Linas Linkevičius
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Ceasefire in Ukraine is not working

The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is not working, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday after arriving in Brussels for a meeting of European Union (EU) diplomats. […]

No Picture
Opinion

Opinion: More than meets the eye or the case against a ‘frozen conflict’ in East Ukraine

Currently it seems that the on-going Ukrainian–Russian conflict in the East of Ukraine is drawing to a possible end. However, it looks as if a newly minted ‘frozen conflict’ zone is poised to appear on the world map. While the end of active fighting might seem as a positive development, a ‘frozen conflict’ might actually pose even greater threats to international security. […]

Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian envoy at UN: Human rights violations in Ukraine must be investigated

The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations together with non-governmental organizations in the margins of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 December held a round-table discussion on the role of the International Criminal Court in ensuring accountability for the ongoing human rights violations in Ukraine. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
European Union

Lithuanian MEP to chair pro-Ukraine group in European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius has become the chairman of the Informal Group of Friends of European Ukraine which was founded in the European Parliament (EP). […]

Charles Ries
Foreign affairs

Charles Ries: Lithuania has security stake in US-EU trade agreement

There are many misconceptions about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that is being negotiated between the United States and the European Union, says Charles Ries, vice president of the Rand Corporation. […]

Vykintas Pugačiauskas
Opinion

Opinion: Reality check for Russia

If there was anything surprising in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual address to the Federal Assembly it was that there was nothing new in it. It seems that slowly, very slowly, something is dawning on the Kremlin: a gloomy realization that Vladimir Putin is no saviour. […]

Aivaras Abromavičius
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Ukraine’s Lithuanian economy minister wants to improve transparency in state-owned companies

Lithuanian businessman Aivaras Abromavičius, who has been appointed as Ukraine’s new economy minister, has identified the reduction of regulatory burdens and improvement of operating transparency of state-owned companies as his chief goals. […]