Potsdam Conference
Opinion

Opinion: Potsdam Conference and Russia’s crooked-mirror politics in Kaliningrad

Most of the time history can’t be put to bed even though agreements to end wars have been concluded, victors have drawn new boundary lines, promises made, but they soon get either forgotten or swept under the rug, as if they weren’t there. The story of the northern part of former East Prussia (now known as the Kaliningrad exclave) is a good example of a conveniently ignored agreement made at the 1945 Potsdam conference to resolve the fate of the territory at a later peace treaty with Germany. […]

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Defence

Russian plane alerts NATO jets in Lithuania

NATO fighter jets stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai as part of the Baltic air policing mission were on Tuesday scrambled to identify a Russian reconnaissance plane Il-20 flying in the international space. […]

NATO karo lėktuvai
Defence

NATO jets alerted 10 times by Russian planes near Baltic airspace

Last week NATO fighter jets protecting the Baltic airspace were scrambled ten times to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace on the way to or from mainland Russia and to the Russian region of Kaliningrad. […]

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Uncategorized

Putin will not risk nuclear war, political scientist Girnius says

American media recently reported that the United States was planning to deploy heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, including Lithuania. Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas have confirmed that they are familiar with the plans. Will the move further escalate tensions with Russia? Laisvoji Banga radio talks to political scientist Kęstutis Girnius of Vilnius University. […]

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Defence

Lithuanian police launch investigation into army website hacking

Lithuania’s police on Monday launched a pre-trial investigation into the recent hacking of the website of Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The website itself is now shut down for upgrading. […]

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Defence

NATO jets in Lithuania scrambled 5 times over Russian planes

NATO fighter jets protecting the Baltic airspace were scrambled five times last week to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation, flying near the Baltic states’ borders, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]