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STT: almost fifth of municipal staff in Lithuania are relatives

June 14, 2018 BNS 0

Almost a fifth of staff at Lithuanian municipalities are relatives, a new analysis carried out by the country’s Special Investigation Service (STT) has revealed. […]

Deputy directors of Lithuania’s anti-corruption agency appointed

March 30, 2018 BNS 0

Jovitas Raškevičius and Egidijus Radzevičius have been appointed as deputy directors of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service, or STT. […]

What Lithuanian politicians aren’t saying about the deployment of the German brigade: a call to stay in touch with reality

December 8, 2022 0

The ever-renewed speeches of the country’s politicians that the ten-day period during which the entire German brigade should be deployed in Lithuania in the event of a crisis is not suitable for ensuring the country’s […]

Polish-German dislike: why don’t Poles believe Germans?

December 7, 2022 0

In December 2021, Germany’s new Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, stopped in Warsaw on her inauguration tour and met her Polish counterpart, Zbigniew Rau. Before the minister’s visit, tensions were already high between Poland’s ruling Law […]

Early presidential elections in Kazakhstan. What to expect for Lithuania and the West

December 5, 2022 0

Early presidential elections took place in Kazakhstan on 20 November. The final results show that Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev was elected for a second term as President with 81.31% of the vote. What does this election mean […]

What’s on the label of a ‘terrorist state’? Everything.

December 1, 2022 0

Labels are important. For too long, the Western world preferred to ignore Russia’s crimes at home and abroad and look the other way. But no more. Last week, when the European Parliament labelled the Russian […]

700 housing units purchased by Russian citizens in Lithuania this year: calls for immediate action

November 30, 2022 0

Some 699 Real Estate (RE) properties – this is the number of properties acquired by Russian citizens in Lithuania until the 15th of November this year. This figure is only a few dozen less than […]

How to launch a European Lend-Lease

November 22, 2022 0

Considering the total nature and prospects of hostilities in Ukraine, military aid for us should not be situational but permanent. Since the full-scale Russian aggression began, Ukraine has been working to launch arms lend-lease with […]