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 […]

MEP Kubilius: Will ‘helicopters’ bring to Lithuanian business a ‘quarantine package’?

April 5, 2020 0

Everybody understands that an economic downturn will follow the pandemic. Economic forecasts that started as relatively mild ones now often turn towards apocalyptical. No one is surprised by the Bank of Lithuania‘s reevaluation of its […]

With COVID-19 shaking up markets, farmers are advised to sell part of their harvest at higher prices

April 1, 2020 0

With COVID-19 slowing the global economy, investors are beginning to turn to classes of property that are currently more stable, this including grain, Agrorodeo general manager Robertas Lapinskas wrote. Seeking to ensure sufficient financial flows […]

Strong start for the grain sector this year, COVID-19 becomes a variable

April 1, 2020 0

For Lithuania, which essentially grows grain for export and only consumes a small portion of it domestically, 2020 began favourably. The winter was warm and mild, and the plentiful as never before winter crops were […]

Rasa Juknevičienė: COVID-19 lessons learned

March 26, 2020 0

‘Lessons learned’, as they say in the army. When I held the office of Minister of Defence of Lithuania, along with the commanders and other military representatives, we always discussed and outlined what lessons had […]

The French President’ Munich 1938

March 25, 2020 0

In the tradition of European historical memory of the 20th century, the mention of Munich reminds us of the 1938 agreements between Germany, France, and Britain on the future of Czechoslovakia. It is symbolic that […]

How to avoid fake news about Coronavirus

March 25, 2020 0

At the moment, in addition to official information about coronavirus, the situation in Lithuania and in the world, fake news is spreading. How can you distinguish which information is true and which is fake? How […]