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Opinion: Spark of hope that Russia’s aggression will not pass this time

July 28, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

The German daily Berliner Zeitung was the first one to report about the resignation of Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini as OSCE special envoy in Ukraine and OSCE representative at the Minsk peace talks. This lady made her name in political and diplomatic quarters when the international commission she led published a report on the 2008 Georgian-Russian war. Her departure gives one hope that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will not be given a Tagliavini treatment. […]

Russian military inspectors wrap up survey of Lithuanian units

July 24, 2015 BNS 0

Russian military inspectors visited Lithuania’s Gaižiūnai and Kazlų Rūda training areas on Thursday, finishing their two-day inspection of Lithuania’s compliance to the agreements on munitions. […]

Russia to conduct observation flights over Lithuania and Latvia

July 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As part of the Open Skies Treaty of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Russia will conduct observation flights over Latvia and Lithuania starting on Monday, according to Sergey Ryzhkov, the head of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre. […]

It was Russia’s decision to include blacklisted officials into OSCE PA delegation, Lithuanian MPs say

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

It was Russia‘s own decision to include officials, blacklisted by the European Union, into its delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, members of the Lithuanian delegation say. […]

Lithuania against exceptions for blacklisted Russian representatives at OSCE PA, foreign minister says

July 2, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania is against exceptions for Russia‘s representatives on Europe’s blacklist, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday after Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin was not allowed to attend the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly in Helsinki, sparking Russia’s anger. […]

Lithuanian government to pay for 2 more diplomats in OSCE mission in Eastern Ukraine

June 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government on Tuesday earmarked 32,000 euros for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where the country’s governmental forces and Russian-supported separatists have been involved in clashes for over a year. […]

Opinion: It is now or never that Ukraine will slip out of Russia’s grip

June 10, 2015 Linas Kojala 0

While Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was pompously comparing the “victory” of the Crimea annexation to the fall of Berlin Wall and people of the occupied Luhansk region were being told to work for a loaf of bread, Ukraine started off on the tough road of reform that will determine the future of the country. […]

Lithuania wants to send more diplomats to OSCE observer mission in Ukraine

June 8, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is willing to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where clashes between the country’s governmental forces and Russian-supported separatists have been in progress for over a year. […]

Ukrainian MFA issues statement on deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944

May 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The following is a statement of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 and current measures applied by the Ukrainian Government for protection of rights of the deported nations. […]

Lithuanian move at OSCE HQ may trigger “war of exhibitions”

April 20, 2015 BNS 0

After Lithuania and Ukraine attempted to open an exhibition on annexation of Crimea at the headquarters of the Organization For Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a “war of exhibitions” may break out in the palace in Vienna, says the organization’s secretary general. […]

Lamberto Zannier and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė

OSCE leader: Now is “good chance” to ensure peace in Ukraine

April 20, 2015 BNS 0

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier says in Vilnius that now is a good chance to ensure peace in Eastern Ukraine after enforcement of the ceasefire in the strategically important town of Shyrokyne near Mariupol. […]

Lithuanian president urges OSCE to step up mission in Ukraine

April 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called for an enhanced mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine, where fighting between Russian-supported separatists and Ukrainian governmental forces continue regardless of ceasefire. […]

President Grybauskaitė welcomes participants of OSCE/UN conference on women

April 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed participants of the conference, organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations, on women’s role in promoting international peace and security. […]

Lithuanian president to host OSCE-UN conference on women in international politics

April 18, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Monday, 20 April, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will attend an international conference which will focus on ways to enhance the role of women in promoting international peace and security. The conference is organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations, the presidential press service announced. […]

Minister Linkevičius: Only OSCE can monitor ceasefire in Ukraine

April 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, says that the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the only organisation able to at least partially observe the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Therefore the OSCE must be granted access to hotspots of the most intense fighting. […]

Serbia bans Crimea exhibition at OSCE headquarters

March 20, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania has been angered by the ban of Serbia, as the presiding country of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to open an exhibition on Crimea in Vienna in an effort to mark one year since the region’s annexation. […]

Lithuania’s arms control inspectors to conduct verification at military units of Azerbaijan

March 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 2-5 March, arms control inspectors of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will take part in an inspection of a specified area in Azerbaijan as part of a Spanish-led inspection team, the press service of the Armed Forces said. […]

Russia’s neighbours concerned about Kremlin’s foreign policy, OSCE PA vice-president says

February 25, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), says that the OSCE PA attitude towards Russia changed considerably during its winter session. […]

Opinion: Is Minsk the end, or just the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine?

February 20, 2015 Ian Bond 0

There is no doubt who gained most from the deal reached in Minsk on February 12th to end the conflict in Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin. At a minimum, a frozen conflict will block Ukraine’s progress towards NATO and the EU; and if fighting resumes, the terms of the ceasefire will leave Ukrainian forces in a weaker position than now. […]

Russia slams Lithuania for “provocative actions” in Ukraine

February 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

News agency TASS reports that Moscow is discontent with what it calls “provocative actions” of Lithuania and supply of military equipment to Ukraine. […]