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Kremlin says it is ready for dialogue with Baltic states
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, said on Monday that Moscow was ready for talks with the Baltic states. […]
Russia
Defence
Society
Five Lithuanian trade union members under radar after attending training in Moscow
Five representatives of Lithuanian trade unions attended a training in Moscow for over a week, with participation of one covered by the Utena district municipality. […]
Society
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Lithuanian president hopes for extension of Russia sanctions
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes the European Council will extend the sectoral sanctions for Russia, in place since last July, during its meeting several weeks hence. […]
Defence
Hackers post “annexation of Kaliningrad” plans on Lithuanian army’s website
False information was on Wednesday published on the website of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. An investigation has been launched into suspected hacking, the Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
European Union
EP backs Landsbergis’ report on EU-Russia relations
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a report drafted by Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis on the European Union‘s relations with Russia. […]
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US ambassador to NATO: Russia’s aggression in Ukraine completely changed rules of the game
At a press conference at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, United States Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that Russia‘s aggressive actions in Crimea and Donbas had completely changed the rules of the game. NATO must therefore prepare for future challenges and offer the necessary support to its partners. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government to pay for 2 more diplomats in OSCE mission in Eastern Ukraine
Lithuania’s government on Tuesday earmarked 32,000 euros for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where the country’s governmental forces and Russian-supported separatists have been involved in clashes for over a year. […]
Opinion
Opinion: It is now or never that Ukraine will slip out of Russia’s grip
While Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was pompously comparing the “victory” of the Crimea annexation to the fall of Berlin Wall and people of the occupied Luhansk region were being told to work for a loaf of bread, Ukraine started off on the tough road of reform that will determine the future of the country. […]
Defence
European Union
MEP Landsbergis’ report on EU-Russia relations draws different reactions at European Parliament
The European Parliament opened discussions about a report on EU-Russia relations, drafted by Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, on Tuesday. Some MEPs called for separating the Russian society and the country’s government while others accused Europe of expansionism. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania doesn’t want confrontation with Russia, Linkevičius says
Lithuania does not want confrontation with Russia, but Moscow must stick to agreements, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Foreign Minister Linkevičius to the Wall Street Journal: We shouldn’t accept the Kremlin’s ‘new normal’
Re-engagement with Russia should be accomplished on the Western countries’ own terms, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius claims in an op-ed piece published by the Wall Street Journal. While many would like to see a thaw in relations with Moscow, it is wrong to give into wishful thinking about Russia’s benevolence and draw false analogies with détente of the 1960s. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania and Estonia to accompany Russian planes
NATO fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania and Estonia as part of the Alliance’s Baltic air policing missions, were on Monday scrambled to identify three Russian military planes flying over the Baltic Sea, with two of them flying with their transponders switched off. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania 3 times last week over Russian airplanes
NATO’s air policing fighter-jets guarding the Baltic air-space were last week scrambled three times from Lithuania to intercept aircraft of the Russian approaching borders the Baltic states. […]
Foreign affairs
Russians and Belarusians dominate list of people barred from entering Lithuania
The list of foreigners barred from entering Lithuania was extended last year, and the majority on the list were citizens of Russia and Belarus, shows data published by the Ministry of Interior Affairs. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania wants to send more diplomats to OSCE observer mission in Ukraine
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is willing to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where clashes between the country’s governmental forces and Russian-supported separatists have been in progress for over a year. […]
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