Foreign Affairs Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

We know how to growl at Belarus, but not talk to it

November 8, 2019 Valdas Bartasevicius 0

Following a decade of no foreign policy-related disputes, currently, we are increasingly hearing unexpected things. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) unexpectedly started criticizing the Foreign Affairs Minister L. Linkevičius, who during the […]

Nausėda: The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where there is a shadow

September 5, 2019 Mačys Laurinkus 0

“The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where the darkest shadows lie. Our duty is to always and everywhere bring more light,” President Gitanas Nausėda said at the annual Valdas Adamkus Conference […]

Prime Minister – real estate maintenance costs the state 180 million euro annually

June 14, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

For the first time ever it has been calculated how much real estate the country is in control of. “It is surprising that over 27 years there have been no attempts to take inventory of […]

Lithuania has become a centre for Fintech and the world has noticed

January 10, 2020 0

Considering the ever-changing needs of consumers in the financial services domain, the digitisation of services will be the main topic of this year’s Fintech Inn conference. Due to the rapid growth of fintech companies, there […]

Zones of radioctive termination of the Astravyets nuclear power plant

Astravyets due to launch soon: how will Lithuania protect itself?

January 8, 2020 0

There is ever less time left to the launch of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. Lithuania is taking measures to prevent the entry of Belarusian electrical power into our market. There are plans that the […]

Petras Masiulis, CEO of Tele2 for the Baltic States and Germany. Photo Tele2

Masiulis: the most important events of 2019 and predictions for 2020

January 3, 2020 0

2019 was an exciting year for the telecommunications market: consumer trend changers dictated market growth, while the US-Chinese struggle changed everything – from general device use to national security concerns, Petras Masiulis, Tele2 CEO for […]

A year of party decline: numbers reveal an uncomfortable truth

January 2, 2020 0

The Gintautas Paluckas’ Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) remains Lithuania’s largest political party with a membership of 16,545 members. However, both the LSDP and the other parties in decline in Lithuania in membership this year, […]

Laurinkus. Relations with a weird Belarus: what plan to prepare?

January 1, 2020 0

With a thaw happening, geopolitics ever more courageously is making its way into the discussion arena. The global balance of power and its influence over Lithuania seemed a waste of time to discuss for almost […]

First spy exchange in Lithuania: how did it happen?

December 30, 2019 0

Several decades ago, hostile parties would meet on a Havel river bridge in Germany and exchange captive intelligence operatives. This helped maintain a balance during the Cold War between clashing states and regain spies, who […]