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How to make the deal of the deals with Russia? After dinner with E. Lucas

January 15, 2018 Mikko Waltari 0

Edward Lucas, the former senior editor of the Economist, visited Vilnius on January 10th — once again, should we say. He lived in Lithuania in the Nineties and is such a frequent commentator and visitor in Lithuania that he even speaks the language a bit. His work has been revolving around Russia for so long that he has become a synonym for Russophobia, an accusation he is sharing with the three Baltic States. […]

The Baltic states in Russian military strategy

November 7, 2017 James Sherr 0

Today, it is generally accepted inside NATO that the events of 2014 marked Russia‘s turn towards an avowedly revisionist course, whose ambit extends well beyond Ukraine itself. Were it not for Moscow’s justification of its […]

An idea for Russia – can Lithuania present it?

October 30, 2017 Zygimantas Pavilionis 0

Recently we have been looking for an Idea for Lithuania. However often they are created in a vacuum where it appears that Lithuania does not live surrounded by various friendly or unfriendly neighbours which have various interests. Those ideas, however good, do not include geopolitics and international relations, upon which the development of our state greatly depends. […]

Monument to Alexander Pushkin in Vilnius

Putin awards editor-in-chief of Lithuania’s Russian-language weekly

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Russia’s president has awarded the Medal of Alexander Pushkin, a state decoration, to Valerij Tretjakov, editor-in-chief of Lithuania’s Russian-language weekly newspaper Litovskij Kurjer. […]

Ušackas ending diplomatic service to enter Lithuanian politics – interview

July 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas, the European Union’s (EU) ambassador to Russia, says he will shortly end his diplomatic service in Moscow and engage in analytical work and politics upon return to Lithuania, listing the demographic crisis as the key challenge in his home country. […]

W. Europe needed a Marshall plan in 1947. In 2017 Marshall plan is needed for Ukraine

May 26, 2017 Andrius Kubilius 0

In 1947, following his return to Washington after the negotiations with Stalin and Molotov in Moscow, George Marshall, the famous US military leader and post-war Secretary of State, saw the need to promote economic recovery in Western Europe destroyed by war. This was seen as a stabilising factor and the only way to halt Stalin’s ambitions of expanding his political dominance to Western Europe. […]

LGBT community protest in the front the Russian Embassy

Gays fleeing persecution in Chechnya find refuge in Lithuania

May 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

Gay men fleeing persecution in Chechnya have found refuge in Lithuania: Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius confirmed to BNS on Wednesday that two persons who suffered repression in the southern Russian republic have come to Lithuania. […]

Evidence presented in the intelligence report are not a Russophobe hysteria

April 10, 2017 Media Briefing 0

Russia is named as the biggest threat to Lithuania’s national security in the annual State Security Department’s (VSD) report to the public. It tries to assert its global power and aggressively interferes in other countries’ […]

Our Eastern neighbours in their wellies show us how far we’ve come

March 29, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

Over the two days of this weekend we got to see how our Eastern neighbours are living and how far we’ve come from them. And we are gaining distance at a rapid pace. Those participating […]

Putin has designs on Baltic states – US former VP Cheney

March 29, 2017 BNS EN 0

Former US vice-president Dick Cheney has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened international security and had “designs on the Baltics.” […]

MEP Guoga blacklisted by Russia

March 24, 2017 BNS EN 0

Antanas Guoga, Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, has been included into the list of persons unwanted in Russia. […]

Sixty years of the EU – A coming of age?

March 24, 2017 Andrius Kubilius 0

On the 25th of March the European Union turns sixty. Congratulations are in order for the EU and for ourselves! […]

Durbin in Vilnius: Russia is a threat, but there’s no need to slam doors on it

February 21, 2017 BNS EN 0

The United States should not completely abandon cooperation with Russia, but it must be remembered that Moscow poses a threat, Democratic Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Lithuanian view: What to expect from Russia in 2017?

December 18, 2016 LT Daily 0

2017 could be the year of Russia’s return – the signs of this were discussed in a Tuesday afternoon discussion organised by the the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (RESC) and VU TSPMI. The political scientists discussed the topic of “What will decide Russian foreign policy in 2017?” It is likely that the government rotation of the West, the resolution of the stalled Syrian conflict and strategic changes to the Russian tone will open opportunities for de-escalation and Putin’s return as a figure that is repulsive for many, but at the same time – an inevitable partner in resolving questions in the international political arena. […]

Putin‘s Russia: As Income drops leaders’ popularity grows

November 28, 2016 Linas Kojala 0

It‘s a country where the average annual salary has dropped by almost a tenth and is now on not much more than 400 euro (compared with Lithuania where it just passed the 600 Euro mark). It‘s a country where the average pension is around 179 Euro – practically one third lower than in Lithuania). It‘s a country where ministries forecast increased economic stagnation for the next two years while the President’s office states that nobody is any the wiser. […]

Presidential candidate Donald Trump at the debates in Huston

Experts on whether Lithuania should be wary of Trump’s victory

November 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

How will Trump’s victory affect the world? And Lithuania? Lithuanian leaders hope that he will continue current American policy and will not sell Lithuania to Putin. Meanwhile some political scientists warn that it is no […]

H. Clinton and D. Trumpo during the thirds Presidential debate

Linkevičius: there are signs of Russia meddling in US presidential race

October 20, 2016 BNS EN 0

There are indications in the US election campaign that other states are meddling in the presidential race, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday, referring to Russia. […]

Garry Kasparov at the first Free Russia Forum in Lithuania

Participants of Free Russia Forum call for new opposition forces

October 17, 2016 BNS EN 0

Russian public and opposition figures who took part in the Free Russia Forum in Vilnius said that Russia needed new opposition forces, as its society has turned its back on the currently divided political forces that oppose the Kremlin. […]

Garry Kasparov, Jevgeni Chichvarkin and Andrey Illarionov at the previous Free Russia Forum

Second Free Russia Forum starting in Vilnius

October 14, 2016 BNS EN 0

A Free Russia Forum is starting in Vilnius on Friday, the second event of the series this year. It will focus on Russia’s main problems, bringing together Russia’s prominent opposition activists and human rights defenders. […]

Lebanon, the forgotten angle in the refugee crisis

March 17, 2016 Ludo Segers 0

Imagine for a moment that almost half of the population of Vilnius was Ukrainian refugees fleeing the civil war that rages on with the help of Putin‘s Russian army. That is the present situation in Lebanon, which is hosting several million Syrian refugees. […]