Ukraine

MH17 crash site
Opinion

Opinion: Will Russia escape responsibility for MH17 crash?

July 30, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

Since the moment news broke about a downed passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Russia has adopted a pose of aggressive defensiveness, although no one was making any accusations against it. Officially, the Kremlin maintains it is not a party to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and can, at most, act as a mediator between Kiev and the separatists. No one officially disputes that, it is as self-appointed mediator that Russia took part in the Minsk peace talks. […]

Heidi Tagliavini
Opinion

Opinion: Spark of hope that Russia’s aggression will not pass this time

July 28, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

The German daily Berliner Zeitung was the first one to report about the resignation of Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini as OSCE special envoy in Ukraine and OSCE representative at the Minsk peace talks. This lady made her name in political and diplomatic quarters when the international commission she led published a report on the 2008 Georgian-Russian war. Her departure gives one hope that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will not be given a Tagliavini treatment. […]

Right Sector rally in Kiev
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Lithuanian ambassador: Right Sector actions undermine Ukraine’s stability

July 27, 2015 BNS 0

The actions of the far-right group the Right Sector in Ukraine does not contribute to reforms and stability in the country, says Lithuania’s Ambassador Marius Janukonis. […]

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30 Lithuanian troops taking part in international training in Ukraine

July 20, 2015 BNS 0

Around 30 Lithuanian troops are taking part in the international military exercise Rapid Trident 2015, started in Western Ukraine on Monday. […]

Aivaras Abromavičius
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Lithuanian minister in charge of making Ukraine economy more efficient: 400 ministry staff gone in 7 months

July 16, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

Many Lithuanians follow closely developments in Kiev, where Aivaras Abromavičius, a 39-year-old Vilnius-born businessman, has been put in charge of Ukraine‘s ministry of economy and trade. He is one of several foreigners invited by Ukraine’s current leadership who decided it takes an outsider to tackle corruption and inefficiency that plagues the country’s economy. […]

US Vice President Joe Biden Photo Ludo Segers
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US Vice President Biden Supports Ukraine’s last chance for reform

July 14, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

During a busy day in Washington, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk received plenty of support from the US Administration, including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and US Secretary for Commerce Penny Pritzker. […]

EU's Riga Summit
Opinion

Opinion: The Riga Summit and its outcomes

July 8, 2015 George Rukhadze 0

The fourth Eastern Partnership Summit was held in Riga on 21-22 May 2015. The joint Declaration of the Riga Summit did not reaffirm either the European perspective of the Eastern European Partnership countries consistently demonstrating the best performance or the political support to Georgia and Ukraine in visa liberalization that Tbilisi and Kiev were looking forward to. Quite the opposite, compared to the Vilnius Summit document adopted two years ago, the tone and ambition of the Riga Summit declaration seemed rather weakened. […]