During the Zapad 2013 training
Defence

President sees Zapad, Belarus N-plant as key threats to transatlantic security

The world clearly understands that key threats to transatlantic security in our region arise from the militarization of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the Zapad military exercise and BelarusAstravyets nuclear power plant, which has become a geopolitical weapon, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]

Rusijos kariai be skiriamųjų ženklų Kryme
Defence

Little green men from new incubators

There a has been growing concern in Europe regarding the Kremlin’s new methods of formulating the aggressive fifth column whose members are recruited under the guise of combat sports clubs. According to, experts Lithuania – […]

Andrius Kubilius
Opinion

W. Europe needed a Marshall plan in 1947. In 2017 Marshall plan is needed for Ukraine

In 1947, following his return to Washington after the negotiations with Stalin and Molotov in Moscow, George Marshall, the famous US military leader and post-war Secretary of State, saw the need to promote economic recovery in Western Europe destroyed by war. This was seen as a stabilising factor and the only way to halt Stalin’s ambitions of expanding his political dominance to Western Europe. […]

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
Uncategorized

Ukrainian Govt delegation arriving to mark start of visa-free travel to EU

A Ukrainian government delegation will come to Lithuania next month to mark the start of visa-free travel to the European Union. […]

Ukrainian flag in the Cathedral Sq. in Vilnius
Uncategorized

Lithuanian lawmakers to go to US to rally support for Ukraine

A group of Lithuanian lawmakers will travel to the United States later this month to rally support for Ukraine, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]

Democratic Senator Richard Durbin
Defence

Durbin in Vilnius: Russia is a threat, but there’s no need to slam doors on it

The United States should not completely abandon cooperation with Russia, but it must be remembered that Moscow poses a threat, Democratic Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]