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Germany
Opinion
Opinion: Welcome to a world without simple answers
Globalisation that has showed up at Lithuania’s doorstep over these last few days and weeks has caught it utterly unprepared. It is a good thing: a country which still shies away from putting “airport” in English on city buses will have nowhere to hide this time. […]
Defence
Stars and Stripes magazine: Heavy military equipment has limitations in Baltic terrain
Heavy equipment has some limitations in the Baltic terrain, a US Army Europe delegation has concluded after visiting Latvia, the US military magazine Stars and Stripes reports. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Potsdam Conference and Russia’s crooked-mirror politics in Kaliningrad
Most of the time history can’t be put to bed even though agreements to end wars have been concluded, victors have drawn new boundary lines, promises made, but they soon get either forgotten or swept under the rug, as if they weren’t there. The story of the northern part of former East Prussia (now known as the Kaliningrad exclave) is a good example of a conveniently ignored agreement made at the 1945 Potsdam conference to resolve the fate of the territory at a later peace treaty with Germany. […]
Defence
Last German soldiers depart from Lithuania
On 16 June, last members of the 92nd Jaeger Battalion of the Bundeswehr deployed in Lithuania for combined training left for home. As part of the agreed NATO measures of deterrence over 200 German soldiers were conducting combined training and exercises for three months with soldiers from Lithuania and other NATO allies, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defence minister says there are other alternatives to German G36 rifles
If it transpires that German rifles Heckler & Koch G36 are unreliable, other alternatives will be sought, says Lithuania’s National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
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 if we wanted to pay the bill or not, the chances are that most would vote to pay the bill. What would a table like that look like from the side as it flaunts the results of that vote, demanding that the customers’ opinion be respected and their vote not be trampled on? […]
Defence
Lithuanian army plans to buy German Boxers
Lithuania plans to buy Boxer armoured fighting vehicles from Germany, the spokesman for the Lithuanian chief of defence confirmed to BNS on Thursday, adding that the proposal would be submitted to the State Defence Council. […]
Uncategorized
Nordic, Baltic and Poland are Europe’s new front-line states, security report says
Europe’s new front-line states are the Nordic countries, Baltic countries, plus Poland, which share a common concern about a “revisionist and rapidly-rearming Russia”, according to the Baltic Sea Security Report by the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). […]
Defence
Society
Lithuanian football player detained under Germany’s European arrest warrant
Lithuanian football players Tauras Grinius, representing the Rudupis Prienai club, was detained in Kaunas, Lithuania, on Monday night. […]
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There is a traditional romance between Germany and Russia
The pacifism of European societies and traditional romance between Russia and Germany are what muffle Europe’s resolution to give a firm response to Russia’s policies in Ukraine, says Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the head of international news desk at the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in an interview to DELFI. […]
Economy
IT firm Baltic Amadeus receives German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce award
Baltic Amadeus has been named the winner in the 2015 German Business Awards organized by the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (AHK Baltic states). The Vilnius-based IT company is the tenth recipient of the annual award that was presented on 2 June. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė welcomes participants of Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s conference
President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s conference in Vilnius. Grybauskaitė emphasised that only strong, dynamic and united European Union could meet people’s expectations and offset emerging challenges. […]
European Union
European Union
Merkel: Eastern Partnership is not instrument for EU enlargement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated that former Soviet states that are part of the European Union‘s Eastern Partnership programme should not expect any promises of full membership. […]
Defence
Lithuania and Germany agree on howitzer deal
Lithuanian experts reached agreement on the purchase of 16 Pzh2000 howitzer during their visit to Germany earlier this week, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. […]
Society
Economy
Economy
Klasmann-Deilmann to expand production capacity in Lithuania
The Germany-based Klasmann-Deilmann Group has announced EUR 11 million worth of investments in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The company is to build a further state-of-the-art production line for manufacturing peat products and growing media for the worldwide commercial-horticulture sector. Its intended expansion of an existing factory at the Šilutė site includes plans for high-performance mixing, screening and packing facilities, a research laboratory and an experimental greenhouse for product development. This will involve the creation of at least 20 new jobs over the next three years. […]