United States of America Archives - Page 9 of 10

Winter and Gazprom won’t wait: What the geopolitics of LNG will mean for the people of Ukraine and Europe

August 20, 2014 Agnia Grigas 0

As the crisis in Ukraine is escalating with the prospect of Russian military intervention, there is every reason to believe that Vladimir Putin will use other weapons at his disposal. Thus European nations are increasingly – and justifiably – worried about the impending winter months when Russia could ratchet up the pressure on Europe, as it has done in the past, by imposing another gas halt with the consequent loss of life and negative economic impacts. […]

Third rotation of US paratroopers arrive in Lithuania

August 20, 2014 BNS 0

The third rotation of US paratroopers have arrived in Lithuania and will train with Lithuanian troops, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday. […]

Baltic presidents to meet Barack Obama in Tallinn in September

August 16, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian presidents are scheduled to meet with the President of the United States, Barack Obama, in Estonia’s capital Tallinn on 3 September, the Office of the President of Lithuania said on Friday. […]

Lithuanian deputy minister discussed regional security with US congressman

August 8, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

On Thursday, Deputy Minister of National Defence Marijus Velička discussed security situation in the Baltic region and Ukraine, and US-Lithuanian defence cooperation with Republican US Congressman Devin Nunes, US House of Representatives, on visit to Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]

Obama: No need yet for more US military aid to Ukraine

August 7, 2014 Reuters 0

US President Barack Obama, speaking at the closing of the US-Africa Leaders summit, said Washington was not considering sending weapons to Ukraine yet. […]

Lithuanian Days, longest consecutive ethnic festival in US, starting in Pennsylvania

August 6, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

This year, 16 and 17 August, American-Lithuanians in Pennsylvania will be celebrating their 100th Lithuanian Days festival, making it the longest consecutive ethnic festival in the USA. […]

Ambassador Keith C. Smith: Biggest achievement of Lithuania is that you are in EU and NATO

August 5, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Keith C. Smith, the former American Ambassador to Lithuania in 1997-2000. We asked what stuck in your memory and what surprised him most when he served as ambassador to Lithuania between 1997 and 2000. […]

Ambassador Pavilionis on Lithuania’s relationship with the USA

August 1, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the USA how the events in Ukraine has affected America’s pivot to Asia, and where Lithuania should invest in order to strengthen the US interest in the region. […]

Opinion: The most important relationship

July 29, 2014 Giedrimas Jeglinskas 0

The United States remains the world’s most important country. It is also the most open democracy and the sole protector of freedom globally. However, pundits and critics are quick point to numerous challenges facing America. […]

Andrey Illarionov in Vilnius: Obama could have stopped Putin

July 28, 2014 BNS 0

US President Barack Obama had the chance to stop the annexation of Crimea, according to Andrey Illarionov, former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]

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. […]

US anti-Semitism envoy coming to Lithuania

July 23, 2014 BNS 0

US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Ira N. Forman is coming to Lithuania. […]

Ambassador Pavilionis on Lithuanians living in the US

July 22, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador in Washington, D.C., to share his insights about the Lithuanian community in the US. Some estimates suggest that there are some 1 million Americans of Lithuanian descent. […]

Social media guru from US State Department: Facebook and Twitter are not going to end civilization

July 22, 2014 Ruslanas Irzikevicius 0

Tristram Perry, Public Affairs Officer at the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan, insists that social media can be an effective tool in the hands of state institutions, yet one that requires understanding and discipline to use. “I think social media is sometimes seen as a magic bullet, but it is not one,” he tells the Lithuania Tribune. “It is one tool of many, which has to be chosen wisely since you cannot nail a nail with a shoe.” […]

Former US Ambassador Keith C. Smith: No one wanted Mažeikių Nafta and Russians tried to take it for free

July 21, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune spoke to former American Ambassador to Lithuania Keith C. Smith. It was during his term in 1999 that Lithuania’s major oil refinery, Mažeikių Nafta, was sold to the American company Williams, a deal that went terribly sour several years later. […]

Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis: We stood alone and were laughed at because of Putin

July 18, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuania’s friends in Washington, D.C., believe that we are living as if it were 1939 when the threat of occupation loomed over Lithuania. So says Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States, Žygimantas Pavilionis. […]

Lithuanian and US troops hold joint training in urban warfare

July 15, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Dust in the training range, another day wearing out with the heat of July, a bulletproof jacket weighing down your shoulders with its 20 kg, your helmet suddenly heavier and rivers of sweat running down your face and body… […]

Mosaic Singers to perform a concert in Vilnius

July 13, 2014 Ludo Segers 0

On Monday 14 July, the Detroit based Mosaic Singers will perform a concert in the splendid St. Casimir church (Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia). […]

Opinion: Vilnius increases defence spending in face of disappointing responses from Western Europe

July 12, 2014 STRATFOR 0

The Lithuanian parliament on July 10 adopted budget amendments to increase spending on national defense by 37.6 million euros. The decision, which was predicted by Stratfor, passed with the support of the government and the opposition and was praised by the American Embassy in Lithuania. With this measure, Lithuania will take its military spending closer to 1 percent of gross domestic product – a mark still well below NATO’s official target of 2 percent. […]

President Adamkus on late US-Lithuanian philanthropist Kazickas: He loved his country with deeds, not words

July 10, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus says that émigré businessman and public figure Juozas Kazickas, who passed away in the early hours of Thursday, has made the biggest possible contribution to Lithuania’s freedom and has proven his love for the country with deeds. […]