Defence
US weaponry should reach Baltic states in early 2016
The first heavy US weaponry should reach the Baltic states in early 2016, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has said. […]
Latvia
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Why Lithuanian airlines fail while Latvian and Estonian prosper
Despite years of lasting loss-making, Estonia‘s airline Estonian Air and Latvia‘s AirBaltic keep on flying passengers to different destinations all over the world. Smart management and support from the Latvian government allowed the latter to cross into the black. Meanwhile in Lithuania, a second airline in less than a decade was recently brought down by insolvency. Why did this happen, and does Lithuania need a national airline at all? […]
Defence
Lithuanian squad leader: Strength of Baltic Battalion lies in unity
Sergeant Rolandas Nakvosas is the Squad leader of the 2nd Surveillance Squad of the Heavy Artillery Company, King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion of Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian PM suggests holding first joint sitting of Lithuanian and Latvian governments
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in Jurmala, Latvia. He met with his Latvian counterpart Laimdota Straujuma to discuss intergovernmental cooperation and bilateral and multilateral meetings that are planned to be held in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanians feel more secure than Latvians, less secure than Estonians
Estonians continue to be the Baltic nation with the strongest sense of security, while Latvians continue to feel the least secure, according the latest Ergo Security Index. […]
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US ambassador to NATO: Russia’s aggression in Ukraine completely changed rules of the game
At a press conference at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, United States Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that Russia‘s aggressive actions in Crimea and Donbas had completely changed the rules of the game. NATO must therefore prepare for future challenges and offer the necessary support to its partners. […]
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European Union
Analysts: EU aspirants ended up in limbo which cannot last forever
Despite the frantic attempts by some of the EU leaders to give a rosy tint to the otherwise murky picture of the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, political analysts from Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine, approached by the Lithuania Tribune, unanimously agree the EU partners with membership aspirations have ended up in a limbo after the high-profile meeting. The uncertainty cannot last forever, the analysts agree, but their predictions for how it may unfold differ. […]
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Baltic states to seek medium-range air defence system
Defence ministers of the three Baltic states have agreed to analyze the possibilities of establishing a joint medium-range air defence system. […]
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Opinion
Opinion: Kremlin’s ghost over Riga Summit (II)
The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia‘s 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed by Poland and Sweden, with enthusiastic support from Lithuania. Russia has ever since been blaming the programme for trying to undermine its interests in the countries Moscow refers to as the “near abroad”. […]
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Baltic and Ukrainian defence ministers to discuss Ukraine assistance
The Baltic defence ministers are meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Stepan Poltorak on Thursday and Friday. […]
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Duma speaker says Russia wants “normal relations” with Baltic states
Featured last night on the LTV1 news magazine De facto was Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, who said that Russia wanted “normal relations with the Baltic States, and to revive the dialogue”. […]
European Union
EU promises to Eastern partners are sufficient, Lithuanian president says
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is attending the European Union‘s (EU) Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, says that the promises made to Eastern partners are sufficient, although the West has not committed itself to accepting them into the EU in the future. […]
European Union
UK’s Cameron to start talks on EU treaty change in Riga
British Prime Minister David Cameron will start face-to-face discussions at the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga on Friday with European partners on renegotiating Britain’s position in the European Union (EU) ahead of an in-out referendum by 2017. […]