CORPORATE

Žygimantas Pavilionis. Emanuelis Zingeris. Fourteen years in EU foreign policy: what are the achievements?

We mark twenty five years since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty introducing the common foreign and security policy of the European Union (EU), to which Lithuania actively contributed from the very outset, […]

Foreign affairs

Ukraine to launch train from Riga via Vilnius, Minsk to Kiev, LG says talks ongoing

As Ukraine plans to soon launch a Kiev-Minsk-Vilnius-Riga passenger train, Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) says negotiations on the matter are still underway. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Politics

PM says it’s hard, but possible for agriculture minister to stay on

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it will be difficult, but possible for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in his post after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on him to resign amid criticism over his family’s farming practices. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
CORPORATE

Kęstutis Girnius. Skvernelis – a convenient idiot for the Kremlin?

This question arose after listening to M. Laurinavičius and Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius‘ discussion on the talk show Dėmesio Centre. The main piece of evidence presented is this note by the prime minister. […]