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Opinion: Vilnius increases defence spending in face of disappointing responses from Western Europe

July 12, 2014 STRATFOR 0

The Lithuanian parliament on July 10 adopted budget amendments to increase spending on national defense by 37.6 million euros. The decision, which was predicted by Stratfor, passed with the support of the government and the opposition and was praised by the American Embassy in Lithuania. With this measure, Lithuania will take its military spending closer to 1 percent of gross domestic product – a mark still well below NATO’s official target of 2 percent. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
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President Grybauskaitė warns about growing “Russian chauvinism”

July 9, 2014 BNS 0

Growing Russian chauvinism is raising great concern, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has warned in an interview published on Wednesday. […]

Eduard Shevardnadze
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Remembering Georgia’s Shevardnadze

July 8, 2014 STRATFOR 0

Eduard Shevardnadze, the last foreign minister of the Soviet Union and onetime president of Georgia, died Monday. Shevardnadze had not been active in politics since his ouster as president during the Rose Revolution in 2003. However, his time in politics marks two critical periods of transition in geopolitics and the world: the end of the Cold War and the restart of the U.S.-Russian struggle. […]

Romas Sadauskas-Kvietkevičius
Opinion

Opinion: Let’s not rush to equate referendum supporters with enemies of state

July 8, 2014 www.DELFI.lt 0

Since a week ago, welcoming political maturity in our state, I wrote that one of the evidence thereof would become an unsuccessful referendum on the restriction of right to dispose of property and other stupid questions, now I could feel like the Old Testament prophet who sent the knowledge to his people received from the above. Moreover, I do not need to shave the beard which I promised to donate publicly in the social network Facebook in case of referendum success. […]

Customs
Economy

Lithuania may appeal to Brussels over new Russian food cargo requirements

July 7, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania may have to consult with the European Commission (EC) about new Russia’s requirements for the transportation of food products through Lithuania. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
Energy

Auštrevičius: Russia’s gas blackmail is attempt to sabotage EU–Ukraine Association Agreement

June 26, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

“Russia’s gas war waged against Ukraine is an additional tool of pressure on the whole European Union, seeking, at the same time, to sabotage the final signing of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement,” says Petras Auštrevičius, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Member of the Liberal Movement Political Group, MP stated in a press release issued by this office. […]

Lithuanian Post
Economy

Closer relations with China will give Lithuanian Post new development opportunities

June 26, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The state-owned Public Limited Company Lietuvos paštas has signed a cooperation agreement with S.F. Express, one of the largest courier service providers in China. On the grounds of the agreement, the companies will cooperate in the field of items delivery from China to Europe, the EU member states, as well as Russia and Belarus. […]