Foreign affairs
Group of Ukrainian kids to spend autumn break in Lithuania
A group of Ukrainian school students will spend the upcoming autumn holidays in Lithuania. […]
Ukraine
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Pro-Western forces won in Ukraine but oligarchs didn’t go away, Lithuanian analyst says
Pro-Western forces have won the general elections in Ukraine and they secured a stable majority necessary to push reforms. But a lot of questions remain on oligarchs’ influence on the country’s future progress, says analyst Laurynas Kasčiūnas of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre in Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Ukraine is bidding goodbye to its past
The victory of pro-Western forces in Ukraine‘s general elections shows that the country is bidding goodbye to its past and is ready to take the European path, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Lithuania’s UN ambassador calls for international condemnation of “illegal” elections in occupied Donbass
Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Raimonda Murmokaitė on Friday called on the international community to condemn the elections being organized by pro-Russian separatists in Donbass, Ukraine, on 2 November. […]
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Lithuania calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine and not to annex Abkhazia
At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, the Lithuanian ambassador called on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine and refrain from actions which would mean a de facto annexation of Abkhazia. […]
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Lithuanian president: Ukrainian elections must be free of external interference
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stressed at the European Council summit that the Ukrainian parliamentary elections should take place on Sunday without any pressure from the outside. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army holds instructor training for Ukrainian troops
Lithuanian army school of Division General Stasys Rastikis on Monday started a five-week international instructor training for Ukrainian troops, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
European Union
Lithuanian MEP to produce report on EU-Russian relations
Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis has been asked by the European Parliament‘s Committee on Foreign Affairs to draft a report on EU-Russia relations. […]
Opinion
Opinion: What is Putin going to do next?
How should we evaluate the current phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine? Is Vladimir Putin content with the results of his invasion and is going to stop? Unfortunately, there are too many arguments that suggest it is just a short silence before the next storm. […]
Legal reforms needed for strengthening democracy in Ukraine, says President Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Yurii Baulin, to discuss the country’s ongoing legal reforms, the strengthening of judicial system and preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine. […]
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The case of Yevtushenkov: One more look at Russia through the prism of clan battles
In the last essay of the series “Putin’s Russia”, I discussed the long efforts of Yevgeny Primakov’s clan to turn Ukraine’s conflict in the direction of conditional peace rather than war by imposing certain conditions and concluding everything with a peace agreement that is so useful to Russia. […]
Society
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European Union
EU not suggesting to soften Russia sanctions, Lithuanian foreign minister says
Nobody during the Monday meeting of EU foreign ministers suggested softening the existing sanctions against Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said. […]
European Union
EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to focus on Ebola
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is participating at the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday. […]
Global LT
Kęstutis Eidukonis: World Lithuanian community does not need more members
Just after Lithuania regained its independence, Kęstutis Eidukonis, a Lithuanian who had completed the US military service in Panama, began to correspond with the government and proposed to create a register of ships after the Panamanian example. When he came to free Lithuania for the first time, the United States reserve lieutenant colonel had to deal with bureaucracy and corruption. […]
Economy