François Hollande

  • European Union

1st post-independence leader Landsbergis honored with France’s highest award

Lithuania's first post-independence leader Prof Vytautas Landsbergis on Friday will be presented with the Grand Cross of the Legion of…

8 years ago
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Russia is partner, but not friend of France – Senate member in Vilnius

Russia is a partner for France, but not a friend, French Senate member Hélène Conway-Mouret has said in Vilnius, adding…

8 years ago
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Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko released in prisoner swap with Russia

Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot captured by Russia and accused of killing two journalists in Eastern Ukraine, was freed…

9 years ago
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Dalia Grybauskaitė one of Ukraine’s favourite foreign leaders

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been named among Ukraine's most-liked foreign leaders, according to a new survey. [...]

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Russia wouldn’t open ‘third front’ in Baltics, says Russian journalist

Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of Echo Moskvy, spoke to Delfi about the threat of escalation in the tensions between Russia…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Mandatory refugee quotas are threat to Lithuania’s sovereignty

On Tuesday, the European Union's (EU) interior ministers accepted a plan to redistribute 160,000 refugees that had come to Europe.…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Refugees, Germany and we

The current rush of refugees is arguably the greatest challenge for the European Union throughout its history. One should hope…

9 years ago
  • European Union

French president’s eurozone government proposal ‘just an idea’, Lithuanian foreign minister says

French President François Hollande's proposal to establish a parliament and a government for the euro area is "just an idea…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Tsipras’s attempt to use Communist Youth Lessons on Greece

If we all sat at a table in a tavern, having fun eating and drinking and then decided to vote…

9 years ago
  • European Union

French and German leaders hold talks with Greek PM in Riga

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held "friendly and constructive" debt talks with the leaders of France and Germany Thursday, but…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

President Grybauskaitė: Most important EU issues will be discussed in Aachen

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going to Aachen, Germany, on Wednesday to attend the Charlemagne Prize award ceremony. She is…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Is Minsk the end, or just the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine?

There is no doubt who gained most from the deal reached in Minsk on February 12th to end the conflict…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian MP rejects opposition’s accusations of EU softness on Russia

Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament and Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, a social democrat, says…

10 years ago
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Vytautas Landsbergis on Minsk agreement: It is worse than Munich

Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania's first post-Soviet leader and honorary chairman of the conservative Homeland Union, says that the Minks agreement for…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Mogherini stresses historic responsibility in talks on Ukraine

The European Union's (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says that the French and German leaders attending the Minsk talks…

10 years ago
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Ukraine peace talks: What are the goals and the stakes?

While Ukraine's government forces are fighting pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Donbass region, Western leaders are engaging in a tense…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Are Merkel and Obama indeed appeasing Russia?

For over a decade now we in Lithuania are being told that Germany is always indulging Russia. This line of…

10 years ago
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Chancellor Merkel and President Obama discuss Ukrainian situation as fewer options remain to resolve crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday. The visit, which had…

10 years ago

Kremlin: No one will talk to Putin in ultimatums

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums at talks on the Ukraine crisis,…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian president says she trusts Merkel and rejects fears of “second Munich”

Amid fears by some politicians of a new "Munich Agreement" in talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine, Lithuanian President…

10 years ago