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Opinion: Is America losing the information war?

It would be hard to imagine Athenian generals worrying about the reporting of Spartan news or even, twenty-four centuries later, Douglas MacArthur caring much about media broadcasts from the land of the rising sun. But when General Philip Breedlove, the Supreme Commander of NATO, recently called on the West to make a greater effort to counter Russia’s toxic war of disinformation against Ukraine and its western allies, his concern made perfect military sense. In a world in which the dissemination of information is a key tactical element in violent conflicts, the West and America have remained far too passive in confronting both the insidious campaign of lies on Russian state-controlled media and the notoriously effective internet recruitment efforts of terrorist groups. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
European Union

Lithuanian MEP urges EU to declare Ukraine’s pro-Russian forces terrorist organisations

The group Friends of European Ukraine, established in the European Parliament by Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius, has urged the European Union to immediately declare the separatist groups that call themselves the people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as terrorist organisations. […]

Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and US Secretary of State, John Kerry  Photo Ludo Segers
European Union

EU’s Federica Mogherini discusses Ukraine and security with John Kerry.

On Wednesday, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, met with US Secretary of State, John Kerry. The two discussed a number of issues during a luncheon meeting, in particular the situation in Ukraine, the recent wave of terrorist violence in France and other EU countries, energy independence, and other security issues. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Uncategorized

No positive signs from Russia, therefore no easing of sanctions, Lithuanian foreign minister says

Russia has so far shown no positive signs in connection to the conflict in Ukraine, so there are no reasons to ease the European Union (EU) sanctions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]

EU diplomacy chief Federica Mogherini and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius
European Union

EU to sanction Ukraine separatists but wants dialogue with Russia

European Union governments moved to put more Ukrainian separatists under asset freezes and travel bans on Monday but took no action to step up economic sanctions on Russia despite voicing alarm about an upsurge of violence in Ukraine, Reuters reports. […]

Angela Merkel, David Cameron, Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union

Lithuanian president reveals her vote in EU appointments

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has confirmed that during the recent meeting of the European Council she voted in favour of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk‘s appointment as the new President of the European Council but abstained during the vote on Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini‘s appointment as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. […]