Foreign affairs
PM to pay visit to Ukraine
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will fly on Wednesday to conflict-hit eastern Ukraine before travelling to Kiev to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, the government said. […]
Ukraine
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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. […]
Foreign affairs
It is time to commemorate Boris Nemtsov in Vilnius
Andrei Sakharov, the great Russian physicist, humanist and Nobel Prize winner, once remarked that a government that violates the rights of its own citizens at home inevitably also poses a threat to the international order. The Soviet government has shown this assertion to be true—as has Vladimir Putin’s government in today’s Russia. […]
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Žygimantas Pavilionis. Another important victory, this time in Washington
Skilled detractors of the US in Lithuania and anti-American policy-makers bent on seeding discord by sheer mention of the Kremlin are beside themselves with rage as they criticise our President’s meeting in Washington and the […]
Foreign affairs
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Experts: Lithuanians increasingly cognisant of threats and increasingly prepared to defend their homeland
Every second Lithuanian citizen believes that Russia is a large or very large threat, 40% of the public believe that Russia could attack Lithuania. Research also reveals that approximately 150 thousand Lithuanian citizens would defend […]
Energy
Lithuanian energy minister off to Ukraine to discuss Nord Stream 2 project
Lithuania’s Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas is leaving for Ukraine on Thursday to meet with Ukrainian officials and discuss the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 and possible cooperation in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. […]
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Vygaudas Ušackas. The price of mistakes at the Baltic State leaders’ visit of Trump
The doors of the White House will open for the three Baltic States’ presidents on Tuesday evening [the meeting has already been held on April 3, 2018]. Here the leader of our most important ally […]
Defence
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe to visit international battalion in Lithuania
NATO‘s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) General Curtis Scaparrotti is coming to Lithuania on Wednesday and will visit troops serving in the international battalion in Rukla. […]
Foreign affairs
Trump dubs Baltic states as example for other NATO countries for defense financing
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday thanked the Baltic states for raising their defense budgets, urging other NATO countries to follow the example of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in defense spending. […]
Foreign affairs
Trump to meet with Baltic presidents in Washington
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will meet with the leader of the United States Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. […]
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Žygimantas Pavilionis. The day we recovered leadership
Brussels was turning a deaf ear on us for a long while. After Putin surged in Russia’s politics, Lithuanians and Poles alike went to great lengths, even blocking decisions in the Council of the European […]
Foreign affairs
US president to praise Baltic nations for defense spending – diplomats
US President Donald Trump will show the Baltic nations as a model for other European countries in defense spending as he will host the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the White House next Tuesday, diplomats said. […]
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R. Juknevičienė: the greatest irritant for Russia is an empty security area
Last Saturday Rasa Juknevičienė was elected the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. She believes that Ukraine and Georgia have only begun on the path of seeking NATO membership, even if their entry to the […]
Foreign affairs
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Ramūnas Bogdanas. You‘re angry the president didn‘t congratulate V. Putin?
A week ago, Russia featured a spectacle, which was called elections, after which the Lithuanian president did not congratulate Vladimir Putin with his continued reign. There is no obligatory rule in international protocol to greet […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine’s new Constitutional Court chairman visiting Lithuania
The new chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Stanislav Shevchuk, is visiting Vilnius on Monday to meet with Lithuania’s officials and discuss support to the Ukrainian legal system reform. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s latest review of intelligence threats: five new points
Lithuania’s intelligence issued an updated review of the threats to national security on Monday. […]
Economy
Lithuanian policymakers and Nordic investors discuss investment climate: “Attracting investment more crucial than ever”
While Lithuania continues to make improvements to its investment climate, policy solutions are still needed to make it more attractive to foreign companies willing to invest and create jobs in the country. A discussion hosted at the Lithuanian parliament brought together Lithuanian policymakers, Nordic investors and business associations to talk about FDI, taxes and what it would take for Lithuania to move closer to its Northern European neighbours. […]
Foreign affairs
EU, NATO to coordinate response after spy poisoning in UK – Lithuanian president
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the European Union and NATO will coordinate their response to Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in the United Kingdom. […]