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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Warsaw

NATO’s new force posture in the Baltics: No longer a buffer zone

August 12, 2016 Vladimir Socor 0

It was a summit of modest expectations and modest results for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Warsaw on July 8–9. […]

US ambassador to NATO: Lithuanian leaders understand changed security situation

March 29, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

Attacks in Brussels last week were not an assault against NATO, US Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council Douglas Lute tells LRT television. He visited Lithuania last week as part of a NATO delegation ahead of the summit in Warsaw this summer where Lithuania and other eastern Alliance members are seeking greater NATO presence in their territories. […]

Grybauskaitė calls for war on terrorism in wake of Brussels attacks

March 24, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

In the wake of the attacks in Brussels, Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė expressed her disappointment in Europe’s “naive” reaction to terrorism and called for a war on terrorism. […]

Military aid to Ukraine: the Belgian cavalry turns up late

October 3, 2022 0

Belgium has decided on a new military aid package for Ukraine worth €12 million. It includes heavy machine guns[i] and ammunition as well as non-lethal equipment such as helmets, winter clothing and vision equipment. Ambulances […]

KTU researchers: More focus on human rights after the 2020 Seimas elections

September 29, 2022 0

After the 2020 parliamentary elections, human rights were relatively more talked about in the parliament than before the elections, according to the findings of the researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Faculty of Social […]

Energy Minister Kreivys can relax: he will be almost invulnerable for 6 months

September 27, 2022 0

The no-confidence procedure against Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys failed in the Seimas on 27 September. The process was initiated after Russia started the war in Ukraine, which has led to a surge in energy prices, […]

A salary is no longer enough: people are looking for extra jobs

September 20, 2022 0

Not everyone can live on their salary, so they are looking for extra jobs. Labour market experts say the popularity of additional jobs is growing but predict that their demand will increase even more in […]

Sekmokas: while Russia is stuck in Ukraine, we urgently need to make one step

September 12, 2022 0

Former Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas, speaking about the current energy dilemma in Lithuania, says that there are many problems. Still, the biggest ones are the dependence on the control room in Moscow and the lack […]

Economists warn of rising wages and unemployment: no longer able to keep up

September 5, 2022 0

Wage growth in Lithuania remains in double digits. According to Sodra, in the second quarter of this year, people’s incomes grew by 14%. However, this is almost seven per cent less than the rise in […]