Žygimantas Pavilionis
Opinion

An idea for Russia – can Lithuania present it?

Recently we have been looking for an Idea for Lithuania. However often they are created in a vacuum where it appears that Lithuania does not live surrounded by various friendly or unfriendly neighbours which have various interests. Those ideas, however good, do not include geopolitics and international relations, upon which the development of our state greatly depends. […]

In Eastern Ukraine
CORPORATE

Why do the current sanctions against Russia not stop the war in Ukraine?

Following the political changes that began in Ukraine in 2013, Russia has commenced a hybrid war, which culminated not only in the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity but also in the annexation of Crimea as […]

Catalans
European Union

Catalonia and the principle of territorial integrity

Catalonia cannot be compared with challenged and occupied areas in the Baltic states and Ukraine. […]

Rolandas Kriščiūnas, Lithuania's Ambassador to the United States
Foreign affairs

Russia aiming to intimidate Europe in energy – Lithuania’s ambassador in Washington

Russia is using energy projects, such as the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, to intimidate Europe, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States, Rolandas Krisciunas, said at a conference of the executive council, ministers and diplomats of the Community of Democracies last Friday. […]

Verkhovna Rada
Foreign affairs

Lithuanians’ ‘Marshall plan for Ukraine’ initiative making its way to Europe

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, and his Ukrainian counterpart discussed a proposed plan for EU financial aid for Ukraine, dubbed as “the new Marshall plan”, as they met in Kiev on Thursday. […]