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  • Foreign affairs

ForMin thinks that elections gave fresh view of ties with Poland

After the parliamentary elections Lithuania and Poland may take a fresh look on the bilateral ties, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Govt’s programme calls for open dialogue with Poland in tackling problems

Lithuania's new government pledges in its program to strengthen relations with neighboring Poland and cooperation with the United States and…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian diplomats send defense message to US new administration

Lithuanian diplomats met with members of the United States' future administration in Washington D.C., emphasizing Lithuania's efforts to step up…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanians alarmed over French presidential elections

Analysts in Lithuania are alarmed that Francois Fillon, the favorite in the French presidential elections, may constitute a threat to…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania demonstrates better defence abilities on Armed Forces Day

As Lithuania marks the Day of Armed Forces on Wednesday, the country's leaders and top military officers noted the enhanced…

8 years ago
  • Defence

New missiles in Kaliningrad aimed at hindering NATO ships’ access

The deployment by Russia of new missiles in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad is aimed at restricting access for…

8 years ago
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  • Opinion

Hybrid threats facing Lithuania – real or imagined?

If you type the word “hybrid” into the Google search machine, you will get a rather likely result – the…

8 years ago
  • Defence

NATO jets scrambled twice last week over Russian warplanes

NATO air-policing jets were last week scrambled from Lithuania twice to identify and intercept Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic…

8 years ago
  • Defence

No general conscription for Lithuania before 2020

Should Lithuanian politicians decide to introduce general conscription, preparations would take at least four years and require more funding, experts…

8 years ago
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  • Defence

Kojala – we have to remain calm and see NATO as one unit

On Friday the BBC published a text on the fate of the Baltic States with Donald Trump taking power in…

8 years ago
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  • Opinion

New government’s vision – wishing to appear progressive, but…

The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) and the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) coalition’s “Harmonious Lithuanian Cabinet” programme project…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Seimas confirms commitments to NATO, strategic partnership with US

Lithuania's parliament restated its plans to meet the commitment to NATO in terms of raising defence funding and reasserted the…

8 years ago
  • Politics

PM candidate emphasizes family policies, universal military conscription

Saulius Skvernelis, the candidate to become Lithuania's next prime minister, on Thursday named creating a family-friendly environment, speeding up adoption…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

PM candidate to seek ‘to reload’ relations with Poland

Saulius Skvernelis, the candidate to become Lithuania's next prime minister, sees Poland as a strategic partner and vows to make…

8 years ago
  • Defence

4,000 troops to take part in international exercise Iron Sword

About 4,000 Lithuanian and Allied troops will attend Iron Sword 2016 exercise held in Lithuania in late November through early…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

President expects Bulgaria’s new leader to cooperate with EU, NATO

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she expected Bulgaria's President-Elect Rumen Radev to actively cooperate on the bilateral level and within…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Karbauskis cautious in speaking on defence spending

The leader of the newly elected government Ramūnas Karbauskis is cautious in discussions of a defence spending in excess of…

8 years ago
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  • Opinion

Adamkus – any pandering to Russia would be political suicide for Trump

Donald Trump‘s victory in the US presidential elections left the world shocked. Few believed it and most were disappointed. British…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania has contacts with Trump’s entourage – Foreign Minister

Lithuania has contacts with people in US President-elect Donald Trump's entourage, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Wednesday. [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence
  • Opinion

Is sleeping beauty Kaliningrad Oblast about to wake up?

In early October, the Estonian media reported that Russia was transporting, by ship, Iskander short-range ballistic missiles from Ust Luga…

8 years ago