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Hateful online comments about Orlando shootings under criminal investigation in Lithuania
Lithuanian prosecutors have opened an investigation into anti-gay statements posted in comment sections of Lithuanian online newspapers in the wake of the deadly attack in a night club in Orlando, Florida. […]
Defence
US Congress ‘should approve missile export to Lithuania’
A recent visit to Lithuania by US Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, during which the Americans pledged to support the formation of a regional air defence architecture by deploying air defence elements in the region for training, underscores Washington‘s commitments to Baltic defence, DELFI reports. […]
CORPORATE
Why Georgia cannot and should not be NATO member
Georgia will not and cannot be a NATO member for a long long time to come. This has been obvious. Statements of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his close ally, former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich on Washington’s commitments to defend NATO states from a Russian attack simply serve to confirm this. […]
Global LT
Hollywood actor Rūta Lee explores her family history in Lithuania
Hollywood actor Rūta Lee’s last visit to Lithuania, the land of her fathers, has been nothing if not eventful.
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Foreign affairs
US ambassador ends tenure in Vilnius
Deborah McCarthy has completed her tenure as United States ambassador to Lithuania.
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Global LT
Boris Johnson’s family ties with Lithuania
Britain’s new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has ancestral ties with Lithuania. The controversial politician’s great grandfather was a Litvak born in Žemaičių Kalvarija, the famous American palaeographer Elias Avery Lowe (Loew).
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Albinas Januška: Putin will win, EU will back down
Albinas Januška, Lithuanian politician, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party, a signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act and once the ultimate éminence grise, gives a scathing analysis of the country’s domestic politics and the ills affecting the European Union. […]
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Universal frustrations of maintaining dialogue with Russia
The idea of engaging in more dialogue with Russia is eagerly accepted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is being pursued by the United States, is cultivated by the Chinese leadership, and has again become embraced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Foreign affairs
Trump’s victory would be ‘bad news’ for Lithuania
If Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected as the next president of the United States, it would be bad news for Lithuania, says political science professor Šarunas Liekis.
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Foreign affairs
Grybauskaitė: Lithuania trusts US, even if Trump wins
Lithuania has confidence in the United States regardless of who its next president is, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday.
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Defence
Trump says US would think whether to defend Baltics in case of Russian attack
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that, if he were elected president, the United States might not come to the defence of the Baltic states if they were attacked by Russia. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian ambassador: What happened in Turkey was unlawful intrusion into state governing
A failed military coup in Turkey has ushered a massive purging campaign in the country. Lithuanian Ambassador in Ankara Audrius Bruzga says it is yet too early to tell what effects it will have in Turkey.
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Europe caught in the ring of fire
The European Union once had great ambitions to spread democracy in its immediate neighbourhood, but now it has to make do with more pragmatic goals, says political scientist Ramūnas Vilpišauskas. […]
Culture
Defence
Col. Baltrėnas takes over as Lithuania’s military intelligence chief
Colonel Remigijus Baltrėnas has become Lithuania’s new military intelligence chief, replacing Colonel Alvydas Šiuparis who is leaving for the United States to take up his new post as defence attaché.
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Defence
Lithuania to buy Javelin missiles from US
Lithuania plans to buy Javelin medium-range anti-tank weapon systems and missiles from the United States, a purchase worth approximately €7 million.
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