Misija Sibiras bandomasis žygis
Society

Nearly 800 apply in Lithuania for Mission Siberia

Nearly 800 applicants would like to take part in Mission Siberia 2015, a trip to sites where Lithuanians were exiled and imprisoned by the Soviet regime in the decades after World War Two. […]

Economy

Bank of Lithuania: Geopolitical tensions overshadow low interest rate concerns

Financial institutions operating in Lithuania consider the risk arising from the prolonged period of low interest rates as increasingly significant, although, with the persisting geopolitical tensions, the risk related to a likely exacerbation of Russia‘s and Ukraine‘s conflict and related consequences has been assessed as the major one, shows the survey conducted by the Bank of Lithuania. […]

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Foreign affairs

How Lithuania can irritate Russia into retreat

Lithuania is in a perfect position to irritate Russia enough to force Moscow out its current misinformation offensive into the defensive, says J. Michael Waller, an American expert on information warfare. In an interview with DELFI, he shares some tips how even a country as small as Lithuania could push Russia’s buttons. […]

Jens Stoltenberg
Defence

NATO chief tight-lipped on Baltic call for permanent brigade

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has so far refused to elaborate on the Baltic call for deployment of a permanent brigade in the territories in an effort to deter Russia. […]

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Defence

NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania over 2 Russian transport planes

NATO fighter-jets on an air policing mission were scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, on Monday to accompany two Russian military transport airplanes. […]

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Foreign affairs

Why Lithuanian officials are not going to Moscow on 9 May

On 8 May each year, the world pays tribute to the victims of World War Two. The following day, 9 May, Russia celebrates its Victory Day with pompous parades of tanks and displays of arms. This year, on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, many Western leaders turned down invitations to come to Moscow, sending instead their lower-ranking representatives, mostly their ambassadors, to Russia. […]