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Lithuanian ambassador to Ukraine: Russia only understands the language of force

August 29, 2014 BNS 0

The West should respond to Russia‘s direct military invasion in Ukraine by continued stronger sanctions, but the most efficient language should be “from the position of force,” says Lithuania’s Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas. […]

Lithuanian political scientists don’t expect West providing military aid to Ukraine

August 29, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian political scientists say that Western countries probably will not provide broad military assistance to Ukraine even amid clear Russian invasion. […]

Lithuanian president: Russian invasion jeopardizes Ukraine’s future and international peace

August 28, 2014 BNS 0

Russia‘s military invasion jeopardizes Ukraine‘s survival, international peace and security, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister says West should give military assistance to Ukraine

August 28, 2014 BNS 0

The West should consider rendering military assistance to Ukraine in the wake of the military aggression launched by Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]

Russian invasion in Ukraine: The Kremlin has revealed its cards

August 28, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Russia‘s armed forces invaded Ukraine from the coast of the Sea of Azov for a reason – in order to cut out a land corridor to Crimea. According to reports, Russian forces have taken the coastal town of Novoazovsk and are to move forward towards Mariupol and Volnovakha. […]

Russian army is invading Ukraine “in several directions”

August 28, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Russian forces have invaded Ukraine and are advancing in several directions, according to Zoryan Shkiryak, adviser to the minister of the interior of Ukraine. […]

Lithuania condemns Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine

August 28, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday called the existing situation in Ukraine “an obvious military invasion by the armed forces of the Russian Federation” and called on Russia to withdraw its troops. […]

Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkienė

Valdas Adamkus: The only person I had no luck with was Vladimir Putin

August 28, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus expresses his disappointment about the estranged relationship with Poland, and the demands of the Polish minority. He also shares insights and memories about his own personal relations with state leaders he worked with during his presidency, while appreciating a bold yet risky stance of Lithuania’s current leadership during the Russia–Ukraine conflict. […]

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Lithuania’s Linkevičius tight-lipped on candidates for EU foreign policy chief

August 27, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius refuses to comment on his Italian counterpart Federica Mogherini‘s chances of being appointment the new EU foreign policy chief. Lithuania’s leaders have expressed reservations about the candidacy due to what they say are Mongerini’s Russian sympathies. […]

Bulgaria feels threatened by Russia’s information war

August 27, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Bulgaria is in information war with Russia, says Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry report “Outlook 2020: Bulgaria and NATO in European defence”, published on the ministry website. […]

China possible new market for Estonian agricultural products

August 27, 2014 Silver Tambur 0

The Estonian Minister of Agriculture Ivari Padar met with Mr QU Zhe, the Chinese Ambassador to Estonia, to discuss the possible import of Estonian food products into China. […]

Lithuanian ambassador in Moscow: Russia seeks diversification of food imports

August 27, 2014 BNS 0

Russia is encouraging consumption of domestically produced goods and is seeking to diversify imports from countries not covered by its import embargo, Lithuania’s ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday, adding that food product prices in Russia have already increased 5-6 percent and are set to rise even further. […]

Russian historian turns to court over refused entry to Lithuania

August 27, 2014 BNS 0

Russian citizen Alexander Dyukov, who has been declared persona non grata in Lithuania, has turned to a Vilnius court, seeking to revoke the decision of border guards to refuse him entry in Lithuania and to have the entry removed from the Interior Ministry’s national registry. […]

Fighting rages as Russia and Ukrainian leaders hold talks

August 27, 2014 Reuters 0

After months of violence, the fighting rages on in eastern Ukraine. […]

Hungary’s Orban: Baltic States set bad example

August 27, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

The Hungarian prime minister, who is notorious for his contradictory statements, said that he was against the Baltic States‘ attitude towards Russia and highlighted that he was to seek for the European Union (EU) to improve its relations with Moscow. Viktor Orban also said that the values were important, yet that Hungary saw Russia as a business partner first. […]

Opinion: Russia’s psychological warfare – battles without armed confrontation

August 27, 2014 Stan Backaitis 0

This year, during the month of July, the Central and Eastern European Coalition (CEEC), met with California U.S. congressman Adam Schiff and the U.S. Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Matthew Armstrong, to exchange thoughts on Russian inspired and supported armed conflicts and threats in the CEE region. […]

Former energy vice-minister: Deal with Statoil gives Lithuania a trump card in negotiations with Russia

August 27, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

Last week, Lithuania signed a historic contract of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply with the Norwegian company Statoil. Even if the price of gas set by Statoil will be somewhat higher than the one Lithuania pays now, it is important that, for the first time in history, the country has an alternative to Russian gas, says Romas Švedas, former deputy minister of energy and lecturer at the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University (VU TSPMI). […]

Prime Minister Butkevičius: Problems of businesses are national problems

August 26, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that problems faced by entrepreneurs affected by Russia‘s sanctions should be regarded as problems of national significance. […]

Analyst: Russia could only do more harm to Lithuania through cuts in gas supplies

August 26, 2014 BNS 0

Russia’s sanctions against imports of farm and food products were the trump card of the neighbouring country and it only could do more harm through restrictions on the sale of energy sources to the European Union’s (EU) countries, chief economist of Swedbank Lithuania has said, adding that in this way Moscow would also inflict significant harm on itself. […]

Estonian General: It takes more than three hours to invade Estonia

August 26, 2014 Silver Tambur 0

Estonian retired Brigadier General Urmas Roosimägi rejects the assertion that Estonia could be overrun by the Russian forces in three hours – a claim made by the British columnist Edward Lucas in his article for the Politico magazine. […]