United States President Barack Obama told Russian leader Vladimir Putin, with whom he spoke on the phone on Monday, that Moscow must respect the Minsk agreements of ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. […]
As teachers across Lithuania continue a strike, demanding higher wages, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius claims trade unions behind the strike are “influenced by Russia“. […]
The European Union’s (EU) researchers will draw up proposals by summer identifying the best ways to synchronize electricity grids of the Baltic countries and Western Europe, Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice-President for the Energy Union, has said while on a visit to Lithuania. […]
The BBC’s documentary about a hypothetical invasion of the Baltic States by Russia has sparked a protest in Latvia, with about 80 people staging a rally against the airing of the programme they said demonized the country’s Russian-speaking population and was pro-war “propaganda” paid for by the United States. […]
Due to the crisis in relations with Moscow, the European Union (EU) is currently unable to pressure Russia into cooperating with Lithuania on the January 13 coup case, says EU Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas. […]
Bank Kapitalbank managed by Lithuanian and Latvian investors in the Rostov region of Russia have submitted a bankruptcy notice to the Arbitration Court. However, the application was adjourned until mid-March. […]
Attempts by Russian law enforcement institutions to ban activities of the Mejlis, or council, of Crimean Tatars is politically-motivated persecution, says Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Refugees are being cynically used as a leverage by Russia-backed Syrian regime in peace negotiations, says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. A terrorist attack in the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday will only make the situation in the Middle East more tense, he added. […]
The Restoration Parliament Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis has called on all Lithuanians to unite in opposing the Astravyets nuclear power plant being constructed in Belarus in his speech to mark February 16. […]
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s statements about a second Cold War and Moscow‘s talk of cooperation have to be seen as cover for its military actions in Syria and Ukraine, said Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
The world is not facing a new Cold War, it is getting “very hot”, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at the Munich Security Forum on Saturday, responding to Russia‘s statements. […]
Across Europe all eyes have been on Poland‘s conservative Law and Justice Party since they dramatically swept back into power. After securing a majority in the Polish parliament, the party swiftly put their power to use, launching controversial reforms of the country’s Constitutional Court and increasing control over state media, in the process drawing comparisons with Viktor Orban’s Hungary. […]
One cannot choose one’s neighbours. We have been assigned ours by history and geography. Lithuania has not been dealt a good hand. Although historic threats from Germany have retreated, Russia remains a dangerous neighbour. Lithuania will be vulnerable until Russia undergoes a radical transformation. […]
Nitika Kulachenkov, a close fellow of the prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who has been detained in Cyprus at Russia‘s request, maintains he is being prosecuted for “stealing” a €2 poster and pledges to return to Lithuania shortly. […]
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