The West can still stop Vladimir Putin with economic and political measures, but if he is allowed to get away with Ukraine, NATO could face a threat of a nuclear stand-off with Moscow, says Russian political analyst Andrey Piontkovsky. […]
In order to consolidate security in Eastern Europe, Germany will send about 800 soldiers to military exercises in the Baltic states next year, the Latvian National Armed Forces’ Commander Raimonds Graube informed LETA. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Jutta Schmitz, Germany‘s Ambassador to Lithuania, the presidential press service informs. […]
I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty years, as an activist during the Cold War, as a journalist, and at think-tanks1. […]
On 1 September, in 1939, without a declaration of war a German battleship opened fire on a Polish garrison. […]
Seventy-five years ago this week, people in Europe and most of the world woke up to ominous newspaper headlines: “German Army Attacks Poland; Cities Bombed, Port Blocked; Danzig is Accepted into Reich”, “War! Nazi Bombs Rain on Polish Cities”. This was the start of the Second World War. […]
Germany will be taking over the responsibility of supporting the Baltic Air Policing mission from Ämari Air Base in Estonia. From September until end of the year, up to six Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon jets will patrol the skies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, in coordination with NATO fighter jets already stationed in Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian soldiers are taking part in the first phase of the multinational exercise Saber Junction, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he understands why German Chancellor Angela Merkel wishes to find a solution to the Ukrainian crisis that would not harm Russia. He adds, however, that it is just as important not to harm Ukraine either. […]
The Lithuanian epic poem Seasons (Metai) is a canonic masterpiece of early Lithuanian literature written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775 in the Prussian village of Tolminkiemis. In Metai, rebellious Donelaitis depicted indigenous Lithuanian serfs subjected to mistreatment at the hands of German colonizers. […]
According to calculations carried out by the Netherlands-based ING Group, restrictions imposed by Russia on food imports from the European Union may cost the EU USD 6.7 billion (EUR 5.0 billion) per year, RBC Daily reports. […]
Estonian Defence Minister Sven Mikser expressed mild disappointment over the statements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Riga, which indicated that Germany did not support permanent NATO bases in the Baltics for fear of angering Russia. […]
Ukraine could use international leverage and provided support better, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said ahead of his visit to Kiev on Friday. […]
Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas presented Lithuania’s priorities for 4-5 September 2014 NATO Summit in Wales to newly selected US general officers and flag officers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
In an interview in Eesti Päevaleht over the weekend, largely focusing on EU-Russia ties and developments in transport, outgoing European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas said that although Russia acts like it doesn’t need the EU or Western banks, the country would not be able to go it alone. […]
A German warship FGS Elbe, which heads the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), docked at the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Friday along with the Lithuanian naval ship Kursis (M54). […]
The German government does not approve of Poland’s and Baltic States’ request to expand NATO military presence in Eastern European countries, writes Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. […]
European Union leaders failed to agree at a summit on Wednesday (July 16) on sharing out a package of top jobs in the 28-nation bloc, including a new foreign policy chief, and postponed the decision until late August. […]
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