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Pavilionis: dual citizenship clauses limit free movement, trans-Atlantic integration

October 17, 2017 BNS 0

The existing provisions on dual citizenship limit the free movement of Lithuanian citizens in European Union (EU) countries, which bars full exercise of trans-Atlantic integration, conservative MP Žygimantas Pavilionis told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. […]

Defence budget crucial amid Russian threats – Lithuanian ForMin at NATO meeting

April 3, 2017 BNS EN 0

Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Friday, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius emphasized the importance of stepping up defense in the face of the challenges posed by Russia. […]

Trump congratulates Lithuania, with focus on Ukraine, defence spending, fighting ISIS

February 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

US President Donald Trump has congratulated Lithuania on the upcoming independence anniversary, thanking for its support to Ukraine and commending for the growing defence spending. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė with the US Senators Senators Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar and John McCain

President: US role remains trans-Atlantic security guarantee

December 29, 2016 BNS EN 0

At a meeting with United States senators visiting Vilnius on Thursday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė emphasized the country’s role to trans-Atlantic security. […]

Is Nausėda already forming the ruling majority? Only three parties were invited to meet

October 7, 2024 0

While the heads of the opposition parliamentary parties are ironing their suits and preparing for their meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, the ruling parties shrug their shoulders. Counting down the days until the parliamentary elections, […]

Complicated Sino-Lithuanian relationship

October 1, 2024 0

As the Seimas elections approach, more parties, especially opposition parties, promise to change their foreign policy. The most significant change, in their view, is in relations with China. The opposition believes that seeing China as […]

Economist speaks out about the unstoppable rise in prices: ‘It’s getting a bit scary’

September 24, 2024 0

Prices in Lithuania decreased by 0.5% over the month, but annual inflation is again approaching the 1% mark. The most significant price increases over the year were in cafes and restaurants – nearly 9%. Some […]

Who could have thought? Germans give us a brigade, we give them electricity

September 20, 2024 0

Rokas Masiulis, the Head of the electricity transmission operator Litgrid, was one of the energy experts who, at the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, calmly and even optimistically looked to the future: Lithuania would […]

The EU must stop funding the brutal Cuba regime

September 16, 2024 0

Russia has always been Europe’s enemy. This is something that many of our Western and Central European friends seemed to forget since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not so in Eastern Europe and the […]

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

September 13, 2024 0

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]