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Foreign affairs
Foreign Ministry holds business meeting on new markets amid Russian embargo
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday held an inter-institutional meeting of ministerial representatives and representatives of business associations to discuss new export markets after Russia imposed import bans. […]
Economy
Lithuanian trucks stuck at border amid Russia’s food embargo
Several Lithuanian trucks are stuck at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border and the Latvian-Estonian border amid Russia‘s ban on the import of food products from the EU, the director of the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service has informed on Friday. […]
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Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė: Russia has become unreliable business partner
At Friday’s meeting with Minister of Economy and acting Prime Minister Evaldas Gustas and Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė, President Dalia Grybauskaitė noted that Russia had become a completely unreliable and unpredictable business partner. […]
Economy
Russian sanctions to shave off 0.2 percent of Lithuanian GDP growth
The growth of the Lithuanian gross domestic product (GDP) may slow down by 0.2 percent in the wake of the Russian sanctions, Lithuania’s Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas said after meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania to keep its personae non gratae list secret
Lithuania will not publish the list of Russian politicians and performers who will be affected by a travel ban imposed in response to Moscow’s policies in Ukraine, LNK TV said in its news broadcast on Thursday. […]
European Union
EU Ambassador Ušackas: EU-Russian relations are at all-time worst
The European Union (EU) is considering to address the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the Russia‘s restrictions on imports of agricultural and food products, EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said on Thursday. […]
Economy
Russia Outgrown: Why Vilnius is attracting IT developers from Russia
In May, Game Insight, a developer of games for mobile devices, announced that it was moving its headquarters from Moscow to Vilnius. This is not the first IT emigrant: in terms of price, logistics and investment climate, having their offices in European is often seen as a better option for those Russian companies that go after the global market. […]
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Obama: No need yet for more US military aid to Ukraine
US President Barack Obama, speaking at the closing of the US-Africa Leaders summit, said Washington was not considering sending weapons to Ukraine yet. […]
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Ukraine readies for possible Russian invasion
Ukrainian soldiers are laying siege to Donetsk, where pro-Russian rebels have taken control. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian liberals stage protest outside Russian Embassy
A protest, dubbed “Putin, don’t send weapons to terrorists!”, was held outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Thursday, following anti-Western sanctions announced by the Kremlin. […]
Energy
Russia unlikely to cut gas supply to Lithuania, energy minister says
Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič sees no reason for Russia, who has become subject to sanctions imposed by Western states, to take measures against Lithuania such as a gas embargo. […]
Economy
Lithuanian president: Kremlin’s revenge on the West will hit Russian people first
The effect of Russia‘s restrictions on imports of agricultural produce and food products on Lithuania’s economy will be small but the country will look for ways to help the business sector, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Economy
Lithuanian dairy and meat producers to be hit hardest by Russian retaliatory sanctions
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė says that the country’s milk and meat producers would be the most affected by Russia‘s ban on importing agricultural products from countries that imposed sanctions on Moscow. […]
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: What can stop Russia?
The sanctions of the West against Russia are followed by discussions about what effect they could have on further actions of Russia towards Ukraine. One side stresses that Putin and his closest environment understand only force, therefore the increasing sanctions are the best measure of scaring Russia from further aggression in Ukraine. […]
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Tensions rise in Ukraine over military offensive
In the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, rebels say they are in a “state of siege”. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Social Media – the other kind of threat
Social media is an important aspect in the lives of millions of people, daily. It may really have an unprecedented degree of impact on life as we know it, for better or worse. The opportunities social media brings are great and numerous, but beyond grumbling about communication skills deficiencies we rarely consider another, more direct way that social media could prove to be a problem. […]