Global LT
A Lithuanian designed the first USD one cent coin
It appears that the designer of the first USD one cent was a Lithuanian Jew Viktoras Baranauskas who was born in 1871 in Šiauliai. […]
United States
Defence
‘Canada is a small army, but everyone likes to work with us’ – Major Beauchamp
While NATO is often thought of as synonymous with the United States, other countries, like Canada, also contribute to making Europe more secure. Major Eric Beauchamp talks to the Lithuania Tribune about Canada’s role in reassurance measures for Baltic security. […]
Defence
US commitments to Baltics are ‘strong and serious’
The United States will continue contributing to security of the Baltic states, Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
‘We in the US think that migrants are a source of strength, not a threat’
Refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East is not a problem just for Europe to solve, says US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Benjamin G. Ziff. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian exports to the US jump as euro falls
With the euro depreciating against the dollar, Lithuanian exports to the United States have jumped in the first quarter of 2016. The value of exports to the US increased by more than 35% or by […]
Uncategorized
Russia’s counter to missile defence pushes Europe together
The ceremony of opening the United States’ missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania, last week (Thursday, May 12), was greeted by a barrage of condemnation and criticism from Russian officials. The next day, President Vladimir Putin turned these denouncements into state policy by defining this deployment of a radar station and SM-3 missile interceptors as a direct threat to Russia and promising to “curtail” it. […]
Global LT
CORPORATE
Poland ‘the only country that could help Lithuania in a crisis’
Without the permanent presence of NATO forces in the Baltic region and with the United States focused on the Pacific Ocean, only Poland could help Lithuania in case of a military threat, according to Casimir […]
Opinion
Why Trump is wrong about the costs and benefits of NATO
Trump’s explanation of the economics of America’s security alliances misses several core realities, argues Michael O’Hanlon. The benefits of certain alliances can be debated—but they hardly constitute the wholesale drain on American coffers that he has made them out to be. […]
CORPORATE
What would Lithuania gain from TTIP?
The transatlantic trade and investment partnership contract (TTIP) would open up markets, reduce bureaucracy and costs and increase competition which would bring benefits to the Lithuanian consumers, according to political scientist Ramūnas Vilpišauskas. However, he […]
Global LT
Lithuania’s Coffee Inn opens first coffee shop in Florida
The Lithuanian coffee shop chain Coffee Inn opened its first outlet in the United States. […]
CORPORATE
US airforce sending a strong message, says US Commander
The landing of F-22 US Raptor fighters in Lithuania last week sent a strong signal of deterrence, said Captain Michael Probasco, the US 95th Fighter Squadron pilot on LRT. “The very fact that we brought […]
CORPORATE
Trump result ‘could have big impact on Lithuania’
The possibility that Donald Trump could win the US presidential election is growing after essentially securing the Republican Party nomination yesterday, said former US Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis on Žinių radijas and that can have big […]
Defence
New rotation of US troops begin service in Lithuania
A new shift of rotating US forces have begun service in Lithuania this week, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Opinion
Defence
NATO considering sending extra 4,000 troops to Baltic States – US Defense Secretary
NATO is considering establishing a new rotational ground force in the Baltic States and Poland to deter possible Russian aggression, according to US Defense Secretary Ash Carter. […]
Uncategorized
‘You gotta shoot’ – Trump on Russian flybys in Baltic
US presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if Russia does not respond to diplomatic calls to stop flyby manoeuvres over the Baltic Sea, the Americans would have to shoot Russian planes down. […]
Foreign affairs
Opinion
Asia’s rise, Russia, and the future of the global order
This week, Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Australian prime minister, will be visiting Moscow. Speaking at the Carnegie Moscow Center on February 18, 2016, Kevin Rudd outlined Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping. In a new article written exclusively for Carnegie.ru, he articulates his vision for Russia’s possible role in Asia. […]
Defence
Cuban missile crisis-style stand-off in Baltic States a real possibility – former US Defense Secretary
Former US secretary of Defence William Perry has said that Russia and the US blundering into a Cuban missile crisis type confrontation in the Baltic States was a live possibility. […]