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  • European Union

EU states have different ties with Russia but united on actions in Syria – Grybauskaitė

Leaders of European Union (EU) member-states are united on the stance on the Russian actions in Syria, says Lithuanian President…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Stationing Iskander in Kaliningrad assertive conduct – NATO general

Stationing of the nuclear-capable Iskander missile system in the Russian Kaliningrad region between Lithuania and Poland indicates assertive behavior on…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Russia demonstrates aggression, situation shouldn’t be escalated-Grybauskaitė

Russia's increasingly active military actions are a geopolitical threat to the Western world, however, the situation should be deescalated to…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Will Conservatives ignore ‚Russian skeleton’ in Karbauskis’ wardrobe?

The Conservatives (TS-LKD) have taken a far more moderate stance today compared to when two years ago they released a…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuania doesn’t rule broadening natl sanctions against Russia

Lithuania does not rule out broadening its national sanctions against Russia if the European Union fails to do so at…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

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

There are indications in the US election campaign that other states are meddling in the presidential race, Lithuanian Foreign Minister…

8 years ago
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Gorbachev’s spokesman gives no comment on court’s move to question

Spokesman for the Soviet Union's former president Mikhail Gorbachev has refused to comment on the Vilnius court's ruling to question…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Grybauskaitė sees Nord Stream project as EU energy policy ‘shroderization’

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that further development of the Russia-Germany gas pipeline Nord Stream means shroderization of the European…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Europe must keep sanctions against aggressive Russia – Grybauskaitė

Europe must continue its sanctions on Russia amid the Russian military action in Syria and Ukraine, as well as the…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania contributes to UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force

Lithuania is contributing to the creation of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, which will consist of around 10,000 troops. [...]

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Participants of Free Russia Forum call for new opposition forces

Russian public and opposition figures who took part in the Free Russia Forum in Vilnius said that Russia needed new…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian court rules to question Gorbachev in coup trial

The Vilnius court hearing a trial of the January 13 attempted coup has decided to question former president of the…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

ForMin calls ban on Russian lawyer to go to event in Vilnius ‘a political move’

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia's decision to ban Mark Feigin, a lawyer and human rights defender who…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Russian military ships, aircraft pose no threat to civilians – embassy

Russian military ships and aircraft, which have become more active in the Baltic Sea recently, pose no threat to civilians,…

8 years ago
  • Defence

NATO’s airborne warning aircraft to land in Lithuania

NATO's airborne warning and control system (AWACS) airplane is to land on Thursday in the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

Why relations between Lithuania and Latvia aren’t all that fraternal

Lithuania and Latvia have much in common on a strategic level. Yet relations between the two aren’t especially brotherly. That’s…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Russia deploying Iskander at Lithuanian border to get concessions from West

Russia is deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius confirmed on…

8 years ago

Russia transporting Iskander missile system to Kaliningrad

According to a government source known to ERR’s Estonian news portal, the Russian Baltic Fleet is moving an Iskander-M missile…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian, Estonian formins expect MH17 findings ‘to open eyes of some colleagues’

The Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers expect that international investigators' findings on the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

ELECTIONS: Peasant and Greens Union in brief

Origins found in the interwar periodThe LVŽS consider themselves to have originated from the Lithuanian Popular Peasants’ Union (LVLS), which…

8 years ago