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German-speaking experts sign petition on Ukraine: Securing peace instead of rewarding expansion

An appeal, by 142 German-speaking experts on Eastern Europe, calls for a reality-based and not illusions-guided Russia policy. […]

Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian defence ministers
Defence

Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade plans move forward

This week, Lithuania’s government intends to discuss draft laws on the Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian agreement to set up a joint military brigade. […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president tops Ukraine’s list of international friends

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė leads the annual rating Top-10 Ukraine‘s Promoters in the World 2014 presented by the Institute of World Policy, the President’s Office said on Thursday. […]

Minsk
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Is Belarus benefiting from change in West’s perspective?

It is tempting to slip into a spiral of sensationalism when describing the concurrent trends in Belarus’s foreign relations and national aspirations, even though—if history is any guide—these trends may be reversed as abruptly as they started. So far, however, tensions have been on the rise along Belarus’s eastern flank; whereas, there has been steady improvement in Belarus’s relations with the West. According to the assessment of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, this has been the case since the very beginning of 2014. […]

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European Union

EU foreign ministers wish to expand Russia blacklist

EU foreign ministers are keen to quickly add names to the Russia blacklist, according to draft document prepared for emergency meeting on 29 January, EUobserver reports. […]