Russia‘s increased military activity is a demonstration of power aimed at undermining the feeling of security and check on our readiness, says Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas. […]
The criticism levied at the Lithuanian media by EU Ambassador to Moscow Mr. Vygaudas Ušackas, who said that reporting on Russia in Lithuania is rather one-sided, caused a considerable response. […]
Belarus has always been and will remain Russia‘s military ally, despite Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko‘s recent statements about Russia’s continuing aggression in Ukraine, says Vytis Jurkonis, a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. […]
Belarus is spying in Lithuania both individually and is also acting as a proxy for Russia, claims British journalist Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russia’s spying. […]
Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė will on Monday remind Brussels of Lithuania’s request for approximately 110 million litas (EUR 32m) for the country’s dairy sector to compensate for losses sustained due to Russia’s sanctions. […]
As the competition between Russia and the West over Ukraine unfolds, there is a similar yet more subtle process occurring in the neighbouring state of Belarus. Lithuania has been one of the leading players in the effort to bring Belarus economically and politically closer to the European Union, a position Vilnius pushed during a Lithuania-Belarus economic forum held 4-5 November. […]
A Vilnius court on Thursday rejected as unfounded an appeal of Russian citizen Alexander Dyukov who asked the court to revoke Lithuanian border guards’ decision to refuse him entry into the country and delete a relevant entry from the Interior Ministry’s national registry. […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius opposes the opinion expressed by Head of the EU Delegation to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas who has said that the Lithuanian media provides very one-sided coverage about Russia. […]
Softening the existing sanctions against Russia following the recent “elections” in eastern Ukraine, unrecognized by the West, would be a huge mistake, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is responsible for the detention of a Lithuanian fishing vessel, the Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf), in Russia and should be required to compensate the losses involved, Lithuania’s foreign minister believes. […]
Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has referred to the new European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries seeking for the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to take responsibility for the detention of Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf). […]
The European Union (EU) may revise its sanctions on Russia in the light of Moscow’s conduct in eastern Ukraine where separatists held elections on Sunday, the EU’s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said in Lithuania on Monday. […]
The United States condemned in harsh terms the illegitimate elections held on Sunday by Russia-backed separatists in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan described the ‘elections’ as sham. […]
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