Zapad Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania must prepare for the most unexpected decisions and diversionary terrorist attacks from Lukashenko

July 29, 2021 Lithuania Tribune 0

The current influx of migrants, purposefully directed from Belarus into Lithuania, is dangerous, not due to poor experience in handling based on international regulations a widespread around the world matter but because of a potentially […]

Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft

Two Russian military aircraft violated Lithuanian airspace – Foreign Ministry

September 18, 2017 BNS 0

Two Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft last week violated Lithuania’s airspace, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. […]

Antonio Guterresas, UN Secretary General

President Grybauskaite discusses Zapad drills with UN chief

September 18, 2017 BNS 0

President Dalia Grybauskaite met with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres as part of her visit in New York and discussed the Zapad military exercise currently held in Russia and Belarus. […]

German brigade in Lithuania: we shot ourselves in our feet

February 3, 2023 0

The possible deployment of a German brigade and the disputes, anger and bickering that go along with it in Lithuania have been going on for half a year. Security and forward defence are such sore […]

Baltic AHK members plan average salary increase of 7.97% in 2023

February 1, 2023 0

In response to high inflation and a tight labour market, the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce (AHK) conducted a snapshot survey in January 2023 with around 460 members to identify salary increase trends, according to a […]

Noviti Finance has entered Poland and started providing business loans to Polish companies

January 31, 2023 0

Noviti Finance, an alternative non-banking financier, will now provide business loans not only to small and medium-sized enterprises in Lithuania and Latvia but also in Poland. Polish small businesses will have access to business loans […]

Western optimism has turned into months of waiting: sanctions don’t seem to be working for Russia

January 25, 2023 0

Western optimism that sanctions on Russian goods will soon bring Russia to its knees has turned into months of waiting, but the aggressor’s economy has not collapsed, lrytas.lt portal reported. Summer and autumn have passed, […]

Human rights political agenda based on chams, the disappearance of which brings headaches, anxiety, and despair

January 25, 2023 0

A study by researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) (Morkevičius et al., 2022) revealed that the attitudes of political parties towards human rights in Lithuania change with the elections, depending on whether the party […]

In the Lachine Corridor. Geopolitical journeys of a Lithuanian

January 25, 2023 0

The village of Lachin (which the Armenians call Berdzor, by the way) is a kind of symbol of the strife and lawlessness of one of the significant South Caucasian conflicts. It was once home to […]