Lithuanian MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has turned to the country’s Foreign Ministry and suggested putting Russian singer Timur Yunusov (Timati) on the list of people declared persona non grata. […]
When talking about our history, we often remind ourselves to always remember the past in order not to repeat mistakes in future. Unfortunately, we have all but forgotten the story of betrayal of Georgia. Consequently, […]
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 […]
In tennis terminology, the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the Helsinki courts on Monday ended with the latter winning 6:0. While the head of the most powerful state in the world futilely […]
United States President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday.
BNS Lithuania has asked three analysts whether this meeting poses any threat to Lithuania. […]
Is it necessary or to what extent is it necessary to interact with Russia – this discussion started early this year appears to have been renewed. New passions were incited regarding the October 4-5 international […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she is concerned about the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]
Lithuanian diplomats expect a step toward strengthening air defense in the Baltic states to be taken at this week’s NATO summit, but remain wary of US President Donald Trump‘s position. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Vilnius expects US President Donald Trump‘s meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to reflect Washington’s principled stance toward Moscow. […]
The Lithuanian parliament urged on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov and other political prisoners held in Russian jails. […]
It is now literally just a matter of months before Putin‘s Russia could shake the foundations of NATO and the security structure of Europe. Moreover, Putin may have the opportunity to do this with elegance, with simplicity and in perfect legality. The possible gains for Russia far outweigh any reason for restraint. All signs indicate that Kremlin strategists have long been aware of the opportunity, and have been actively working to seize it. The groundwork is ongoing and plain to see. In autumn of this year, politicians loyal to the Kremlin will be in a position, formally and legally, to take political control of the central Baltic State – Latvia. The next step would be technically simple – a newly elected government, beholden to Moscow, would withdraw Latvia from NATO. And this would change everything far more profoundly than we might imagine. […]
A dispute has on Thursday erupted in the Lithuanian parliament over a proposal to publish information on people who admitted to have collaborated with the KGB, with the parliamentary opposition warning of the Kremlin’s interest. […]
Less than one week ago, when releasing the text on the relations between major European Union powers and the US, I did not expect myself to be writing so soon again. At the time when […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been “involved in scheming and intrigue and has shown her true colours”. That’s how Vygaudas Ušackas, former minister of foreign affairs and ambassador to the US, Mexico and Great Britain and […]
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
The name of Lithuania sounded loud and clear everywhere on the occasion of Georgia‘s centenary. Many of the Georgians celebrating the national anniversary in the crowded streets of Tbilisi vowed they would vote for the […]
Russian oligarch-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky says that a fall of Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s regime is possible at any time. […]
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
The fifth Vilnius Russia Forum will be held in the Lithuanian southern town of Trakai on 24-25 May, bringing together more than 100 politicians, civil society representatives, human rights defenders, academicians, journalists from Russia, Lithuania, and other Western countries. They will discuss the situation in Russia after President Vladimir Putin‘s re-election. […]
With the investigation of illegal relations between politicians and business nearing its conclusion in the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK), the atmosphere is turning red hot – opposition and majority investigators have spoken […]
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