Hungary

  • European Union

Andrius Kubilius. How to stop Orban’s veto rampage and the “Orbanisation” of the EU?

Despite the fact that he has gradually abandoned his tactic of vetoing all EU decisions related to Ukraine during the…

10 months ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

A. Kubilius: Populism in the New Europe: the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?

In 2024, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "New Europe" - on 1 May, it will be 20…

1 year ago
  • Politics

What actually lies beneath the menacing flag of protest: a look at the real faces of the Movement of Families

What links the active participants of “marcher” protests: a businessman from Marijampolė, the son of the signatory of the March…

3 years ago
  • Latest

The nation’s “catastrophe” and a political far right niche

Some of the candidates, who lost overwhelmingly in the first round of presidential elections, will certainly not put their hands…

6 years ago
  • Opinion

Two plus two is not necessarily four: German policy towards the Visegrád countries

Until 2015, very few people had heard of the term “Visegrád Group” in Germany, let alone had a sense about…

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

V. Savukynas. The time of faltering illusions

When the Soviet Union collapsed, the world was filled with optimism. Western democracy was victorious, freedom was triumphant in conquered…

6 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe
  • Foreign affairs

Polish ForMin urges Lithuania to scrap election threshold for ethnic minorities – Interview

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has called on Lithuania to amend its legislation so that ethnic minority parties do not…

6 years ago
  • Uncategorized

How to make the deal of the deals with Russia? After dinner with E. Lucas

Edward Lucas, the former senior editor of the Economist, visited Vilnius on January 10th — once again, should we say.…

7 years ago
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  • Opinion

L. Kasčiūnas: How many migrants shall Lithuania take in this time?

The deadline established two years ago for EU Member States to take in a fixed number of refugees has expired.…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Different trajectories of democracy in Baltic states from Visegrad group and Russia

Last weekend's parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic were won by the billionaire populist Andrej Babiš's party ANO, which arose…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian EC member: EC starts drafting unified food quality assessment methodology

The European Commission has ordered the development of a unified food quality assessment methodology in the European Union (EU) to…

7 years ago
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  • Opinion

Lithuania’s greatest struggle – affluent countries will not understand this

The affluent EU member states have seen population increases over the past decade and this has led to more rapid…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Vilnius University voices support for Central European University in Budapest

Vilnius University (VU) has send a letter to Hungarian leaders to express its support for the Budapest-based Central European University…

8 years ago
  • European Union

ForMin Linkevičius believes Tusk will be re-elected to head EU summits

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has expressed belief that the majority of European Union (EU) nations will support re-election of…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

ELECTIONS. People’s Party and Polish Election Action programmes show little creativity

Experts have observed that the Lithuanian People’s Party and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠS) electoral…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania most Brexit-vulnerable country in Eastern Europe

The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) will have the biggest negative effect upon Lithuania among all countries…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Almost half Europeans want their own UK-style referendum – survey

As the United Kingdom is preparing for a referendum on its membership in the European Union, a survey suggests that…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Visegrad 4 countries commit to sending troops to Baltic States

The Visegrad Group, which contains Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, have agreed to send rotating forces to the…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s democracy held back by corruption, says Freedom House

Though the level of democracy in Lithuania is higher than in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, it still lags behind…

9 years ago
  • European Union

Discrimination against some EU citizens cannot be price for avoiding Brexit – Lithuanian President

European Union countries must look for compromise and help the British government convince the British people to stay in the…

9 years ago