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Lithuanian parliament speaker asked to send weapons during visit in Ukraine

March 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she has heard requests during her visit in Ukraine to provide assistance in weapons. […]

UK Ambassador David Hunt: Remember Crimea

March 18, 2015 David Hunt 0

A year ago, the Kremlin helped stage an illegal and illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea that culminated in Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine, redrawing the map of Europe by force, and deepening the burgeoning crisis in east Ukraine. […]

Lithuania’s chief of defence: Five lessons to be learned from conflict in Ukraine

March 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After the State Defence Council decided that conscription of 19-26-year-olds should be reintroduced for a 5-year period and as the Seimas is preparing to consider the issue, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says Lithuania has learned five lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister hopes for expansion of EU’s Russia sanctions

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius hopes the existing sanctions against individual sectors of the Russian economy will be expanded. […]

Crimean Tatar leader: If all European countries were like Lithuania, Ukraine crises could have been prevented

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

If all European countries had the same position on the Ukrainian-Russian conflict as Lithuania, this “banditism” would have been prevented, says Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of Crimean Tatars and a member of the Ukrainian parliament. […]

Opinion: Peace on paper

March 10, 2015 Viktor Denisenko 0

The world is still waiting for measures of the Minsk Agreement to be implemented. Ukraine experiences continual military confrontation, and situation in Debaltseve region has also worsened dramatically. According to the recent information thousands of Ukrainian troops could again be trapped in the Debaltseve boiler. The Ukrainian side denies siege possibilities, whereas separatists inform on their achievements in encircling Ukrainian troops. […]

Former President Adamkus: Russia’s imperialist goals pose threat to Baltic states

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

Russia‘s imperialist goals are posing a real threat to Lithuania, but the country’s NATO membership is a guarantee of security, former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says. […]

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry Photo Ludo Segers

US remains Lithuania’s friend, Kerry tells Linkevičius

March 10, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linkevičius met on Monday with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington to discuss the countries’ strategic partnership. […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Russia’s ambition in central Europe exceeds its capability

March 7, 2015 STRATFOR 0

Russia has actively worked to boost its leverage in Central Europe over the past few years, and the crisis in Ukraine has only heightened the Kremlin’s interest in the region. Russia aims to use commercial and political ties to undermine Western institutions and to steer Central Europe toward Russian interests. […]

Mikheil Saakashvili: Baltics do not have strategic advantages of Ukraine

March 6, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In an interview with DELFI, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that, in the event of war, the Baltics lack the strategic advantages held by Ukraine. […]

Opinion: How did West lose war in Ukraine?

March 6, 2015 Giedrius Cesnakas 0

The West and Ukraine have lost the war against Russia – this could sum up the results of the second Minsk agreement. How and why did this happen and what are the consequences? […]

Lithuanian government allocates EUR 80,000 for Ukrainian children

March 4, 2015 BNS 0

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday allocated additional EUR 80,000 to support Ukrainian children receiving education in Lithuania. […]

Lithuania to appoint new ambassadors to Ukraine and Czech Republic

March 4, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday backed the appointment of Marius Janukonis, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘ Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department, as the country’s ambassador to Ukraine. Diplomat Edvilas Raudonikis will be appointed as Lithuania’s ambassador to the Czech Republic. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister conveys condolences over deaths in Donetsk coal mine

March 4, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Wednesday conveyed condolences over deaths in the explosion in a coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine. […]

Boris Nemtsov, 1959–2015

March 3, 2015 Vladimir V. Kara-Murza 0

This is probably the most difficult piece in my life. […]

US diplomat acknowledges NATO discussions about hybrid war

February 28, 2015 DELFI EN 0

During a visit to Vilnius, U.S. Mission to NATO DCM Lee Litzenberger acknowledged that the hybrid war Russian President Putin is fighting in Ukraine has prompted discussions about how Article 5 of the Washington Treaty can be applied. And these questions have no answers yet. […]

Russia presents Vilnius with letter of protest over arms supply to Ukraine

February 27, 2015 DELFI EN 0

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lithuania made an announcement on Friday afternoon that Moscow was sending a protest note to Vilnius. […]

Journalist Gregory Feifer: corruption is what provides stability for Russia’s regime

February 27, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

Lithuanian readers have been recently presented with a book by American journalist Gregory Feifer, Russians: The People behind the Power. In it, Feifer reflects on modern Russia and the people that continue to puzzle outsiders. […]

Professor Landsbergis speaking with Senator John McCain Photo Ludo Segers

Professor Landsbergis and Foreign Minister Linkevičius in Washington

February 27, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

During a gruelling 48 whirlwind tour of the US Capital, Professor Vytautas Landsbergis and Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the 25th anniversary celebration of reinstatement of Lithuanian independence and visited some of the most influential political leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner and Senator John McCain. […]

Putin’s middle class is fleeing to Latvia

February 27, 2015 Inga Springe 0

Vitaly Mansky, a Russian documentary filmmaker, knows exactly when he decided to establish a bolthole outside the Russian Federation. It was the spring of 2014, and Mansky was in Spain for a film festival, watching news in his hotel room. An anchor at one of the Kremlin-controlled news stations reported that Russia’s parliament had allowed President Vladimir Putin to use the army to protect his compatriots in other countries. In other words, they had legalized the annexation of Crimea and provided support for pro-Russian combatants in Eastern Ukraine. […]