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Rally to support Ukrainian pilot held outside Russian Embassy in Riga

July 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Approximately 40 people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Riga on Thursday in a support rally for the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, LETA reports. […]

Russia blocked attempt to ensure justice for MH17 victim families, Lithuanian diplomat says

July 30, 2015 BNS 0

By vetoing on Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution on setting up a tribunal for those responsible for the Malaysian plane MH17 tragedy, Russia blocked the way for ensuring justice for the families of the victims, Dainius Baublys, a minister counselor at Lithuania’s Permanent Mission to the UN, says. […]

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. […]

Lithuania to resettle nationals from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine

July 29, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government decided on Wednesday to resettle Lithuanian citizens and people of Lithuanian descent to Lithuania from Crimea and Ukraine‘s regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. […]

Putin rejects idea of international tribunal on MH17 crash

July 29, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated in a telephone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that establishing an international tribunal on Flight MH17 crash in Ukraine is inexpedient. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas

Defence ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine sign brigade pact

July 24, 2015 BNS 0

The defence ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint brigade in Lvov on Friday. […]

Lithuanian conservative leader suggests joint battalion for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

July 24, 2015 BNS 0

The leader of Lithuania’s conservatives MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis has suggested during a visit in Kiev that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia should set up a joint battalion. […]

Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey (R), Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak (C) and Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas shake hands after signing an agreement on the creation of a joint military brigade on Sept. 19 in Warsaw.

Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian defence ministers to sign pact on joint brigade

July 24, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian defence ministers will Friday in Lviv sign an agreement on establishment of a joint military brigade. […]

Georgia’s Saakashvili: Baltics will be Russia’s next target

July 21, 2015 BNS 0

The Baltic states will be Russia‘s next target after Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to test NATO, Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and now the governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, said in an interview on Tuesday. […]

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. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister unconvinced by Ukrainian separatists’ withdrawal statements

July 20, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he is not convinced by statements of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine about unilateral withdrawal of certain weaponry. […]

Oh Brutus, Where Art Thou?

July 17, 2015 Vaja Tavberidze 0

“I would compare Putin to the Roman leaders in the time of Roman Empire’s agony. While Caesar’s Rome was the Rome of ascendancy, Putin’s Rome is the one of decay. The regime in Russia shows all signs of agony,” says Kremlinologist Lilia Shevtsova. […]

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. […]

Lithuanian parliament committee proposes establishing Ukraine aid fund

July 16, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Seimas Committees on European and Foreign Affairs have proposed setting up an aid fund for Ukraine. […]

US Vice President Joe Biden Photo Ludo Segers

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. […]

Lithuania to resettle 30 families of Lithuanian descent from Crimea and eastern Ukraine

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania plans to bring back Lithuanian citizens, people of Lithuanian descent and their families who live in the Crimean peninsula and Ukraine‘s eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister: Kremlin finds it difficult to save face in Donbass

July 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia is not interested in escalating the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, but the Kremlin finds it difficult to withdraw from the conflict without losing face on the international arena and inside the country. […]

Nord Stream expansion to do ‘great harm’ to Ukraine

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union does not need a new Nord Stream gas pipeline that Russia‘s gas behemoth Gazprom is planning to build, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said, adding that the project will do great harm to Ukraine. […]