Russia has so far shown no positive signs in connection to the conflict in Ukraine, so there are no reasons to ease the European Union (EU) sanctions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
US Republican Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says he will do all he can not only to ensure Washington’s support for Ukraine, but also to avert danger to the Baltic states. […]
Lithuanian asset manager Aivaras Abromavičius was appointed Ukraine‘s economy minister late last year to help save the country from bankruptcy. Is he up for the job, asks Bloomberg columnist Leonid Bershidsky. […]
Valentinas Mazuronis, Lithuanian member of the European Parliament (EP), has drafted a resolution of the EP on the situation in Ukraine and, particularly, on the very complicated humanitarian situation in the Ukrainian regions which are currently controlled by separatists. […]
In the 1950s, Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Forbes Nash invented a Machiavellian game entitled So Long Suckers. To win, a player had to game, and ultimately betray, his adversaries. Today, as they sit in frozen trenches in what was once aptly named the Wild Fields, it looks as if the soldiers of the ‘Union of People’s Republic’ are the ones that have been played. […]
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) decided on Wednesday to demand that two Russian TV channels acknowledge that several of their programs spread biased information. Otherwise, the Lithuanian TV and radio watchdog will initiate a complete ban on broadcasting of the two Russian channels in Lithuania. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Wednesday that a dialogue with Russia is impossible until Moscow “is engaged in aggression” and supports “terrorists in eastern Ukraine“. […]
What could we say about Lithuanian foreign policy last year? Most would likely agree that it was visible, audible and active. These words define the form very well, but what could we say about the content? […]
The United Nations Security Council might hold a meeting in January to discuss the Ukrainian conflict, Lithuanian diplomats say. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has issued advice to the public of what to do in case of an emergency situation or war. The key is to stay calm, not to panic and follow specialists’ instructions, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says. […]
Lithuania has provided Ukraine‘s army with the elements of munitions it had requested, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas confirmed to BNS on Monday. […]
Do Lithuania’s ethnic Russian citizens make integration into the society a priority or do they do quite the opposite, using the privileges of Lithuanian citizenship and leaning nevertheless toward Mother Russia? Is being Russian not just a question of blood and faith but also of identifying with Russian civilization and a fragmented nation that must be united? […]
Lithuanian Jews have shown support to the Ukrainian Jewish community which is experiencing difficult times. Last week, before the end of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, Lithuanian Jews presented books written by Grigory Kanovich to the Ukrainian Jewish community. […]
The two-thousand-strong protest rally in Moscow this week, triggered by a court sentence for anti-Kremlin campaigner Alexei Navalny and his brother, shows that, despite all the effort, Vladimir Putin‘s regime has not completely crushed the opposition in Russia. A Maidan in Moscow is probably Putin’s worst nightmare. Can it come true? […]
Lithuania has reached the half-point in its two-year membership in the United Nations (UN) Security Council. Throughout 2014, the Lithuanian delegation mostly focused on the conflict in Ukraine, the rule of law, protection of civilians in armed conflicts, reinforcement of UN cooperation with the European Union (EU) and proper implementation of the Security Council’s decisions on sanctions, the Foreign Ministry has said. […]
Seven Ukrainian soldiers will arrive in Lithuania soon to undergo medical treatment, the Baltic country’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Wednesday. […]
The Western powers are not forming an “anti-Russian” coalition and do not want this country to sink into chaos; however, they do wish relations with Moscow to be based on international agreements, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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