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Israeli PM asks for Baltic support to step up EU pressure on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday asked for the Baltic countries’ support in increasing EU pressure on Iran. […]
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Israel wants to strengthen ties with Lithuania to counterbalance EU criticism
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will seek to strengthen bilateral ties with Lithuania to counterbalance, in his opinion, the European Union‘s unfounded criticism over Israel‘s treatment of the Palestinians. […]
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Israeli PM met with protests in Lithuania over Palestine
Several dozen supporters of Palestine staged a demonstration outside the Lithuanian government’s building in central Vilnius on Thursday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s visit. […]
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Netanyahu to seek Baltic support for changing EU attitude towards Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that meetings with the Baltic states’ leaders will help to change the European Union‘s attitudes towards Israel. […]
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Political earthquakes and tsunamis ahead
Self-love is a balloon inflated with wind, whence tempests emerge when it has been pricked Voltaire, 1747 Virtually no day passes without some shocking news. I am not referring to military conflicts, and natural disasters, […]
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Israeli PM Netanyahu to arrive in Lithuania for historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is arriving in Lithuania for a historic visit on Thursday. […]
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Lithuania decides not to appeal against ECHR ruling on CIA prison
The Lithuanian government has decided not to appeal against the European Court of Human Rights‘ ruling that Lithuania hosted a secret CIA detention facility. […]
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Europe will not be whole without Ukrainian, Russian people, US rep says in Vilnius
The vision of a whole Europe is only possible with the involvement of the Ukrainian and Russian people, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt D. Volker told an international conference in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]
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Gitanas Nausėda: We have lost our compass
According to SEB chief economist dr. Gitanas Nausėda, who leads in the expected future president and most influential business figure ratings, people’s welfare and declining social segregation should be directions for Lithuania’s future because the […]
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Ex-Lithuanian president sees terrorism, economic uncertainty, migration as biggest threats
The biggest threats Europe and the United States are facing are terrorism, economic uncertainty and migration, former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says. […]
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Transatlantic ties have no alternative, Lithuanian president says
Transatlantic ties are irreplaceable, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says amid the recent tension between the European Union and the United States. […]
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US army chief thanks Lithuania for support in fighting terrorism
Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford has thanked Lithuania for its support in fighting terrorism and reiterated further commitment to the security of the Baltic Sea region. […]
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Non-traditional president in 2019: What non-traditional candidates have to say and do, Part II
If someone has already decided on becoming a non-traditional candidate for next year’s elections, he or she must start preparing for that test almost immediately. What does our 2019 President need to know to make […]
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US defense budget law includes call for bolstering Baltic air policing mission
US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country’s defense budget for the next year, adopted by the Congress. Among other things, it includes a call to change NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission’s mandate into that of an air defense mission. […]
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Lithuania’s chief of defense to pay visit to United States
Chief of Defense of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is leaving of an official visit to the United States on Thursday. […]
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Tautvydas Marčiulaitis. Why do they come back?
Everyone knows that it is impossible to live in Lithuania. The state will disappear soon because the last person leaving will turn off the lights. Yet people are still coming. Not just for holidays, but […]
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The real meaning of the Putin – Trump meeting: what the US president could have promised behind closed doors
What are the consequences of the US president’s trip to Europe? Donald Trump‘s controversial appearance before NATO and pandering to Vladimir Putin continues to receive mixed responses. There was no lack of debate over this […]
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Kęstutis Girnius. Should the USA or Lithuania defend Montenegro?
Should the USA defend Montenegro? When asked by a TV show host, whether his son should go to Montenegro to defend it from attack, president D. Trump hesitated. Supposedly, Montenegrins are “very aggressive people. They […]