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Over 600,000 Lithuanians live abroad

December 12, 2014 BNS 0

More than 619,000 Lithuanians live abroad, show statistical data published by the Lithuanian Statistics Department on Friday. One in five of the expatriates live in the United Kingdom. […]

US analyst: Lithuanian-Russian relations give new meaning to “the dialogue of the deaf”

December 12, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Russia is not going to give in to Western pressures and might get even more confrontational, especially as its economy is going to the dumps, says Bruce Jackson, president of the Project on Transitional Democracies, former US military intelligence officer and diplomat. […]

Angela Merkel, Petro Poroshenko, Vladimir Putin

Angela Merkel: Germany will give military assistance to Baltic states if necessary

December 8, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The EU response to Russia‘s actions in Ukraine is a correct decision, Germany‘s Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published in Welt am Sonntag on 7 December. […]

Lithuanian Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis questioning the funding and a strategy to fight Russian propaganda at UABA meeting. Photo Ludo Segers

Lithuanian ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis: We do not invest in our relations with the United States

December 5, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America Žygimantas Pavilionis thinks that the US administration under President Barack Obama has been naive in wishing to “reset” relations with Russia, but this is the trap that every new president falls into. He hopes, however, that Obama’s successor – be it Hillary Clinton or someone else – will have a better grasp on geopolitical realities of Eastern Europe. […]

NATO to keep enhanced capabilities in Baltics for 2015 but cautious about new steps

December 2, 2014 BNS 0

Additional NATO forces sent to the Baltic states earlier this year will remain in 2015 but the implementation of new security measures might take longer than initially expected, diplomats say. […]

Opinion: The importance of manners in the East

November 25, 2014 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

A small episode recently has shown that Russian President Vladimir Putin feels like he is a know-it-all who can ignore his advisory team. It happened in Beijing during the fireworks show for the APEC summit participants. […]

Jeffrey Gedmin: Unless Europe puts values above commerce, we risk another Iron Curtain

November 22, 2014 Monika Garbaciauskaite 0

Unless the EU takes a tough stand on Russia‘s foreign policies, there will re-emerge deep divisions in the continent between a free Europe and a less free Europe, says Jeffrey Gedmin, president of the Legatum Institute in London and former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. […]

Lithuania marked Germany’s National Day of Mourning

November 17, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Sunday, 16 November, Germany‘s National Day of Mourning was marked in the Soldiers’ Cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. […]

Baltic and Nordic defence ministers discuss joint capacities

November 12, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Defense Minister Juozas Olekas is visiting Norway on Wednesday to meet with his Nordic and Baltic colleagues for a discussion of initiative to step up the Nordic and Baltic anti-crisis capacities. […]

Europe marks 25 years after fall of Berlin Wall

November 10, 2014 Reuters 0

It is an emotional return to Checkpoint Charlie for former U.S. soldier William Guenther. He was posted in Germany in the 1970s. It’s his first trip back since then, but he remembers the fall of the Berlin wall like it was yesterday. […]

Lithuania-Germany cooperation discussed in Berlin

November 7, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

During the visit to Berlin on 6 November, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rolandas Kriščiūnas discussed possibilities of intensifying relations between Lithuania and Germany, and co-operation in addressing issues on European agenda, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

N. Lammert, D. Grybauskaitė, A. Berzins, T. H. Ilves

Baltic states receive European of the Year title

November 7, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 6 November, at a solemn ceremony in Berlin, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted the Golden Victoria award given to Lithuania and other Baltic States for the promotion of European ideas. In her speech, the president underlined that this award was the recognition of efforts and determination of all Lithuanian people to build a strong European state, the presidential press service informs. […]

President Grybauskaitė: Regional security is common interest of Germany and Baltic states

November 6, 2014 ELTA EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck. Taking part in the meeting on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall were also Latvian President Andris Berzins and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. […]

Forecasts for Lithuanian economy: We will experience turbulence rather than a free fall

October 30, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s real economy is experiencing a state similar to that of an airplane passenger who was warned by the pilot about upcoming turbulence – the feeling is definitely not the best, yet there is no need for an oxygen mask, says financial analyst Gitanas Nausėda, advisor to the SEB bank president. […]

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