Central/Eastern Europe
It’s still same Russia
Be it Putin, Stalin or a tsar, Russia repeats its crimes and lies. That is why Moscow’s imperialism must end forever – on the occasion of the Victory in Europe write Members of the European […]
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Opinion
Juknevičienė. The Kremlin has gone back to the plan of testing the West
Recently, our political family, the European People’s Party, held an assembly. I was invited to give a presentation on Russia and Ukraine, in which I gave my assessment. What is happening today on the eastern […]
European Union
MEP Juknevičienė: the EU will have an effective tool for implementation of its global policy
The European Parliament is nearing the conclusion of approval procedures for the European Union’s largest financial aid instrument for non-EU states, Global Europe, which is to have a budget of 80 billion euro. One of […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Juknevičienė: we must support nations seeking democracy and freedom
Member of the European Parliament and former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rasa Juknevičienė participated in the virtual event NATO and Ukraine: Vision-2030 on Tuesday. The event was intended to discuss Ukraine’s NATO prospects, […]
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MEPs to Belarusian military: defend your people, not citizen Lukashenko
Members of the European Parliament call for the Belarusian military to defend the Belarusian people, rather than blindly following and executing Lukashenko’s illegal orders–inherently attacking them. Some 25 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from […]
European Union
Rasa Juknevičienė: COVID-19 lessons learned
‘Lessons learned’, as they say in the army. When I held the office of Minister of Defence of Lithuania, along with the commanders and other military representatives, we always discussed and outlined what lessons had […]
European Union
Juknevičienė gathers MEPs to initiate a common EU strategy on European Remembrance
On 29 January at the initiative of Member of the European Parliament Rasa Juknevičienė and members of the European Parliament gathered for an informal parliamentary group For the Remembrance of Europe, which will act on […]
European Union
MEPs expressed support for Poland seeking to defend the real European and World War II history
On 15 January, the European Parliament members of the European People‘s Party group, Andrius Kubilius and Rasa Juknevičienė participated in the press conference “Distortion of European history and remembrance of the Second World War” in […]
Defence
NATO is not brain-dead, Mr Macron!
From the Baltic Way to the Berlin Wall and then all the way to the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, which was ultimately followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Those were […]
Opinion
80 years after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: Dividing lines in Europe linger on
On 23 August Europe will mark the European Day of remembrance for the victims of totalitarian regimes and will commemorate 80 years since the notorious non-aggression agreement between the two biggest totalitarian tyrannies of the […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Lithuanian MEPs to challenge Kremlin in the name of Eastern Partnership
Can the EU strengthen its relationships with its Eastern Partnership countries and encourage them to drift toward the West if it hasn’t established a unified and most importantly – firm – policy regarding Russia? It […]
Politics
Military intelligence head does not reveal, what he presented to the PM: have a calm Christmas
The head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) head Remigijus Baltrėnas aim to calm passions, which flared after Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis called upon the intelligence services. The intelligence heads do not reveal, regarding what the PM called on them, however they assure that they have observed no hints of unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
Politics
R. Juknevičienė: intelligence services did not present any information about a coup in Lithuania
Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) deputy chairwoman Rasa Juknevičienė assures that the heads of the country’s intelligence services – the State Security Department (VSD) and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) – on Wednesday did not present any information linked to potential unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
CORPORATE
Bakas: some of the members of Širinskienė‘s commission should be investigated themselves
Seimas National Security and Defence Committee chairman, “Farmer” group member Vytautas Bakas did not support the special commission on LRT activities conclusions in Seimas and the conclusions were not approved. Recently, V. Bakas has increasingly […]
Politics
Mažylis, Kubilius top Lithuanian conservatives’ list for European Parliament elections
Liudas Mažylis, professor at Vytautas Magnus University, and Andrius Kubilius, a former prime minister and now lawmaker, top the list of European Parliament election candidates of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) after receiving the most preference votes from the conservative party’s members last weekend. […]
Defence
At least 11 MPs hit by massive spam attack
At least 11 Lithuanian lawmakers received 50,0000 spam emails in a massive spam attack on Thursday, the National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC) said on Friday. […]
Defence
Group of Lithuanian lawmakers comes under spam attack
A group of Lithuanian lawmakers came under a spam attack on the night to Thursday, the parliament’s IT specialists say. […]
CORPORATE
Conservatives wary of Ušackas: what is the politician seeking?
With potential Conservatives presidential candidate Vygaudas Ušackas declaring that the parties primaries could become a “closed party”, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) veterans Irena Degutienė and Rasa Juknevičienė do not conceal their outrage […]
Politics
Seimas opposition blocks bid to link subsidy to LSDDP with defense funding
The Seimas opposition blocked on Thursday the ruling bloc’s unexpected proposal to give the greenlight for the government to borrow money not only for increasing the defense budget, but also for providing funding to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP). […]
Foreign affairs
Rasa Juknevičienė takes up the position of NATO PA President
On 24 September 2018, Rasa Juknevičienė, Head of the Seimas Delegation to the NATO PA, came to office as President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. She succeeded President Paolo Alli upon the expiration of his national mandate as Member of the Italian Parliament, a statement from the Seimas press office reads. […]