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Seimas speaker to visit United States
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis is leaving for a three-day visit to the United States. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s vice environmin under fire after “post Soviet countries” event
Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Environment Martynas Norbutas has come under fire for attending a seminar for post-Soviet countries in the United States. […]
Defence
Nine EU countries setting up cyber force at Lithuania’s initiative
At Lithuania’s initiative, nine EU member states have agreed to create a cyber rapid response force, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said. […]
Defence
Lithuanian, Polish defense chiefs to meet to discuss air defense, Suwalki gap
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is meeting with Poland‘s military commanders in Warsaw on Thursday to discuss the region’s air defense and the defense of the so-called “Suwalki gap“. […]
Defence
Chief of defense Žukas to visit Poland
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas will pay a visit to Poland on Thursday where he is scheduled to meet with the command of the Polish armed forces and discuss joint training and the protection of the Suwalki Corridor. […]
CORPORATE
Putin is within easy reach of the Achilles’ heel of NATO
It is now literally just a matter of months before Putin‘s Russia could shake the foundations of NATO and the security structure of Europe. Moreover, Putin may have the opportunity to do this with elegance, with simplicity and in perfect legality. The possible gains for Russia far outweigh any reason for restraint. All signs indicate that Kremlin strategists have long been aware of the opportunity, and have been actively working to seize it. The groundwork is ongoing and plain to see. In autumn of this year, politicians loyal to the Kremlin will be in a position, formally and legally, to take political control of the central Baltic State – Latvia. The next step would be technically simple – a newly elected government, beholden to Moscow, would withdraw Latvia from NATO. And this would change everything far more profoundly than we might imagine. […]
Foreign affairs
New US defense attaché accredited to Lithuania
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mcvey was on Tuesday accredited as the United States‘ new defense attaché to Lithuania, the Defense Ministry said. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian initiative: Western strategy towards Russia
Towards a Pro-European Russia and a Marshall Plan for Russia (after Putin) Lithuania is situated next to a complicated neighbourhood. Russia has been and will remain, for many years to come, the biggest threat to […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic, Nordic, Visegrad Group foreign ministers to meet in Sweden
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday will take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group countries in Sweden. […]
CORPORATE
R. Bogdanas. To whom in Lithuania did x US millions go to?
It has been long since Lithuania received so much global media attention. We were heard of, but it was inglorious. We were made famous by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that a […]
Politics
PM to spend vacation in Spain, president has no vacation plans
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to spend his vacation in Spain and Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis will spend time between the parliamentary sessions in Lithuania. […]
Defence
The Netherlands extends its troops presence in Lithuania until late 2020
The Dutch government has decided to extend the presence of the country’s troops in Lithuania until the end of 2020. […]
CORPORATE
Back to the Future: Europeanism and Atlanticisim
We live in a time of change, transformation and confusion. To some, it is no longer crystal clear where we belong and whom we should associate with in the international arena. We lack the certainties […]
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Ž. Pavilionis and D.J. Kramer: The folly of dialogue with Kremlin
French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were among the leading figures attending the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, at which they met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader traveled to Vienna this week to meet with Austria’s leadership. And media reports indicate that President Donald Trump is interested in hosting Putin in Washington in the near future. There almost seems to be a race in engaging with Putin, including in Lithuania. […]
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Audronius Ažubalis. The new political leadership of the European Union faded in St Petersburg
Less than one week ago, when releasing the text on the relations between major European Union powers and the US, I did not expect myself to be writing so soon again. At the time when […]
Foreign affairs
Romanian PM coming to Lithuania to discuss EU, NATO agenda
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is coming to Lithuania on Thursday to discuss the EU and NATO agenda. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president thanks Dutch king for support in security, energy
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday thanked King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands for his country’s support to Lithuania in the areas of security and energy. […]
Foreign affairs
Dutch King Willem-Alexander coming to Lithuania
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands is coming to Lithuania for a state visit on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Lithuania must be at forefront of EU integration – president (Updated)
Lithuania must be at the forefront of EU integration, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]