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PM thinks Klaipėda councilor deserves to be impeached

August 2, 2018 BNS 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis thinks that Viačeslav Titov, a Klaipėda City Council member representing the Union of Russians in Lithuania, deserves to be impeached after he falsely accused Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, a commander of Lithuanian partisans who fought against the Soviet occupation, of killing innocent civilians. […]

Klaipėda outer port plans worry local residents

July 31, 2018 BNS 0

Plans to build an 800-million-euro outer port in Melnragė, a seaside neighborhood of Klaipėda, have come under increasing criticism from local residents, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]

Prime Minister – real estate maintenance costs the state 180 million euro annually

June 14, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

For the first time ever it has been calculated how much real estate the country is in control of. “It is surprising that over 27 years there have been no attempts to take inventory of […]

Police fines Latvian man for wearing T-shirt with Soviet signs

June 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Police of the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda imposed a 75-euro fine upon a Latvian citizen who wore a T-shirt with Soviet symbols in public. […]

Social Democrats’ new leader promises to back university reform principles

May 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

Gintautas Paluckas, the newly-elected leader of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), says that the party’s political group in the Seimas will support the principles for a reform of universities proposed by a prime minister-appointed working group. […]

National security enhancement – and the labyrinths: what politicians agree on and what lights the spark

May 26, 2022 0

The working groups have finalised the parties’ agreement on strengthening national security. Still, in the event of a divergence of views, the two important benchmarks will be dropped and replaced by more abstract formulations of […]

After Sweden and Finland’s NATO decision, the West faces a crossroads

May 23, 2022 0

Changes and breakthroughs that were barely imaginable just a few months ago are on the increase. But the direction in which global processes are moving is still shrouded in fog. This is true both of […]

Intelligence assesses a brand new threat in Lithuania: known names of dozens of people

May 19, 2022 0

After the State Security Department (DSS) explicitly identified the threat of possible terrorist attacks by far-right groups in the near future for the first time this year, experts consider that the intelligence services would not […]

Finland’s announcement of its plans comes as a warning: Lithuania needs to rethink its security concept now

May 14, 2022 0

On 13 May, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said they support the idea of the country joining NATO. Experts say that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would significantly […]

It’s still same Russia

May 10, 2022 0

Be it Putin, Stalin or a tsar, Russia repeats its crimes and lies. That is why Moscow’s imperialism must end forever – on the occasion of the Victory in Europe write Members of the European […]

G. Landsbergis: Why don’t we learn our lessons?

May 10, 2022 0

The capitulation of the Nazi regime in Rheims, France and Berlin, Germany, on the 7th and 8th of May, in 1945 is considered the Victory Day all over the free world. It really commemorates a […]