Foreign affairs
Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia – formin
Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]
Russia
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled once last week over Russian military aircraft
NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled once last week to identify and escort a Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Politics
Seimas panel completes unlawful influence probe, wants materials declassified
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) has completed its probe into interest groups’ influence on political processes and now asks for permission to declassify the materials of the investigation. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM inviting minister, ambassadors to discuss Eastern policy
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is inviting the foreign minister and several ambassadors to discuss the country’s relations with Russia and other Eastern countries. […]
Society
Foreigners’ political dispute in Lithuania ends in fight
A pre-trial investigation into public disorder was launched in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, when two foreigners got into a fight in the city center over politics. […]
Foreign affairs
‘No special easing’ of requirements for football fans traveling to Russia via Lithuania
Lithuanian officials say that there will be “no special easing” of requirements for football fans who will travel via Lithuania to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad for 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors to propose sentences against 66 defendants in 1991 crackdown trial
Public prosecutors from the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday started delivering their concluding statements in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius. […]
Foreign affairs
Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines to launch direct Astana-Vilnius service
SCAT Airlines is set to launch in late May direct flights between Kazakhstan‘s capital of Astana and Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius. […]
Energy
Political project Nord Stream 2 would harm Ukraine – Lithuanian PM
The gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, which is projected on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, is in essence a political project and would cause major harm to Ukraine‘s economy, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said during a visit in the country. […]
CORPORATE
The world entangled by a doping web: Russians stealing the victories from Lithuanians is only an example polished to a shine
Upon receipt of an ultimatum from the brave International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) due to tenuous progress in handling doping issues, the Russians are biting their nails – they either “get it together” or […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM hands over humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis handed over a batch of humanitarian aid as his visited the war-ravaged town of Avdiivka in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
US Senate congratulates Baltic countries on centenary of independence declarations
The US Senate has congratulated Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on the 100th anniversary of their declarations of independence and praised the Baltic nations for their commitment to democracy and their increasing defense spending. […]
Foreign affairs
Free Russia Forum opening in Vilnius
The traditional Free Russia Forum is opening in Vilnius on Wednesday, serving as a platform for the country’s politicians and public figures to discuss the political situation in Russia. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Skvernelis – a convenient idiot for the Kremlin?
This question arose after listening to M. Laurinavičius and Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius‘ discussion on the talk show Dėmesio Centre. The main piece of evidence presented is this note by the prime minister. […]
Foreign affairs
It is time to commemorate Boris Nemtsov in Vilnius
Andrei Sakharov, the great Russian physicist, humanist and Nobel Prize winner, once remarked that a government that violates the rights of its own citizens at home inevitably also poses a threat to the international order. The Soviet government has shown this assertion to be true—as has Vladimir Putin’s government in today’s Russia. […]
CORPORATE
Žygimantas Pavilionis. Another important victory, this time in Washington
Skilled detractors of the US in Lithuania and anti-American policy-makers bent on seeding discord by sheer mention of the Kremlin are beside themselves with rage as they criticise our President’s meeting in Washington and the […]
Energy
Nord Stream 2 is clearly geopolitical project of Russia – Lithuanian energmin
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline planed on the bottom of the Baltic Sea is a geopolitical project of Russia and should not become reality, says Lithuania’s Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, stressing the need to ensure compliance to top safety standards in the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s Klaipėda port doesn’t fear competition of Kaliningrad cruise terminal
Lithuania’s Klaipėda port does not fear possible competition after opening of a new cruise terminal in the Russian Kaliningrad port in 2020. […]
Society
Content of Russian TV channels revised to avoid sanctions – Lithuanian watchdog member
To avoid sanctions planned in Lithuania, distributors of some Russian TV channels are revising the content of the broadcasts, says Mantas Martišius, vice-chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK). […]
CORPORATE
Prime minister’s words cause outrage
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ statement that the large likelihood that Russia is behind the poisoning of a former intelligence officer in the UK does not mean one hundred percent certainty has been met with controversy, […]