Middle East

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Biden’s Middle East

Josef Robinette Biden Jr. has been elected the next U.S. President. He is definitely not a newcomer to the realm…

4 years ago
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MP Kasčiūnas: ‘We must strive for the status of the main US ally in the region’

Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Deputy Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, addressed Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and National…

4 years ago
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  • History

PM expresses appreciation to Israeli Ambassador

On behalf of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, his Foreign Policy Advisor Deividas Matulionis has expressed appreciation to Ambassador of Israel…

7 years ago
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L. Kasčiūnas: How many migrants shall Lithuania take in this time?

The deadline established two years ago for EU Member States to take in a fixed number of refugees has expired.…

7 years ago
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  • Society

Over 1,000 refugees to come to Lithuania within one year

With the EU's resettlement programme having reached its midway point, Lithuania faces the challenge of taking in more than a…

8 years ago
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Europe caught in the ring of fire

The European Union once had great ambitions to spread democracy in its immediate neighbourhood, but now it has to make…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

Great power games: Do ordinary Russians really want war?

Does the international perception of Russia as an expansionist and warmongering country sit well with the mood of Russia's population?…

9 years ago
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‘People thought Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler weren’t real refugees either’

The latest wave of refugees and migrants to Europe has barely touched Lithuania, and only 11 have been relocated to…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

‘We in the US think that migrants are a source of strength, not a threat’

Refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East is not a problem just for Europe to solve, says US Deputy Assistant…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

How Putin’s western front thwarted pivot to the East

Over the past several years, whenever Moscow entered into a difficult encounter on the Western “front,” it has typically tried…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania to send military doctors to Jordan – president

Lithuania is planning to send several military doctors to Jordan to help the Middle Eastern country handle refugees from Syria,…

9 years ago
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Nina Khrushcheva: Putin is a brilliant tactician, but a losing strategist

Each Russian leader picks a subject he is an expert in and Vladimir Putin's subject is history. "That is why…

9 years ago
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The impact of Panama Papers in Eastern Europe – and rest of the world

On April 3, the Panama Papers hit media outlets around the world, and the fallout was swift. [...]

9 years ago
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‘There is no institution like the Vatican in Islam that can excommunicate extremist Muslims’

There were some 13 million Muslims living in Europe several years ago, according to Pew Research Center, and several more…

9 years ago
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Perceptions of terrorism: Number of deaths from attacks in Europe has plummeted

With the wave of recent terrorist attacks in Europe there is a perception that the threat from terrorism on the…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Tenuous immigration agreement between EU and Turkey

After two days of negotiations, Turkey and the European Union reached a compromise agreement on a plan to reduce the…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lebanon, the forgotten angle in the refugee crisis

Imagine for a moment that almost half of the population of Vilnius was Ukrainian refugees fleeing the civil war that…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Russia ‘has never sought peace in the Middle East’ – analyst

Russia does not seek peace in the Middle East but has far bigger global strategic intentions, says Lithuanian political analyst…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Will the Baltic States become the next migrant gateway?

After the European Union cut off migrant routes via Libya to Italy and agreed with Turkey to stem migrant flows…

9 years ago
  • Society

Refugee support rally in Vilnius says racism fuels anti-migrant sentiment in Lithuania

A rally organized in Vilnius this Saturday called for solidarity with refugees from war-stricken zones in the Middle East, while…

9 years ago