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Parliament declares Belarus’ N-plant a threat to national security

June 15, 2017 BNS EN 0

The parliament has decided that Belarus’ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, is unsafe and poses a threat to national security, environment and public health. […]

Parliament to vote on declaring Belarus’ N-plant a national security threat

June 15, 2017 BNS EN 0

Parliament will vote on Thursday on whether to declare Belarus’ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, as unsafe and posing a threat to national security, environment and public health due. […]

The Astravyets nuclear power plant - under construction

Espoo Convention meeting in Minsk to decide on international expert body for Belarus’ N-plant

June 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania will try to prove the need for an international expert body for the Astravyets nuclear power plant under the construction in Belarus at a high-level meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention that is starting in Minsk on Monday. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Ukrainian President Petro Porošenko

President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel, calls for further reforms

June 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday congratulated Ukrainians on the start of visa-free travel to the European Union and urged them to continue reforms in order to join the EU and NATO. […]

Belarus promises to answers questions on Astravyets nuclear plant at consultation in Vilnius

June 10, 2016 LT Daily 0

Minsk is prepared to answer any outstanding questions about the Astravyets nuclear power plant during a consultation on June 21 and 22 in Vilnius, according to a representative of the Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

Europe’s last dictator comes in from the cold

April 20, 2016 Artyom Shraibman 0

Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue to prop up the Belarusian economy rather than risk further unrest in the region? […]

In Belarus, Russia’s problems reverberate

January 14, 2015 STRATFOR 0

Western sanctions and falling oil prices continue to strain the Russian economy. The impacts of this crisis are being felt across the former Soviet periphery, with neighbouring Belarus experiencing particularly acute spillover effects. […]

Air Lituanica expands business in Belarus

October 22, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian airline Air Lituanica expands its business in Belarus with agency Ticketing Airport Services Belarus becoming the official commercial representative of the company. […]

Ceasefire agreement between Ukraine’s government and separatists signed in Minsk

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Representatives of the Ukrainian government and separatist rebels signed a protocol in Minsk, declaring a ceasefire as of Friday 6 PM, Intefax news agency reports. […]

Bruveris. The world in 2025: a continuation of last year’s collapses towards new fires

January 13, 2025 0

The world is becoming smaller, more intertwined, and increasingly fragmented, with many of the previous centres of power continuing to lose their power. This is why all the dangerous and destructive processes that this new […]

Lithuanian politicians react to the Russian attack scenario: what the reports indicate

December 31, 2024 0

On 29 December, the Finnish publication Iltalehti published information from NATO sources on the scenario of an attack on Finland, Norway and the Baltic States rehearsed by Russian forces during one of the exercises, Indrė […]

R. Juknevičienė. About Georgia and Beyond

December 31, 2024 0

Georgia has risen up against the anti-European regime of Bidzina Ivanishvili, Rasa Juknevičienė, Permanent Rapporteur on Georgian Affairs at the European Parliament, writes. What is happening now in Georgia is not just a local dispute […]

The fate of the coalition – in Skvernelis’ hands? A wavering Paluckas opened a window for Žemaitaitis

December 23, 2024 0

Not even a week after the swearing-in of the new Government, the fate of the ruling coalition is already hanging in the balance – Remigijus Žemaitaitis, the leader of Nemuno Aušra, has issued an ultimatum […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]