Opinion: Challenges in Europe and how Lithuanians should feel
These days, the international political scene has been shaken by two processes: the Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine and the repercussions of the European elections, Mindaugas Jurkynas writes for...
View ArticleWhy Sikorski is more useful in Brussels than in Warsaw
Now that Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is mired in a phone-tapping scandal, political editors say that he could have been more beneficial in the European Union (EU) Foreign Policy …The post...
View ArticleOpinion: Shall we live in a Eurasian empire of woman haters?
Vladimir Putin, Russian politicians and some intellectuals keep talking about the “Russian world” and readiness of the country’s armed forces to defend the Russian population in any country. It is …The...
View ArticleLithuania may appeal to Brussels over new Russian food cargo requirements
BNS Lithuania may have to consult with the European Commission (EC) about new Russia’s requirements for the transportation of food products through Lithuania. Antanas Šipavičius, the director of the...
View ArticleLucas warns US senators: Baltic security crisis is “dangerous threat” to NATO...
BNS A security crisis in the Baltic states is the biggest threat to NATO, therefore, the Alliance must boost its presence in the region to avoid it and deter Russia, …The post Lucas warns US senators:...
View ArticleOpinion: Ukraine’s success threatens Russian idea of exclusivity
While Ukraine is spreading joyful news about liberating settlements during new anti-terrorist operations, the Russian plan to turn this country divided into mutually confronting parts into the...
View ArticleOpinion: Repercussions of the Grand Duchy or public perception of the...
Felix Ackermann Memory politics has everything to do with how the Lithuanian public perceives events in Ukraine that have dominated the local media and political discourse since last December, says...
View ArticleLithuanian song festival: an education in Soviet-era living conditions
DELFI The Song Celebration, a massive traditional song and dance festival that concluded recently, was not only an opportunity for Lithuanians home and abroad to gather together but also a …The post...
View ArticleLinkevičius: Everyone’s talking to Putin, why can’t we talk to Belarus?
BNS Lithuania must maintain a dialogue with the Belarusian government, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said Wednesday, noting that Western leader are holding meetings with...
View ArticleSeimas to review Nordbalt sea border treaty with Sweden
BNS Lithuania’s government has decided to ask the president to submit the Lithuanian-Swedish maritime boundary treaty to the Seimas (parliament) for ratification. The treaty, which was signed in April,...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė: Poland and Baltics will not accept “pro-Kremlin” EU foreign...
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is leaving for the European Union (EU) Summit on Wednesday, says that the EU’s new foreign policy chief should be neutral in conflicts and possess …The post...
View ArticleAmbassador Žygimantas Pavilionis: We stood alone and were laughed at because...
Lithuania’s friends in Washington, D.C., believe that we are living as if it were 1939 when the threat of occupation loomed over Lithuania. So says Lithuania’s ambassador to the United …The post...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines plane crash might prove a turning point in...
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says that the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine will be a breaking point in how Western states treat...
View ArticlePlanes departing Lithuania not crossing East Ukraine
BNS There has been no need to revise flight routes for planes departing Lithuania to account for the closed air-space in Eastern Ukraine, says acting director of the Lithuanian Civil …The post Planes...
View ArticleDelays reported in Panemunė-Kaliningrad bridge project
BNS Construction on a new bridge over the Nemunas River in Panemunė, an important transport link to Russia’s Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, will not meet its October deadline due to …The post Delays...
View ArticleAmbassador to Ukraine says Malaysian crash is part of “Russian war on Ukraine”
BNS The disaster of Malaysia Airlines jetliner is the consequence of Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine, and “the plane that has been shot down is full responsibility of Russia,” says …The post...
View ArticleNATO officer: exercises in Lithuania will be expanded, Russia has triggered a...
BNS Exercises in Lithuania and NATO’s other Eastern member-states will be expanded in response to Russian actions in Ukraine, NATO’s Joint Forces Headquarters officer Lieutenant Colonel Hans Houf said...
View ArticleIs Western media’s indifference to Ukraine dangerous for Lithuania?
LRT Major English-speaking TV channels do not devote enough attention to the events in Ukraine, even though the battles are more blood-stained than in other countries, notes philosopher Gintautas...
View ArticleConservatives call for travel ban for pro-Kremlin artists
ELTA EN Members of the youth branch of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (TS-LKD) turned to the state leaders and responsible officials, calling on them to take measures to …The...
View ArticleLinkevičius dismisses reports about Baltic mercenaries in Ukraine as “nonsense”
BNS Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius dismissed reports made by an Italian daily, which were commented on by Russia’s administration, about alleged fighters from the Baltic states,...
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