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Ukraine
Local elections in Ukraine ‘solid and mature’, Lithuanian MP says
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament Emanuelis Zingeris (Homeland Union), who is observing local government elections in Ukraine, says the vote is being handled “in a solid and mature manner”. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania falls short of its development aid commitments
Proudly transitioning from an aid receiver to an affluent Western society, Lithuania has yet to live up to its commitments of financial help to the world’s poorest. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Reset with Belarus?
Conventional wisdom dictates vision before planning. It seems neither are present in the cautious, yet steady Western reset with Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko recently secured his fifth term in elections widely considered to be flawed, argues Marius Laurinavičius, fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). […]
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Putin’s Russia. What is Kremlin actually capable of?
In the latest article of this series (“Putin’s Russia. Kremlin’s Goal No. 1”) I analysed the theory and practice of Russian foreign policy trying to ground the thesis that Kremlin’s main goal is to undermine the EU and NATO, and bring the world back to the times of international power balance. […]
British defence secretary wants to send a strong message to Russia about Baltic defence
NATO should step up pressure on Russia to use its influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as to give a more resolute response to Moscow’s “testing” of the Alliance’s flank in the Baltics, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday. […]
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Yalta invites US presidential candidate Donald Trump
The head of the Crimean resort city of Yalta, Andrey Rostenko, has invited US presidential front-runner Donald Trump to visit Crimea, the city’s press office said on Wednesday. […]
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Russia should respect principles Putin extolled in UN speech, Lithuania’s Linkevičius says
Russia should respect those principles the country’s President Vladimir Putin mentioned in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Lithuania’s representative to observe Savchenko trial in Russia
A Lithuanian diplomat will be sent to observe the trial of Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot and member of the country’s Verkhovna Rada, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The dilemma of dictatorial stability
Current times in Eastern Europe can hardly be seen as a blessing. With the region more destabilized than ever, not only the economies of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the surrounding countries suffer, but also the image of Eastern Europe has been in downfall lately. However, for someone these problems in the region might be coming at a perfect time. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia’s sincerity in UN ‘very hard’ to believe, Lithuanian president says
In light of the situation in Ukraine, it is “very hard” the believe the sincerity of Russia‘s statements about peace initiatives in the Middle East, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending events of the United Nations (UN) in New York. […]
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Russian and American presidents to meet on Monday
The US authorities have confirmed that the presidents of Russia and the United States will meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. […]
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Politics
MP Kubilius says Ukrainian president’s advisory council he is on works ‘theoretically’ only
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko‘s advisory council works only theoretically, Lithuanian opposition leader Andrius Kubilius of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats says. […]
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Mogherini in Vilnius: Ukraine truce still in place
The ceasefire in Ukraine is still in place, but local elections in Donbass must be held based on Ukrainian law, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
European Union
Lithuanian PM and EU’s Mogherini discuss refugee crisis
On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Federica Mogherini, European Commission Vice-President, European Union‘s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to discuss the refugee crisis and ways to strengthen strategic communications, as well as other matters of international importance, the press service of the Government said. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Renewing the Transatlantic commitment to democracy
The dangerous actions by Russia and Vladimir Putin pose the greatest challenge to security and democracy since WWII. This applies not only to the countries within Eurasia, but to our post-war vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace. While not necessarily a return to the Cold War, the current situation nevertheless has brought a clear competition of ideologies to the forefront: democracies founded on free elections, accountable governance and rule of law versus authoritarian ideals of “managed democracy.” […]