In contrast to many of its European neighbours, Germany maintained relatively close relations with Russia for a long time. Some observers even spoke of a German “Russia first” policy during the term of Chancellor Gerhard […]
So far, the German government repeatedly emerged as one of the main proponents for the extension of sanctions imposed on Russia. However, since no end of Moscow’s support for the separatists in Eastern Ukraine seems […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Davos for the World Economic Forum, says that Russia will remain aggressive and destabilizing after the upcoming presidential election in the country. […]
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday gave the green light for Moscow to increase the number of voting sites in Lithuania during this year’s Russian presidential election. […]
The electricity network adjustment works which would technically allow the Baltic States to detach from the BRELL system will be completed earlier by Russia and Belarus than the Baltic States’ synchronisation with European electricity networks […]
From the very start when Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia in 1999 and his supporting OCG (organised criminal group) formed out of KGB agents and oligarchs, this state and its policies became a […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that a Lithuania-Russia intergovernmental commission that held its last meeting more than six years ago could resume its activities, but Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is cautious about the idea, at least for now. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says he sees no potential for major changes in the relations with Russia until Moscow revises its position. […]
Can the coming year bring change to the EU and Lithuanian relations with Moscow? Are we right to say that the threat posed by Russia is the most relevant? Lietuvos Žinios discussed these and other […]
Russia-based Kaspersky Lab’s software products pose a potential threat to Lithuania’s national security, the country’s government has stated. […]
Several months ago conversations between former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski and Orlen head Jacek Krawiec were “leaked”. They were also reprinted in Lithuanian media. The conversations featured discussions on the possibility to […]
Unreliable individuals have entered Lithuania due to gaps in the country’s migration system, says Darius Jauniškis, chief of the State Security Department (VSD). […]
The Lithuanian Migration Department decided last week not to extend the residence permit of Anton Treushnikov, an advisor to the council of a bank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the department’s director has confirmed to Laisvės TV. […]
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas has instructed the ministry’s Corruption Prevention and Internal Investigations Division to scrutinize the circumstances of a possible leak of information from the Migration Department to third parties. […]
Lithuania has been reproached for not inviting representatives of the Russian Constitutional Court to a global constitutional justice congress that got underway in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
If Moscow forced Minsk to export its oil products via Russian railways and ports, that would be economically unviable and dangerous for Belarus, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday. […]
Secretly recorded conversations between former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski and former PKN Orlen chairman Jacek Krawiec were released to the public, which prove that there were serious discussions of handing over Orlen […]
Next year Russia will hold presidential elections. But there are some problems. First of all, Russia is not a democratic state. In “Freedom House” rankings it belongs to the “not free” countries category. In 2017 the country received an evaluation of only 20 points from 100. It means, that in the short-term we should not expect free and democratic elections in Russia. […]
Exceptionally few human decisions will lead to consequences measured in a dozen thousand or a hundred thousand years, which is the time to be needed for radioactive waste from the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant to decay before it reaches the level of naturally-occurring background radiation and will not pose threat to living organisms. […]
Three years ago the Lithuanian news media and some politicians seriously considered the possibility that Russia will attack Lithuania and the rest of the Baltics. Such concerns are not voiced as often nowadays, there are […]
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