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What Angela Merkel doesn’t say about NATO-Russia agreement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated on several occasions that stationing permanent NATO forces in Eastern Europe would be in breach of the 1997 NATO-Russia agreement. However, legal expert Erika Leonaitė, a lecturer at the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University, says the reality is more complicated than that. […]
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Grybauskaitė: Ukraine fights for us all, we should help in any way possible
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said she values the US and NATO commitment to defend the countries in the Baltic region, stressing the need to help Ukraine in any way possible, as it is fighting for peace in Europe. […]
Defence
Lithuanian observer unpacks Obama’s statements in Tallinn: nothing new
Even though US President Barack Obama has expressed strong support for the Baltic States in Tallinn, Lithuanian observers say his statements were cautious enough to leave open door for a dialogue with Moscow. […]
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Kiev and Moscow agree on “ceasefire process” in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko announced on Wednesday he agreed with Russia‘s Vladimir Putin on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. However, he later modified his statement to say that Kiev and Moscow merely agreed on a process to end fighting. […]
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Lithuanian parliament speaker: Sanctions had no effect on Russia
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that sanctions taken against Russia in the wake of its incursions into Ukraine have not yielded any results and it is therefore vital to search for other diplomatic ways of influencing the situation. […]
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Opinion: In Wales, NATO will have to decide what it is
The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Paradoxically enough, at the beginning of planning the meeting, it was not entirely clear what the leaders should discuss. […]
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Kremlin said to be developing plan for partitioning Georgia
Since the start of this year, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea and pushed for Ukraine’s “federalization.” The severe international concern caused by these actions was further compounded last month (August 2014) by Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s statement in Yalta that after Moscow subdues Ukraine, it will move against other post-Soviet countries in order to rebuild the Russian Empire. Not surprisingly, many countries in the region have thus been forced to consider where the Kremlin might move next and what means it might employ against them—from demands for “federalization” to open aggression. […]
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Barack Obama to arrive in Tallinn Wednesday morning
Even though US President Barack Obama was to arrive in Tallinn Tuesday night and spend a night there, the presidential jet will land in Estonia only on Wednesday morning, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian fire-fighters prepare humanitarian aid for Ukraine
Lithuania’s Fire-and-Rescue Department is preparing a second shipment of humanitarian aid for Ukraine and will bring along the items collected by public organizations. […]
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History lessons as Poland and Germany mark start of Second World War
On 1 September, in 1939, without a declaration of war a German battleship opened fire on a Polish garrison. […]
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Obama should promise to scrap Russia-NATO pact, says defence analyst
Matthew Bryza, director of the Tallinn-based International Centre for Defence Studies, said that while visiting Estonia, the US President Barack Obama should promise to scrap the Russia-NATO Founding Act. […]
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Zbigniew Brzezinski: Baltics will come next after Ukraine
Zbigniew Brzezinski, an influential Polish-American political analyst and former US presidential adviser under President Jimmy Carter, says that after Russia is done with Ukraine, it might turn its gaze towards the Baltic nations. […]
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Lithuania to contribute to NATO’s Ukraine support fund
Lithuania will make a financial contribution to the NATO fund established to provide support to Ukraine‘s army, President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s adviser said on Tuesday. […]
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Prime Minister Butkevičius: Lithuania’s support to Ukraine can only grow
Lithuania’s support to Ukraine can only increase, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Tuesday. […]
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Estonia to present five requests at NATO summit
Estonia‘s main policy objective at the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday will be the continuation of allied presence on Estonian soil, writes Eesti Päevaleht on Monday. […]
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Barack Obama to send strong message to Putin from Tallinn and Wales
US President Barack Obama is visiting Estonia and attending a NATO summit in Wales this week. While in Europe, he is to send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning him against incursions into Ukraine laying his hands on the Baltic States. […]
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