Lithuanian, Ukrainian presidents-elect exchange congratulations
President Dalia Grybauskaitė spoke on the phone with the President-elect of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, Press Service of the President stated in a press release. The Lithuanian head of state and the...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė: June signing of EU-Ukraine deal undecided
BNS Signing of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Ukraine in June is a possibility, however, the final decision is yet to be made, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told BNS...
View ArticleDavid J. Kramer: Why is Vladimir Putin so dangerous?
According to David J. Kramer, President of Freedom House, the independent watchdog organisation, the presidential elections in Ukraine have demonstrated that Ukraine is a united country – and the...
View ArticleOpionion: New beginnings, new problems
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by Ali Wyne***, an associate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, on the latest situation in Ukraine and how it will affect the region and the...
View ArticleEurope would respond to Russian pressure for EU-Ukraine deal – Lithuanian...
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said before a face-to-face meeting with Ukraine’s newly-inaugurated leader Petro Poroshenko that the meeting should cover possible Russian reaction to...
View ArticleOpinion: Ignoring Abkhazia won’t make it go away
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by Lincoln Mitchell*, an associate of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, about the situation in...
View ArticleOpinion: Whereto will the Ukrainian President start?
The special feature of democratic revolutionary movements is that only an active part of the citizens rises up against an outdated power and the new government is elected by all citizens. Inevitably,...
View ArticleButkevičius: Baltics support Poroshenko’s peace plan for Ukraine
BNS The Governments of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia support the peace plan proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. “There’s common...
View ArticleLithuanian MPs call on Russia to support Poroshenko’s peace plan for Ukraine
BNS The Lithuanian parliamentary committees for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs called on Russia to support Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan and cease escalation of domestic...
View ArticleLinkevičius: Russian sanctions still on the table if situation in Ukraine...
BNS The situation in Ukraine requires a serious reaction, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said before the start of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council on Monday. “Sanctions are...
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