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Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania to join efforts against IS with humanitarian aid
Lithuania will join the coalition under creation against jihadists in Iraq and Syria by sending medication in response to calls from the United States, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expresses condolences over killed Frenchman: brutality cannot break resolve to fight terrorism
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has expressed deepest condolences over the brutal murder of a French citizen by terrorists, emphasizing that such brutal crimes cannot undermine the determination to fight terrorism. […]
Putin is a terrorist, President Grybauskaitė tells The Washington Post
What Russia is doing in Ukraine is no different from terrorist activities seen in Iraq and Syria, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė tells The Washington Post. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors launch terrorism probe into calls to join separatists in Ukraine
The chief prosecutor of Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office cancelled the decision of a prosecutor from the Department for Criminal Prosecution not to initiate an investigation into incitement of terrorism. Conservative MP Arvydas Anušauskas had turned to prosecutors saying that calls on social media to go and support separatist fighters in east Ukraine might be construed as incitement of terrorism. […]
Foreign affairs
Baltics consider recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” as terrorist organizations
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are considering to recognize the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as terrorist organizations, Baltic diplomats in Kiev have stated. […]