Defence
Poland
Foreign affairs
Baltics, Poland, Ukraine condemn 1941 Soviet deportations
The ministers of justice of the Baltic states, Poland and Ukraine have condemned the 1941 deportations, as Lithuania on Tuesday commemorates 75 years since the start of mass deportations of its citizens.
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Defence
‘We will agree on battalions for Baltic states’ – NATO chief
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the Allied nations would agree to establish an international battalion in each of the Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as in Poland.
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CORPORATE
Explosion at Belarus nitrogen plant poses threat to Lithuania, Poland
An explosion occurred at the Grodno nitrogen factory in Belarus just 40 kilometres from the Lithuanian resort of Druskininkai on Monday, the fallout from which could pose an environmental threat to both Lithuania and Poland. […]
Society
Leader of pro-Soviet Yedinstvo testifies at January 13th war crimes court case
A Vilnius court on Wednesday heard testimony of witness Valeriy Ivanov, the leader of the pro-Soviet Yedinstvo organization, in the trial over the 13 January 1991 attempted coup. […]
Defence
Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic deterrence – US general
Central and Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic capacities to deter Russia, according to US Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. […]
Economy
Lithuania climbs to 41st in global prosperity index
Lithuania was ranked the 41st most prosperous country in the world, lagging behind Poland and the other Baltic States. […]
European Union
Poland rejects EU criticism as ‘unwarranted’
The Polish government dismissed a critical assessment of its first months in office by the European Union, arguing that complaints by the EU were unauthorized and non-binding, AP reports. […]
Economy
Economy
Lithuania drops to 30th place in world competitiveness rankings
Lithuania has fallen to 30th place in the latest annual IMD World Competitiveness Rankings for 2016 though it remains a regional leader. […]
Opinion
Russian ‘countermeasures’ to NATO in Eastern Europe are coming
When NATO leaders gather in Warsaw on July 8 to 9, they will announce steps to beef up the alliance’s conventional force presence on its eastern flank. NATO also will shortly announce that the SM-3 missile defense site in Romania has achieved operational status. These moves will spur the Kremlin, with some fanfare, to announce military “countermeasures.” But those will be steps that Moscow almost certainly intends to take in any case. […]
Defence
‘Canada is a small army, but everyone likes to work with us’ – Major Beauchamp
While NATO is often thought of as synonymous with the United States, other countries, like Canada, also contribute to making Europe more secure. Major Eric Beauchamp talks to the Lithuania Tribune about Canada’s role in reassurance measures for Baltic security. […]
CORPORATE
Via Baltica highway upgrade in limbo due to fund shortages
Lithuania is finishing the reconstruction of a stretch of the Via Baltica highway – as part of the European route E67 from Prague to Helsinki is known – near Kaunas. However, there are no funds […]
Defence
Uncategorized
Russia’s counter to missile defence pushes Europe together
The ceremony of opening the United States’ missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania, last week (Thursday, May 12), was greeted by a barrage of condemnation and criticism from Russian officials. The next day, President Vladimir Putin turned these denouncements into state policy by defining this deployment of a radar station and SM-3 missile interceptors as a direct threat to Russia and promising to “curtail” it. […]
CORPORATE
Poland ‘the only country that could help Lithuania in a crisis’
Without the permanent presence of NATO forces in the Baltic region and with the United States focused on the Pacific Ocean, only Poland could help Lithuania in case of a military threat, according to Casimir […]
Defence
CORPORATE
EU releases funds for Lithuania-Poland gas pipeline
EU has released the first tranche of funding to build a natural gas connector between Poland and Lithuania. Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) has transferred the first EU support payment to AB Amber Grid […]
Culture
Exploring the cuisine of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Western Europeans invented the dining room in the late 18th century but in Lithuania a room dedicated to meals, the so-called stalava, had existed since the 16th century. […]
CORPORATE
Poland’s war on democracy
A war being waged between the current Polish government and the country’s Constitutional Court is undermining the country’s democracy and rule of law according to leading experts. […]