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Softening Russia sanctions would be mistake, Lithuanian foreign minister says
Softening the existing sanctions against Russia following the recent “elections” in eastern Ukraine, unrecognized by the West, would be a huge mistake, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Opinion
European Union
EU’s Ambassador Ušackas: Sanctions against Russia may be reviewed in light of eastern Ukraine situation
The European Union (EU) may revise its sanctions on Russia in the light of Moscow’s conduct in eastern Ukraine where separatists held elections on Sunday, the EU’s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said in Lithuania on Monday. […]
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US Condemns illegal separatist elections in eastern Ukraine
The United States condemned in harsh terms the illegitimate elections held on Sunday by Russia-backed separatists in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan described the ‘elections’ as sham. […]
Foreign affairs
Madeleine Albright congratulates Lithuania on securing energy independence and discusses Putin’s mistakes
“The Baltics are unified and strong. I was completely fascinated to read about the Lithuanian steps in securing energy independence through the national natural gas terminal. I think that is amazing, I congratulate Lithuania for taking the step,” said former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in an exclusive interview to DELFI. […]
Society
EU ambassador to Moscow: Lithuanian media reports on Russia are too biased
The European Union‘s (EU) Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas has criticized the Lithuanian media for what he said were excessively one-sided reports about Russia and its failure to provide a balanced and fair opinion. […]
Society
Lithuanian Red Cross collects EUR 14,800 for Eastern Ukraine
The Lithuanian Red Cross Society has collected 51,000 litas (EUR 17,800) to support the conflict-ridden Eastern Ukraine, the society’s secretary general Gražina Jvgrafovienė said after the campaign ended on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns illegitimate elections in Donbass
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuanian strongly condemns illegitimate “elections” in some parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions organized by illegal armed groups on 2 November. […]
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Why the West will eventually make up with Russia on Putin’s terms
Six years ago, when Russia attacked Georgia and tore off the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Western countries were, as always, “very concerned”, sent out their observers, provided humanitarian support and Nocolas Sarozy, the then President of France, volunteered to mediate in settling the conflict. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Orientalism reanimated or colonial thinking in Western analysts’ comments on Ukraine
Over the last few months, pro-Russian commentators in many Western countries have been portraying the Ukrainian events using a mix of stereotypes that scarily resemble the rhetoric once typical of racist and imperialist ways of thinking. As a result of such stereotypes, Ukrainians (but also Georgians, Moldovans, Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians) have fallen victims to a new form of Orientalism, a distorted way of thinking that people in the West exhibit all too often when talking about other parts of the world. […]
Lithuania regrets Russia‘s support for illegal elections in east Ukraine
The Lithuanian government has issued a statement saying it regrets Russia’s decision to block the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a press statement on the illegal “elections” in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine to be held by armed separatists on 2 November. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to go to Ukraine in November
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will go to Ukraine next month. Her visit is scheduled for 24 November, the president’s press service confirmed it to BNS. […]
Society
DELFI editor-in-chief: Our readers understand that Russia is not joking
Is it worth it to frighten the Lithuanian citizens with war? This question is not as simple as it seems, as some citizens are convinced that it is necessary to constantly remind people that Russia is a threat because this is the only factor that can force Lithuanian politicians to act statesmanlike and work to strengthen the foundations of the country. […]
Society
Fifteen school students from eastern Ukraine come to study in Lithuania
Fifteen teenagers and their two teachers affected by unrest in Ukraine‘s Donetsk and Luhansk regions will live and study in Lithuania for one year. The first group of seven 14-year-olds arrived in Lithuania on 29 October. They will live and study at Vilnius Lithuanians’ House until 1 September, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
European Union
Lithuanian ambassador: Nobody in EU suggests softening Russian sanctions
All member states and institutions of the European Union are in favour of continuing with the existing sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Lithuanian ambassador in Brussels said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian Diplomacy Star awarded to Yale professor and author Timothy Snyder
On Monday, 27 October, the bestselling author, historian and Yale professor Timothy Snyder was honoured with the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star during a ceremony at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC. […]
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Andrey Piontkovsky: Putin plans to play poker, not chess
Russian president Vladimir Putin intends to blackmail the West with a nuclear weapon. So says Russian policy expert Andrey Piontkovsky. He reasons that if the “little green men” and Russian troops turn up in Estonia, for example, Vladimir Putin would warn NATO not to intervene because that would be a Russian World affair and he’d threaten to use nuclear weapons if the Alliance took military action against him. […]