Ukraine

Jüri Luik
CORPORATE

Jüri Luik: I think we can cooperate more

October 16, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Estonia is often presented as a model country among the Baltic States, however it faces all the same security challenges as Lithuania and Latvia, ranging from defence spending to ensuring security in the face of difficult relations with Russia, to finally issues with NATO itself. The Lithuania Tribune interviewed Estonian Minister of Defence Jüri Luik at the Riga Conference 2018 to find out more, how the Northernmost Baltic State perceives security in our region. […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuanian vets downplay as ‘hypothesis’ Belgium’s suspicions about Baltics as ASF source

October 8, 2018 BNS 0

A senior Lithuanian veterinary official has played down Belgium’s suspicions that African swine fever (ASF) could have been brought to the country from the Baltic states as just “a hypothesis”. […]

Virginijus Savukynas
CORPORATE

V. Savukynas. The time of faltering illusions

September 18, 2018 Media Briefing 0

When the Soviet Union collapsed, the world was filled with optimism. Western democracy was victorious, freedom was triumphant in conquered countries, the Cold War ended, the likelihood of all annihilating nuclear war was at an […]

Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin
Foreign affairs

The Kremlin is not interested in Macrons’ ‘stability’

September 10, 2018 Ruslanas Irzikevicius. 0

The European security architecture needs to change, French President Emmanuel Macron declared during his latest visit to Finland. The changing world security architecture is forcing the European Union to adopt to the changing world. This is inevitable. However, the French President also called for an ‘update’ of the EU and Russia’s relationship. An ‘update’ should be welcomed, but the main question on whose terms this ‘update’ should be. Is the EU ready to accept an extended hand of friendship from the Kremlin? Certainly not and this is why. […]

No Picture
Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Vičiūnai says it cannot control sellers of its products in Crimea

August 29, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian food production group Vičiūnų Grupė (Vičiūnai Group), owned by Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, as well as other shareholders, says it cannot control sellers of its products in Crimea Peninsula, occupied by Russia. […]

Gitanas Nausėda
CORPORATE

Gitanas Nausėda: We have lost our compass

August 22, 2018 lzinios.lt 0

According to SEB chief economist dr. Gitanas Nausėda, who leads in the expected future president and most influential business figure ratings, people’s welfare and declining social segregation should be directions for Lithuania’s future because the […]