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NATO considers stationing battalions in Baltic states and Poland

October 30, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

NATO member states are considering stationing 4,000 soldiers in its member states bordering Russia. The move is intended to deter Russia from venturesome actions against eastern NATO member states. […]

Lithuania’s foreign minister insists on continuing Russia sanctions

October 29, 2015 Ziniu radijas 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius believes that the European Union (EU) should continue its policy of sanctions on Russia, since it is the only way to get Moscow to listen. […]

Lithuanian government gives funding for resettling ethnic Lithuanians from eastern Ukraine

October 26, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Government of Lithuania has allocated EUR 77,823 from its reserve for the resettlement of Lithuanian citizens and ethnic Lithuanians from conflict-ridden regions in eastern Ukraine. […]

Local elections in Ukraine ‘solid and mature’, Lithuanian MP says

October 26, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

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”. […]

Lithuania falls short of its development aid commitments

October 23, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

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: Reset with Belarus?

October 23, 2015 Marius Laurinavicius 0

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). […]

Putin’s Russia. What is Kremlin actually capable of?

October 20, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras ir DELFI 0

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

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Yalta invites US presidential candidate Donald Trump

October 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

15 Ukrainian children to come to Lithuania

October 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Fifteen Ukrainian children from families that have been affected by ongoing military action in eastern Ukraine are to arrive in Lithuania by the end of the year, BNS reports. […]

Russian court rejects all requests by Savchenko’s lawyers, Lithuanian diplomat says

October 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A Russian court is rejecting almost all requests made by the defence lawyers of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, says a Lithuanian diplomat observing the trial, according to BNS. […]

Putin’s Russia: Kremlin’s goal No. 1

September 29, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras ir DELFI 0

This time I decided to take a closer analytic look and find an answer which becomes more and more important both in Lithuania and the Western countries when speaking about Kremlin’s aggressive actions. […]

Russia should respect principles Putin extolled in UN speech, Lithuania’s Linkevičius says

September 29, 2015 BNS 0

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. […]

Lithuania’s representative to observe Savchenko trial in Russia

September 29, 2015 BNS 0

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: The dilemma of dictatorial stability

September 28, 2015 Julius Zube 0

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. […]

Russia’s sincerity in UN ‘very hard’ to believe, Lithuanian president says

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

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. […]