Foreign affairs
Lithuanian and Swedish foreign ministers going to Moldova
The foreign ministers of Lithuania and Sweden are going to Moldova on Monday to discuss the country’s relations with the European Union (EU) and security matters. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president receives Moldova’s top state decoration
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday received Moldova’s highest state decoration – an Order of the Republic of Moldova. […]
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Moldova’s gives highest state award to President Grybauskaitė
President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti has signed a decree awarding the Order of the Republic (Ordinul Republicii) to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Russia’s ambition in central Europe exceeds its capability
Russia has actively worked to boost its leverage in Central Europe over the past few years, and the crisis in Ukraine has only heightened the Kremlin’s interest in the region. Russia aims to use commercial and political ties to undermine Western institutions and to steer Central Europe toward Russian interests. […]
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British PM seconds warning that Baltic states could be Russia’s next target
Great Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has joined the warnings made by other high-ranking officials about the possibility of the Baltic states being the next Russian target after Ukraine in an effort to test NATO‘s strength. […]
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German-speaking experts sign petition on Ukraine: Securing peace instead of rewarding expansion
An appeal, by 142 German-speaking experts on Eastern Europe, calls for a reality-based and not illusions-guided Russia policy. […]
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Foreign affairs
Linkevičius discusses bilateral and regional cooperation with Latvian, Estonian and Slovakian foreign ministers
On 16 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Foreign Minister of Latvia, and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Foreign Minister of Estonia, who are taking part in the Snow Meeting. […]
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Opinion
Opinion: More than meets the eye or the case against a ‘frozen conflict’ in East Ukraine
Currently it seems that the on-going Ukrainian–Russian conflict in the East of Ukraine is drawing to a possible end. However, it looks as if a newly minted ‘frozen conflict’ zone is poised to appear on the world map. While the end of active fighting might seem as a positive development, a ‘frozen conflict’ might actually pose even greater threats to international security. […]
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European Union
EP decision on Moldova is clear signal to Russia, Lithuanian MEP says
After the European Parliament (EP) approved the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, MEP Petras Auštrevičius has said that Moldova is returning to where it belongs – the family of free and democratic European countries. […]
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Opinion
European Union
Eastern Partnership is dead. Long live Eastern Partnership
Without much of a fervour or pomp last week saw the end of the most prominent and quite efficient couple in the Foreign Affairs Council. Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski left the stage and took up their new roles. It’s an end of an era and I am afraid also an end to their most precious pet project of the two gentlemen – Eastern Partnership. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania ups dialogue on security and defence policy with Eastern Partnership countries
Round table discussion over co-operation with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in the area of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is taking place on Wednesday on the initiative of Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union. […]
Defence
President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania’s goal at NATO Summit is to strengthen region’s defence
On 4-5 September, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the NATO summit in Wales. In the face of a military threat to Europe, NATO leaders are discussing new measures to ensure security of the member states and the whole region, the presidential press service said. […]
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President Grybauskaitė: NATO Summit in Wales is an event of vital importance
In an interview with LRT radio the President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the meeting of the presidents of the three Baltic States with the President of the United States of America (USA) Barack Obama means that the region has very strong support and its concerns are taken seriously. According to her, the NATO summit, which will take place in Wales right after this meeting, is vital in the current geopolitical situation. […]