Following the government’s decision to lower the level of diplomatic representation with Russia, Ambassador to Moscow Eitvydas Bajarūnas returned to Lithuania this week. He said that Russian hatred of Western citizens is now at an […]
During the Cold War, the Americans pursued a strategy of containment toward the Soviet Union to prevent any kind of Soviet expansion, whether militarily, economically or ideologically. Now, whatever the outcome of the Kremlin-induced war […]
The Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis, together with the Ministers of Poland, Latvia and Estonia, addressed the European Commission (EC) Transport Commissioner Adina Valean and EU Transport Ministers with a joint letter calling […]
The new security crisis in Europe caused by Russia has drawn attention to the possible consequences of its escalation for the energy security of EU countries. If Russia resumes military aggression and the West responds […]
The large-scale joint Russian-Belarusian military drills that started on Thursday in Belarus are also taking place just 10 kilometres from the Lithuanian border. Lithuanian Armed Forces Commander Valdemaras Rupšys has assessed the risk of possible […]
Lithuania is becoming like West Berlin during the Cold War, says Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Chairperson of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence. He said that strengthening the military forces is of paramount importance for […]
Until the end of 2021, Gazprom was considered a reliable supplier of gas to Europe, or at least to the markets of Western Europe. That allowed Gazprom to become a dominant exporter of gas to […]
The biggest mistake in Lithuania-China relations was made long before the opening of the Taiwanese representative office in Vilnius, when the country fell into the Chinese netcast on Eastern and Central European countries without considering […]
High-level diplomats from the US and Russia began important talks in Geneva over the continuing threat of a military offensive on Ukraine’s borders. At the same time, a meeting of the National Defence Council (NDC), […]
According to experts who closely monitor the Kremlin’s actions, Russian troops could invade Ukraine at any time. And Lithuania has recently seen an increase in the number of visits by foreign politicians, all of them […]
Dear European neighbours, Dear citizens of the Russian Federation, Dear Friends, Let us dream, yes, let us dream together wrote Members of European Parliament Bernard Guetta, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz and Andrius Kubilius Thirty years after the […]
As the European Union tries to stem the news flow of migrants from the Middle East through Belarus, the country’s dictator, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, is signing new flight contracts with Russian airlines. It is known that […]
Article 4 of the NATO Treaty. In November, more and more European countries, including Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, are talking about activating it because of the migrant crisis. What is this much-talked-about Article, what are […]
The large group of migrants currently being monitored in Belarus, near the Polish border, trying to break into the country is a new phase of the hybrid attack. It is primarily an attempt of this […]
A Prussian culture of warfare, which is entirely atypical for the West, is typical for Russia and so, we often fail to understand Moscow’s aims and modus operandi. This culture is naturally exclusively goal-oriented. If […]
Russia is taking root in Belarus at nearly no cost – the two countries’ military integration is deepening, with this meaning Russian forces are increasingly close to Lithuania and NATO’s borders. According to international security […]
It is far simpler to review the week’s events than to propose how old and new problems should be resolved. The tax model has been a persistent problem. It’s hard to imagine a solution all […]
The current influx of migrants, purposefully directed from Belarus into Lithuania, is dangerous, not due to poor experience in handling based on international regulations a widespread around the world matter but because of a potentially […]
Lithuania cannot act effectively on its own in foreign affairs, so it must always seek allies. This could be said of the European Union’s Eastern policy, which, for Lithuania, means significant efforts to restrain the […]
If sanctions could help replace the political regimes in Russia and Belarus, I would approve even their most severe variants, Mečys Laurinkus wrote in lrtyas.lt Unfortunately, the sanction cascades against Russia have thus far ended […]
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