Society
4 Iraqi families to be resettled to Lithuania in July
Four Iraqi families that fled persecution in their country will be resettled in Lithuania in early July. […]
Iraq
Foreign affairs
UN Security Council adopts Lithuania-initiated resolution on journalist protection
The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution initiated by Lithuania on the protection of journalists in conflict situations. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Conflicts of the past year connected by corruption
A retrospective look at the conflicts dominating the headlines in 2014 presents a grim picture of escalating conflict and human suffering. Underneath the headlines is a common thread connecting the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Ukrainian protesters in the Maidan, and the Nigerian families still desperately seeking someone to #BringBackOurGirls. That common thread is corruption, Mary Beth Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, writes on The Mark News. […]
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Putin’s Russia. Do traces of KGB, FSB and GRU lead to Islamic State?
Again, this article will not be related to the structure, clans, their interrelations, and KGB basis in Putin’s current regime. This essay is a sequel of the previous piece which aimed to take another glimpse at Putin’s suspicious links with international terrorism. […]
Opinion
European Union
EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to focus on Ebola
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is participating at the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania allocates EUR 36,000 to Iraqi children and fighting Ebola
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday it had allocated almost 125,000 litas (EUR 36,000) in humanitarian aid for Iraqi children and fighting the Ebola virus. […]
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Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania to join efforts against IS with humanitarian aid
Lithuania will join the coalition under creation against jihadists in Iraq and Syria by sending medication in response to calls from the United States, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expresses support for Iraq’s new government
On 19 September, at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council, the Lithuanian permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, expressed Lithuania’s support for the new government of Iraq and underlined that it had to remain inclusive and represent the interests of all the groups and components of the society, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Opinion
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Lithuania to focus on Ukraine’s human rights situation at UN Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council holds its 27th regular session from 8 to 26 September in Geneva. During the session, Lithuania and other member states of the European Union will pay particular attention to the human rights situation in Ukraine and the Middle East – Syria, the occupied Palestinian territory and Iraq – as well as the right to liberty, development and privacy in the digital age, non-discrimination on grounds such as race and gender, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Putin forces West to choose between Ukraine and Middle East (I)
When on 15 January 1991, the United Nations issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to withdraw troops from occupied Kuwait, it was clear for Lithuania that the Soviet Union might take advantage of this event and hit back at our independence. […]
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Crises in Ukraine and Iraq hang over NATO summit
NATO leaders have a lot to talk about at this year’s summit in Wales, expected to be the toughest since the Cold War ended. […]
Opinion
Opinion: In Wales, NATO will have to decide what it is
The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Paradoxically enough, at the beginning of planning the meeting, it was not entirely clear what the leaders should discuss. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian archbishop calls to end violence in Iraq
Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference President Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius has called on Lithuania’s president, government and members of the Seimas to do everything in their power for violence in Iraq to end. […]