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Opinion: Putin forces West to choose between Ukraine and Middle East (II)

September 8, 2014 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

After the civil war in Syria began, in 2012, Hamas headquarters moved out of Damascus. Political leaders of Hamas are now based in Qatar. […]

Opinion: Putin forces West to choose between Ukraine and Middle East (I)

September 8, 2014 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

When on 15 January 1991, the United Nations issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to withdraw troops from occupied Kuwait, it was clear for Lithuania that the Soviet Union might take advantage of this event and hit back at our independence. […]

Opinion: Keeping the Baltic identity alive

September 8, 2014 Mindaugas Jurkynas 0

The 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way gives food for thought about a number of things: the neo-fascist threats from Russia, about the place of idols and sculptures in Grūtas Park and the museum reminiscent of the occupation of Lithuania, about the security of Lithuania and Ukraine after a quarter of a century since the restoring statehood and about the Baltic identity. […]

Opinion: To understand Putin, read Orwell

September 6, 2014 Timothy Snyder 0

Anyone who wants to understand the current Russian position on Ukraine would do well to begin with George Orwell’s classic, 1984, writes Timothy Snyder, Housum professor of History at Yale University, for the Politico. […]

Ceasefire agreement between Ukraine’s government and separatists signed in Minsk

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Representatives of the Ukrainian government and separatist rebels signed a protocol in Minsk, declaring a ceasefire as of Friday 6 PM, Intefax news agency reports. […]

French president offers conditions for warship delivery to Russia

September 5, 2014 Reuters 0

French President François Hollande sits down with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko at the NATO summit in Wales after he moved to suspend delivery of a warship built for Russia amid the ongoing battle for control for Ukraine‘s east. […]

Crises in Ukraine and Iraq hang over NATO summit

September 5, 2014 Reuters 0

NATO leaders have a lot to talk about at this year’s summit in Wales, expected to be the toughest since the Cold War ended. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Anders Fogh Rasmussen

President Grybauskaitė: NATO agreed on new measures to boost Lithuania’s security

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and leaders of other NATO member states have agreed in Wales on additional measures to deal with newly emerging threats and beef up the defence of the allied countries, including Lithuania. […]

President Grybauskaitė: Putin is testing NATO leadership

September 5, 2014 BNS 0

European and NATO leadership must now demonstrate their leadership and keep Russia’s President Vladimir Putin from going too far, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

EU and US to tighten sanctions on Russia

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

The EU and the US are to announce tighter Russia sanctions on Friday, with the EU’s draft legal texts targeting state-owned banks, oil technologies and defence goods, EUobserver.com reports. […]

Lithuania to contribute EUR 50,000 to NATO’s Ukraine support fund

September 5, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania will contribute 50,000 euros to the NATO fund that will provide support to Ukraine‘s army, the defence minister’s spokesman Vaidotas Linkus confirmed to BNS on Friday. […]

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in Wales

Ukraine wants to draw closer to NATO

September 5, 2014 BNS 0

Ukraine has once again indicated it wants to become closer to NATO, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius after attending a meeting of the Alliance’s member-states with Ukraine’s leaders. […]

Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Denmark to send 300 troops to Baltics and Poland

September 5, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

With NATO’s relationship to Russia having “fallen apart”, Denmark‘s PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has pledged troops and equipment to the country’s eastern NATO partners. […]

Minister Linkevičius indicates NATO allies to station more capacities in Lithuania

September 5, 2014 BNS 0

NATO allies will have more capacities in Lithuania, in the air, in the sea and on land, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after the first day of the NATO summit in Wales. […]

NATO to offer comprehensive support to Ukraine

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

NATO has established “a comprehensive and tailored package of measures” to help Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday during the NATO summit in Wales. […]

Lithuanian president says Putin’s offer to Ukraine is ultimatum, not peace plan

September 4, 2014 BNS 0

The Russian proposal to Ukraine is an ultimatum, not a peace plan, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a NATO summit in Wales on Thursday afternoon. […]

President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania’s goal at NATO Summit is to strengthen region’s defence

September 4, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

On 4-5 September, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the NATO summit in Wales. In the face of a military threat to Europe, NATO leaders are discussing new measures to ensure security of the member states and the whole region, the presidential press service said. […]