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Opinion: Will Russia’s MH17 adventure end in the Hague Tribunal?

July 30, 2014 Markas Zingeris 0

If paraphrasing Dutch folk hero Till Ulenspiegel, the ash of the flight MH17 is “knocking on our hearts”. However, it is knocking hardest at the consciences of those who promoted “moderate penalties” on Moscow and “peace negotiations with participation of all parties”. […]

Investigators struggle to reach MH17 crash site as Ukraine fighting intensifies

July 29, 2014 Reuters 0

Eleven days after it crashed, the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 remains out of reach for international investigators. […]

Russia’s Navy Day highlights new reality in Crimea

July 28, 2014 Reuters 0

It’s a new Navy Day in Crimea. […]

US releases images it says show Russia fired on Ukraine

July 28, 2014 Reuters 0

The US State Department says it has new images implicating Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. […]

Opinion: Will Russia revive the Grand Duchy of Lithuania?

July 25, 2014 Virginijus Savukynas 0

The idea of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is becoming relevant again today. Russia brought it back to life by carrying on an open war with Ukraine. Ukrainians joke sadly that Vladimir Putin has done at least one good thing: he’s united the Ukrainian people. But now, Ukrainians need to rethink their identity on a broader level. And in that context, the Grand Duchy, or Rzeczpospolita, doesn’t look so outdated anymore. […]

Lithuania considers national sanctions for Russian nationals involved in Ukraine crisis

July 24, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania is considering national sanctions for Russian citizens in response to the escalating crisis in Ukraine, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Thursday. […]

Linkevičius dismisses reports about Baltic mercenaries in Ukraine as nonsense

July 23, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has dismissed reports made by an Italian daily, which were commented on by Russia‘s administration, about alleged fighters from the Baltic states, Finland, Sweden and France in Eastern Ukraine. Minister Linkevičius says such allegations are “nonsense”. […]

Opinion: Russia’s cover-up of MH17 and Lithuania’s shame

July 23, 2014 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

The Malaysia Airline flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur might have been downed by mistake, but it was no accident. […]

Opinion: Putin’s responsibility for MH17

July 22, 2014 DELFI EN 0

The Malaysia Airline flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur might have been downed by mistake, but it was no accident. […]

President Grybauskaitė: We must put a stop to mistralisation of European politics

July 22, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

Europe is betraying its own values and trades security for profit, which allows Russia to effectively employ the “buy and rule” strategy, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Foreign Minister Linkevičius calls for tougher sanctions and arm embargo against Russia

July 22, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania is calling for immediate tightening of sanctions, starting with an arms embargo, against Russia following the Malaysian Airlines plane crash which was likely caused by a surface-to-air missile launched by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, the Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]

Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Turchynov to come to Lithuania

July 21, 2014 BNS 0

The Speaker of Ukraine‘s Supreme Rada, Oleksandr Turchynov, is expect at the meeting of Baltic and Nordic parliamentary leaders in Lithuania’s seaside resort of Palanga in the second half of August. […]

Jose Manuel Barroso, Petro Poroshenko, Herman Van Rompuy

Implementing EU trade deals in the borderlands could prove complex

July 19, 2014 STRATFOR 0

Talks have begun between Russia and the pro-EU former Soviet states of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. The sides are assessing how recently signed free trade deals with the European Union will impact the countries’ trade relations with Russia. The effect will be muted for now, but the agreements could have a larger impact in the future if each country adopts them fully. Full implementation will be challenging because of Russia’s influence and political instability in the three nations.
Analysis […]

Wizz Air adjusts Vilnius-Kutaisi flight to bypass eastern Ukraine

July 18, 2014 ELTA EN 0

At the moment, Wizz Air is the only airline operating in Lithuania that conducts flights crossing eastern Ukraine, from Vilnius to Kutaisi, Georgia. The Civil Aviation Administration has informed ELTA that Wizz Air route will be adjusted after Malaysia Airlines plane crashed and airspace above the rebel-held regions in Ukraine was closed. […]

Lithuanian leaders call MH17 crash “brutal act of terror”

July 18, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the responsibility for the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine also falls upon suppliers of weaponry to armed militants in the region. Meanwhile President Dalia Grybauskaitė called the incident a “brutal act of terror”. […]

Lithuanian - USA military drill in Klaipėda region

NATO officer: exercise in Lithuania will be larger, adapted to Russian action

July 18, 2014 BNS EN 0

Exercises in Lithuania and NATO‘s other Eastern member-states will be larger and adjusted to the Russian actions in Ukraine, NATO’s Joint Forces Headquarters officer Lieutenant Colonel Hans Houf said in Vilnius on Friday after his team inspected Lithuania’s military infrastructure. […]

Ambassador to Ukraine says Malaysian crash is part of “Russian war on Ukraine”

July 18, 2014 BNS 0

The disaster of Malaysia Airlines jetliner is the consequence of Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine, and “the plane that has been shot down is full responsibility of Russia,” says Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas. […]

Planes departing Lithuania not crossing East Ukraine

July 18, 2014 BNS 0

There has been no need to revise flight routes for planes departing Lithuania to account for the closed air-space in Eastern Ukraine, says acting director of the Lithuanian Civil Aviation Administration Joris Gintilas. […]

Malaysia Airlines plane crash might prove a turning point in Ukrainian-Russian conflict

July 18, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says that the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine will be a breaking point in how Western states treat the bloody conflict that has been raging in the country for months. […]

Lithuanian leaders convey condolences over Malaysia Airlines plane crash

July 18, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and other top officials have conveyed condolences over the crash of a Malaysian airplane in Ukraine, wishing strength and fortitude to victims’ families. […]