We meet with Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis on a quiet Sunday morning in the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for the last interview before he leaves the USA and returns to Lithuania. […]
Judge Pranas Šimkus in the northern Lithuanian city of Panevėžys has withdrawn from hearing the case of Jonas Gailiūnas, 87, a former Soviet secret service agent who is standing trial for the deportation of Lithuanian people during the Soviet times. […]
Statistics Lithuania reports that in June, the volume of Lithuania’s exports decreased by 3.6 percent on a year-on-year basis. But the decrease was influenced by a significant fall of re-exports, since exports of Lithuanian-made goods grew by 3.7 percent. […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry before the ministerial meeting of the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. […]
Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov met with participants of Mission Siberia 2015 earlier this week after they returned to Lithuania from the Russian region of Tomsk. […]
Lithuania has rejected a visa application from a Russian citizen whose passport specified the Republic of Crime as part of Russia as his place of birth, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. […]
NATO‘s leadership decided to downsize the Baltic air policing mission in order to make rational use of resources, but Lithuania should not applaud it, as it reduces the Alliance’s visibility, says political scientist Gražvydas Jasutis. Meanwhile his colleague Kęstutis Girnius believes that the reinforcement has already served its purpose of reassuring the Baltic states and the decision makes good sense. […]
NATO fighter jets, stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai as part of the Baltic air policing mission, performed five scrambles last week to intercept Russian military planes over the Baltic Sea. […]
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of wanting to take over the “whole of Europe” and potentially aiming his sights next at Finland and the Baltics, AFP reports. […]
A week ago, President of Russia Vladimir Putin took on the issue of emigration in Lithuania, wildly exaggerating the drain it has had on the country’s population. What he chose to ignore was that the problem is even more pronounced in his own country: people are fleeing Russia in higher numbers than ever before. Lithuania is one of the destination of their choice. […]
Participants of the annual initiative Mission Siberia 2015 returned to Vilnius on Saturday after spending two weeks in Russia. […]
The Kremlin could exert influence on Lithuania and try to destabilize the country if Russia’s chemical concern EuroChem Group were to acquire Achemos Grupė (Achema Group), one of Lithuania’s largest concerns, that owns a large fertilizer plant in Jonava and the largest stevedoring company in the port of Klaipeda, a political scientist has said. […]
After Russia this week vetoed the proposal to establish a tribunal on the civilian airliner MH17 tragedy in Eastern Ukraine, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says Russia has something to hide. […]
After talks emerged about the Russian chemical company EuroChem Group entertaining plans to invest in Lithuania’s Achema Group, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that any investor would have to go through scrutiny and meet strict national security criteria. Achema Group is the owner of fertilizer manufacturer Achema, one of the biggest companies in the country which is included in the list of enterprises with relevance to Lithuania’s national security. […]
The decision made by the United States Department of Treasury to step up sanctions for Russia “is a proper and consistent assessment of Russia’s policies towards Ukraine“, which can also help resume the debate in the European Union on sanctions for Russia, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Friday marks 24 years since tragic events at the Lithuanian checkpoint of Medininkai when seven Lithuanian officials were gunned down at work. […]
The economic embargo imposed by Russia had the biggest effect upon Russians themselves by way of a sharp decrease in the selection of food products and surge in food prices, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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