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Vytautas Landsbergis: There are guys Putin is afraid of
“Russia is an unreliable partner, irrespectively of what it says. The world is beginning to learn how to see what Russia actually does,” says Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
European Union
EU will not buy Mistral warships meant for Russia
In a reply to a letter sent by European Parliament members, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and French President Francois Hollande have stated that the Mistral warships meant for Russia cannot be purchased by the EU. […]
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Lithuanian MEP initiates letter to Putin, urging to release Ukrainian pilot
Lithuania’s Liberal MEP Petras Auštrevičius has initiated a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. […]
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Lithuania appoints official to advise Ukraine on EU treaty
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s former senior economic adviser Nerijus Udrėnas has been appointed to assist Ukraine in the implementation of the association agreement with the European Union (EU). […]
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Defence
We trust NATO but Lithuanians are alarmed and need guarantees, Linkevičius tells CNN
Lithuania trusts NATO but the country’s residents are alarmed by the situation in Ukraine and they need additional guarantees, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told CNN. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Against Russia’s new military strategy, NATO wavers as Lithuania prepares
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on 15 October that she would push to limit Russian television broadcasts inside the country. The statement came only two days after Defence Minister Maj. Gen. Jonas Vytautas Žukas announced plans to form a new rapid reaction force in Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian ambassador: Russia is using propaganda, manipulations and pressure at UN
The Ukraine issue must be kept in focus of the international community’s attention and the Russian “propaganda machine” must be countered, says Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United Nations Raimonda Murmokaitė. […]
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Ukraine plans to set up park for Soviet monuments
The Ukrainian authorities do not want Soviet monuments to be chaotically removed in the country and therefore plan to set up a special park of Soviet monuments, similar to the one existing in Lithuania, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
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Ukrainian culture minister in Vilnius: We are dealing with massive propaganda from Russia
Mere censure will not help to deal with the Kremlin’s propaganda and people of culture who are seen as an authority should strengthen ethnic minorities’ ties with the county, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
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US President Obama pledges continued support for Ukraine
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama participated in a video conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy. They discussed the international response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, including steps that are being taken to counter the spread of the disease. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Western moral laxity and Lithuanian integrity?
DELFI has recently published op-ed pieces by Laurynas Kasčiūnas and Vladimiras Laučius where they scold at the alleged laxity of the West and its relativism in politics. The accusations are rather grave and worth in-depth discussion.
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Putin accused Baltic states of neonazism
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the Baltic states and Ukraine of “open manifestations of neonazism”, the news agency Unian reports. […]
Defence
President Grybauskaitė: Rapid response force will step up Lithuania’s defence
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday visited the rapid response forces, a structure in the Lithuanian military under formation, and said they would help the country to respond to non-conventional threats, including actions of troops without identification insignia or the instigation of ethnic minorities. […]
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Lithuania to send 15 MPs to observe elections in Ukraine
Lithuania will send 15 members of its parliament to observe the forthcoming general elections in Ukraine in late October, Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė said after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on Friday. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Victory for Putin in Ukraine and against the West
The Russian president has scored a victory in Ukraine and against the West. Vladimir Putin has got more than he hoped for, and yet there’s still a lot more that he can win. The game has now become long-term and one in which the most important thing will be strategic patience. And it’s not clear if Russia has the upper here. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Minister Linkevičius tells US media that Russia is financing propaganda in Lithuania
Russia’s attempts to destabilize the Baltic states are increasing and it is financing propaganda inside the country, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said in an interview to BuzzFeed News. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Russia’s attempts to discredit Lithuania internationally
Lithuania torpedoes all constructive international initiatives dedicated to solving the problems in Ukraine – such complaints are heard from the lips of the representatives of Russia with regards to our diplomats in the most influential international organization – the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). […]