Defence
Five Ukrainian soldiers arrive for treatment in Lithuania
Five more Ukrainian troops have arrived in Lithuania for treatment, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. […]
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European Union
First months of EU’s free trade with Georgia and Moldova encouraging, Lithuanian official says
Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on Trade took place on 7 May in Brussels. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas said that although the European Union‘s (EU) trade volume with Georgia and Moldova was growing, the benefit of free trade treaties would be revealed fully once the countries implemented economic, political and legal reforms. […]
Economy
Most Lithuanian companies think geopolitical tensions will not affect business
The first results of the Survey of Lithuania’s Non-financial Enterprises show that most entrepreneurs believe the events in Ukraine will not affect or will affect only insignificantly the financial situation and their ability to repay loans. During the study, the heads or financiers of around 500 enterprises in different business sectors were surveyed, the Bank of Lithuania reports. […]
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Lithuanian president: There is no ceasefire in Ukraine
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Minsk accords on ceasefire in Ukraine no longer hold. […]
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Ukraine’s minister Abromavičius may lose Lithuanian citizenship after all
Ukraine‘s Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavičius may lose his Lithuanian citizenship, as Lithuania’s laws do not provide for an exception for emigrants of Lithuanian origin. […]
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Ukraine expects answers on visa-free regime with EU, ambassador in Vilnius says
Ukraine expects that the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga later this month will provide answers about the perspectives of visa-free travels to the European Union (EU), Ukraine’s Ambassador to Lithuania Valeriy Zhovtenko told BNS. […]
Opinion
Opinion: How not to cede hearts and minds of Lithuanian citizens to Putin
Lithuania is very likely to be the only European Union country to completely boycott the end of World War Two commemoration event in Moscow on 9 May. Unlike our closest neighbours – Latvia and Estonia – we will not be even sending a diplomat to the ceremony. […]
Society
Lithuanian organization to send aid for Ukrainian troops
Aid for Ukrainian troops, collected during an artwork auction in Lithuania last week, will be shipped to Ukraine on Thursday, says Jonas Ohman, representative of the organization Blue-Yellow. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian UN ambassador meets with chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
On 27 April in New York, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, met with Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, who is participating in the Fourteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). […]
Defence
A war of civilizations: diverging approaches to warfare and Russia’s military reform
Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy. […]
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Polish president: Many EU countries want to lift sanctions on Russia
Many European Union countries want to lift the sanctions on Russia, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said in an interview with the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. […]
Ukraine official says Kiev is getting weapons from EU
Ukraine is receiving weapons from some European Union countries, according to Ukraine’s deputy head of the president’s administration. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defence minister discusses cooperation with Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast officials
On 21 April, Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast City Viktor Anushkevychus and the Deputy Governor while on a visit with his delegation in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Western Ukraine), the Ministry of National Defence reported. […]
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Russia’s military games for Baltic and Polish civilians and youth
With the Russian 9th of May celebrations of Soviet victory in World War Two approaching, many in the Baltic States are concerned about the potential risk of provocations or confrontation stemming from the more radical and disgruntled elements of the local Russian minority. Moreover, since Russia launched a shadow war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, NATO, American, and European governments have been increasingly concerned about the risks of hybrid warfare in Poland and the Baltic region. […]
Czech president says Russia’s attack on Baltics would be suicidal
Czech President Miloš Zeman has said that Russia‘s attack on the Baltic States would be suicidal for Moscow because the attack would drag NATO into a fight. […]
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Lithuania to send experts to Ukraine’s Defence Ministry
Lithuania plans to send its experts to Ukraine‘s Ministry of Defence, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas, currently in Kiev, said on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defence minister: NATO and Ukraine need more cooperation in security and defence
When attending the NATO Week opening event at the National University of Defence of Ukraine Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas underlined that the Russian war in Ukraine had become an alarm signal for the whole of Europe and NATO, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
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