US will continue defending Baltic States – Obama
President Dalia Grybauskaitė spoke on the phone with U.S. President Barack Obama about the security of the Baltic region and the situation in Ukraine. Taking part in the telephone conversation were...
View ArticleOpinion: How strategic is Putin?
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by a contributing analyst at Wikistrat, Ali Wyne, who discusses whether the recent actions of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin are strategic or not....
View ArticleInterest in military service rises by fifth in Lithuania
BNS In the wake of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, Lithuanian citizens’ interest in military service has risen by a fifth. “In March, compared to the same period last year, the number of people making...
View ArticleLatvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Rinkēvičs: There should be NATO presence...
On 1 April, the Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs took part in the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels. The ministers agreed on reinforcing NATO’s collective defence,...
View ArticleLithuania, Poland happy with NATO reaction, Warsaw wants NATO base
BNS The Lithuanian and Polish Prime Ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday and welcomed NATO’s increased activity in the region. Meanwhile Warsaw expressed hope the Alliance would step up its role with...
View ArticleBy annexing Crimea, Russia has withdrawn from UN – Landsbergis
BNS By ripping Crimea off Ukraine and annexing it, Russia has withdrawn from the United Nations, says Vytautas Landsbergis, honorary chairman of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian...
View ArticleMP Kubilius proposes law on non-recognition of Crimea’s occupation
BNS The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have been right in “constantly talking” about threat from Russia, the party’s chairman and parliamentary opposition leader Andrius Kubilius said...
View ArticleNow is best time for EU to speak about Eastern Partnership
BNS Now is the best time to stress the political and strategic importance of the Eastern Partnership, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas Petras Auštrevičius told BNS ahead of the meeting of parliamentary...
View ArticleTurchynov: high probability of Russia planning Ukrainian invasion
BNS There is a high probability that Russia is planning a large-scale military invasion into Ukraine, Ukraine’s interim President Oleksandr Turchynov says. “We reckon that there is a high probability...
View ArticleOpinion: Russia, the West, and the security vacuum in Europe’s East
Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, and Western hand-wringing in response, demonstrate the depth of the security vacuum in Europe’s East. Comprising Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan...
View ArticleE. Lucas; Germany’s failure to shoulder responsibility for European defence...
ANGELA MERKEL’S personal detestation of Vladimir Putin has long been a source of comfort to the countries who feel threatened by Russia. But the dawning and gloomy realisation among policy-makers in...
View ArticleOpinion: Lithuania is for NATO or is NATO only for Lithuania?
In other words, the question in the title is about the fact as to whether we only require that our security team supervise the peace of our home or we are resolved to assist others, where the security...
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