Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Linkevičius discusses bilateral and regional cooperation with Latvian, Estonian and Slovakian foreign ministers

On 16 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Foreign Minister of Latvia, and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Foreign Minister of Estonia, who are taking part in the Snow Meeting. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

Ukrainian academicians’ award is Lithuania’s appreciation Grybauskaitė says

The decision by the Higher Academic Council of Ukraine to name Lithuanian president the Person of the Year is the appreciation of the country’s support to Ukraine, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė
Opinion

Opinion: What terrorists and Putin have in store for us

For days now many in the global and Lithuanian media have locked horns over the terrorist acts in Paris. There are some who say that freedom to express one’s convictions is above any religious or social group interests; others contend that cartoons published by the likes of Charlie Hebdo made merciless mockery of believers’ feelings, that they cannot be subsumed under the “social group” category and have nothing to do with freedom of expression. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

Ukrainian Academic Council names President Grybauskaitė person of the year

The Ukrainian Supreme Academic Council called Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė Person of the Year for her solid and consistent support to Ukraine‘s independence. […]

Jevhenas Dykyjus
Defence

Ukrainian soldier in Vilnius: Don’t have illusions that NATO will protect you

The Baltic states should not have any illusions about their NATO membership protecting them from Russia‘s aggression, says Yevhen Dykyi, a company commander of the Aidar Volunteer Battalion, adding that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia can become Russia’s next target, if it defeats Ukraine. […]

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Uncategorized

Stratfor: Poland and Baltic states will continue to promote Ukraine’s Western ties

As the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine continues into 2015, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will come to play an increasingly important role. Even before the crisis, the three Baltic states — as well as neighboring Poland — were among the most active EU member states attempting to bring Ukraine closer to the West and to challenge Russia’s role in the former Soviet periphery. Their efforts along these lines will intensify this year. Ultimately, however, more powerful players in the standoff will limit the impacts of their efforts, particularly Germany and the United States. […]

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Opinion

Opinion: Conflicts of the past year connected by corruption

A retrospective look at the conflicts dominating the headlines in 2014 presents a grim picture of escalating conflict and human suffering. Underneath the headlines is a common thread connecting the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Ukrainian protesters in the Maidan, and the Nigerian families still desperately seeking someone to #BringBackOurGirls. That common thread is corruption, Mary Beth Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, writes on The Mark News. […]