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  • Politics

Lithuania’s former foreign minister: Time will come when Moscow will apologize for Soviet occupation

Soon the time will come when Russia will issue an official apology for Soviet occupation from the stand of the…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanians light candles in tribute to Freedom Defenders

The unity of the Lithuanian nation preserved its freedom that each person must strengthen and cherish, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania marks 24th anniversary of Freedom Defenders’ Day

Lithuania marks the 24th anniversary of the Freedom Defenders' Day on Tuesday, commemorating victims of the Soviet aggression in 1991.…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Michnik to Lithuania: Poland always was, is and will be with you

Despite differences, Poland always was, is and will be with you, said the Polish public figure, one of the leaders…

10 years ago
  • Society

Vytautas Landsbergis calls for restoring conscript army in Lithuania

Lithuania's first post-independence leader, signatory to the 11 March Act, former speaker of the Supreme-Council-Reconstituent Seimas, Vytautas Landsbergis, has called…

10 years ago
  • Society

January 1991 case expected to reach Lithuanian court this summer

Twenty-four years after the attempted coup of 13 January 1991, parties in the case are studying the materials of the…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuania prepares to commemorate Day of Freedom Defenders

A series of events to mark the Day of Freedom Defenders is starting in Lithuania on Monday in tribute to…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Lithuania’s and my leap from rouble and “zoo-tickets” to euro

What kind of a country bids farewell to its currency for the third time over less than 25 years? [...]

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Latvian president does not comment if he will attend Victory Day celebration in Moscow

Russia is already preparing for large-scale celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Anatomy of Russia’s information warfare in the Baltic states

Russia has consistently applied its own interpretation of history and dose of propaganda vis-à-vis the Baltic states. In the 1990s…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Putin’s Russia. Roots of today’s regime date back to KGB under Andropov

In the articles of Putin's Russia series I have repeatedly written about Yevgeny Primakov’s clan. I have described in detail…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Brezhnevizing: the end of good times in Russia

In the ideological part of his annual address, Vladimir Putin explained how spiritual Russia was and that it would never…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Russian spies return to Europe in ‘New Cold War’

Earlier this month, experts convened in Brussels for a conference titled 'The Second Cold War: Heating Up?' Even among the…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Charles Ries: Lithuania has security stake in US-EU trade agreement

There are many misconceptions about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that is being negotiated between the United States…

10 years ago
  • Society

History lessons in hybrid warfare: How Lithuania lost Klaipėda to Nazi Germany without firing a shot

Russia ripping off Crimea from Ukraine has historical precedents that Lithuania experienced first-hand, according to historian Vytautas Jokubauskas, who spoke…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Linkevičius confronts Italian foreign minister over mishandled extradition of 1991 coup suspect

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday told his Italian counterpart about his regret over Italy's permission to allow detained…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Is international law really a law?

Although international law as a concept of general principles and customs has been known for centuries, reaching as back as…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Bruce S. Thornton: Why should Putin risk for Baltic states?

The Western countries are unable to properly respond to Russia's aggressive policies, because they are "rich enough to afford the…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Remembering Lithuanian ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis

13 June 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis and 2 August marked his 90th…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: What is next in the line for independence? Exclude Kaliningrad, please

The tide of plebiscites for independence is rolling across Europe. You name it: Scotland, Crimea, Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk and…

10 years ago