appreciating a bold yet risky stance of Lithuania’s current leadership during the Russia–Ukraine conflict. […]

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Lithuania’s Linkevičius tight-lipped on candidates for EU foreign policy chief

August 27, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius refuses to comment on his Italian counterpart Federica Mogherini‘s chances of being appointment the new EU foreign policy chief. Lithuania’s leaders have expressed reservations about the candidacy due to what they say are Mongerini’s Russian sympathies. […]

Third-country citizens seek job opportunities in Latvia

August 27, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

Third-country citizens increasingly often choose job opportunities in Latvia. Furthermore, a majority of them are doing so intending to reside in Latvia for longer periods of time, as data provided by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs indicates. […]

China possible new market for Estonian agricultural products

August 27, 2014 Silver Tambur 0

The Estonian Minister of Agriculture Ivari Padar met with Mr QU Zhe, the Chinese Ambassador to Estonia, to discuss the possible import of Estonian food products into China. […]

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė (right) with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius (centre) and coalition partner Rolandas Paksas.

Lithuania’s Labour Party to choose among five candidates for energy minister

August 27, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The Labour Party will choose a nominee for the position of energy minister from five candidates, says Speaker of the Seimas, chairwoman of the Labour Party Loreta Graužinienė. […]

Hungary’s Orban: Baltic States set bad example

August 27, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

The Hungarian prime minister, who is notorious for his contradictory statements, said that he was against the Baltic States‘ attitude towards Russia and highlighted that he was to seek for the European Union (EU) to improve its relations with Moscow. Viktor Orban also said that the values were important, yet that Hungary saw Russia as a business partner first. […]

Opinion: Russia’s psychological warfare – battles without armed confrontation

August 27, 2014 Stan Backaitis 0

This year, during the month of July, the Central and Eastern European Coalition (CEEC), met with California U.S. congressman Adam Schiff and the U.S. Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Matthew Armstrong, to exchange thoughts on Russian inspired and supported armed conflicts and threats in the CEE region. […]

Analyst: Russia could only do more harm to Lithuania through cuts in gas supplies

August 26, 2014 BNS 0

Russia’s sanctions against imports of farm and food products were the trump card of the neighbouring country and it only could do more harm through restrictions on the sale of energy sources to the European Union’s (EU) countries, chief economist of Swedbank Lithuania has said, adding that in this way Moscow would also inflict significant harm on itself. […]

Lithuanian specialist will help Ukraine implement reforms, foreign minister says

August 26, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Ukraine will receive a Lithuanian specialist who will help the country implement economic and integration reforms. The specialist who will provide assistance to the reform group established within the Ukrainian president’s administration will be chosen and dispatched as soon as in September, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, who visited Kyiv last week and met with President Petro Poroshenko, told the radio Žinių Radijas. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister: Germany’s wish not to harm Russia is understandable

August 26, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he understands why German Chancellor Angela Merkel wishes to find a solution to the Ukrainian crisis that would not harm Russia. He adds, however, that it is just as important not to harm Ukraine either. […]

US sanctions policy coordinator Daniel Fried: Russia seems to be digging itself deeper in the hole

August 23, 2014 Tomas Dapkus 0

Daniel Fried, coordinator for sanctions policy at the US State Department, says that it will take time before the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and the European Union begin showing tangible results, but they undoubtedly will. […]

Calculations of Russia’s import embargo: EU set to lose EUR 5 billion per year

August 22, 2014 ELTA EN 0

According to calculations carried out by the Netherlands-based ING Group, restrictions imposed by Russia on food imports from the European Union may cost the EU USD 6.7 billion (EUR 5.0 billion) per year, RBC Daily reports. […]

Poland and Lithuania apply for EU support to connect their gas transmission systems

August 22, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

On Tuesday, Poland‘s and Lithuania’s natural gas transmission systems operators GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and AB Amber Grid submitted joint applications to the Innovation & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) for the co-financing of the project Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) from Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy informs. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister says Ukraine could use international support better

August 22, 2014 BNS 0

Ukraine could use international leverage and provided support better, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said ahead of his visit to Kiev on Friday. […]

EU to cover losses of Lithuanian fruit and vegetable growers

August 19, 2014 BNS 0

The European Commission will cover losses incurred by Lithuanian agricultural producers because they cannot sell perishable products due to Russia‘s ban on fruit and vegetable imports. […]

Turchynov: Europe should aid Ukraine with modern weaponry

August 18, 2014 BNS 0

Withstanding Russia‘s aggression, Ukraine is not only defending itself but is also defending the whole of Europe, therefore, the West should provide necessary military assistance, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday. […]

Turchynov: Ukraine will be ready to join EU in five years

August 18, 2014 BNS 0

Ukraine should be ready for full EU membership within five years, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister: EU united on well-founded sanctions against Russia

August 16, 2014 BNS 0

There’s a basis for the European Union‘s sanctions against Russia and the EU is united on the issue, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevčius says. […]

Lithuania’s GDP up 0.7 percent

August 14, 2014 ELTA EN 0

During the second quarter of 2014, Lithuania’s seasonally-adjusted GDP rose by 0.7 percent, while compared to the same quarter of 2013, it increased by 3.0 percent, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]