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Made-up love story and forged passport used to back Lavrov’s allegations against Lithuania
After Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov made allegations that Polish and Lithuanian mercenaries were fighting in Ukraine, the Russian media took upon itself to find proof for the minister’s claims. […]
Economy
Lithuania to promote tourism among Ukrainians
This Friday in Kiev, the State Tourism Department of Lithuania (VTD) and the Lithuanian Embassy in Kiev are promoting tourism to Lithuania. Representatives of Ukrainian travel agencies that are already working with Lithuania and new ones will be taking part in the presentation. […]
Russia risks escalation of EU sanctions, German government source says
Germany is not disinclined to slap more European Union sanctions on Moscow if pro-Russian separatists make further military gains in eastern Ukraine, Bloomberg reports quoting a source familiar with German government policy. […]
European Union
Eastern Partnership is dead. Long live Eastern Partnership
Without much of a fervour or pomp last week saw the end of the most prominent and quite efficient couple in the Foreign Affairs Council. Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski left the stage and took up their new roles. It’s an end of an era and I am afraid also an end to their most precious pet project of the two gentlemen – Eastern Partnership. […]
Defence
IT expert: Lithuania is in the trenches of cyber-war
Although the real gunshots are echoing from Ukraine, which is thousands of kilometres away from Lithuania, the echoes of warfare in our country’s cyberspace are heard loud and clear and, unfortunately, are likely to get even more so. So says Kaunas University of Technology Professor Algimantas Venčkauskas. […]
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Competing interests threaten Baltic pressure on Russia
With the September 30 review of EU sanctions against Russia approaching, the Baltic states are among several countries interested in maintaining the pressure on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis. However, Baltic nations are also operating under significant constraints, including the region’s economic ties to Russia and the competing interests of larger EU countries that want to improve relations with Moscow. […]
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Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
European Union
EU endorses postponement of Ukraine free trade deal
European Union (EU) ministers on Monday endorsed the postponement of the free trade agreement with Ukraine until 2016, stipulating that the document can only be changed by bilateral agreement, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]
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Russian foreign minister Lavrov says many Poles and Lithuanians are fighting in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated that many Poles and Lithuanians are fighting in Ukrainian “battalions, created and financed by oligarchs”. […]
European Union
Society
Information war in Lithuania: Five-pointed stars and computer games
With a massive propaganda machine at its disposal, the Kremlin has already started an information war in Lithuania, claims an officer of the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence. […]
European Union
EU agreed on postponement of Ukraine pact with safeguards against future Russian pressure
Ambassadors of European Union (EU) member-states on Thursday finalized positions on postponement of the free trade agreement with Ukraine. The document incorporates safeguards, suggested by Lithuania, intended to curb Russia‘s future pressure, Lithuania’s ambassador says. […]
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Latvian MEP slammed by EP leaders for comments on Crimea
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has sent a letter to European Parliament Member from Latvia Tatjana Zdanoka (Latvian Union of Russians), telling her that he has immediately informed the proper authorities in Ukraine regarding her comments about Crimea, which are “in contradiction to the EU’s stance”. […]
Russia threatens EU with gas cuts for re-exporting to Ukraine
Russia‘s Energy Minister Alexander Novak has told a German newspaper that European countries cannot re-export Russian gas to Ukraine due to contract reasons, and hinted those that do could face gas cuts, Reuters reports. […]