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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian government sets aside EUR 43,800 for treatment of Ukrainians

The Lithuanian Cabinet on Monday earmarked 151,000 litas (EUR 43,700) from its reserve fund for treatment and rehabilitation of Ukrainians injured in the fighting in Donbass, eastern Ukraine. […]

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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. […]

Bruce Jackson
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US analyst: Lithuanian-Russian relations give new meaning to “the dialogue of the deaf”

Russia is not going to give in to Western pressures and might get even more confrontational, especially as its economy is going to the dumps, says Bruce Jackson, president of the Project on Transitional Democracies, former US military intelligence officer and diplomat. […]

Algirdas Šemeta

Former Lithuanian EU commissioner Šemeta appointed to head anti-corruption effort in Ukraine

Former EU commissioner and one-time Lithuanian finance minister Algirdas Šemeta is to become Ukraine‘s new anti-corruption boss, Reuters reports. […]

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. […]

Angela Merkel, Petro Poroshenko, Vladimir Putin
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Angela Merkel: Germany will give military assistance to Baltic states if necessary

The EU response to Russia‘s actions in Ukraine is a correct decision, Germany‘s Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published in Welt am Sonntag on 7 December. […]