BNS The more the European Union and Russia work together, the more they both benefit, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in Vilnius on Tuesday. “I am convinced that the more the European Union and Russia are working together, the more EU and Russia benefit. But …
BNS During its upcoming presidency over the European Union (EU), Lithuania will not take active measures to launch sanctions against Russian officials supposedly linked with the death of lawyer Sergey Magnitsky in a Moscow prison, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said. “One of our tasks …
Last week, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Russian politicians and representatives of civil society, Foreign Ministry informed The meeting with the leader of the Russian People’s Freedom party Vladimir Ryzhkov, the leader of the Democratic Choice party Vladimir Milov, the …
BNS Russia may dislike the Baltic States and be an inconvenient neighbour for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, however, is no longer a threat and has finally reconciled with their independence, Russian oppisition figure Leonid Gozman said in Vilnius on Thursday. In his words, members of …
Yesterday, the representatives of the Russian political opposition met with their colleagues from Lithuania and Belarus in Vilnius to discuss the political situation in Russia, writes Konstantinas Ameliuškinas, from www.ru.DELFI.lt. According to Russian oppositionists, the actions of Russian authorities push the country into the past, …
BNS Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, says Lithuania is of a position that the Soviet occupation compensation issue is still on the agenda of relations with Russia. His commented on a statement made by Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Vladimir Chkhikvadze …
BNS Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Vladimir Chkhikvadze says that Moscow deems the demand to compensate damages caused by the Soviet occupation as closed for good. “The issue of compensation demands made to today’s Russia is to us closed once and for all,” Chkhikvadze said in …
A deputy chair of the Committee on European Affairs in the Lithuanian Seimas thinks the militarisation of Belarus is aimed at NATO member states. He spoke to www.charter97.org about the Belarusian ruler’s threats to Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The Lithuanian MP thinks Lukashenka makes such …
The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported today that a Russian spy plane flew close by the Swedish territory on 20 April, 2013. This report comes after the newspaper wrote on 22 April, 2013 that Russian fighters had made dummy attacks close to Swedish territory during …
According to the information presented by Stratfor Global Intelligence, recent announcements by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu show that security competition is heating up in the wider Nordic-Baltic region. Shoigu met with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk on 23 April, 2013, and said that Russia will deploy …
On 23 April, Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs took part in the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Latvian Foreign Ministry reported. At the meeting the ministers discussed the engagement of the international community in Afghanistan before and after 2014 and the situation in the …
Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič on Friday met with the Ambassador of Russian Federation to Lithuania Vladimir Chihkvadze, informs the Baltic Course. Relevant bilateral energy issues were discussed during the meeting with the special focus on constructive dialogue, reports BC the Ministry of Energy. …
The Lithuania Tribune offers a new analysis of the events and politicians’ actions surrounding the negotiations with Gazprom, by Kęstutis Girnius, published on www.alfa.lt. This week, Russia and gas dominated Lithuanian politics. The most important event was Algirdas Butkevičius’ meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry …
BNS Projects aimed at ensuring Lithuania’s energy security should not become a subject of potential compromises during negotiations with Russian Gazprom over cheaper gas, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. “Lithuania always has to stick to a position beneficial to Lithuania, which is Lithuania’s energy security. …
The Lithuania Tribune presents the article by Joana Lapėnienė, LRT TV programme ‘Panorama’, about the existence of possible behind-the-scenes documents that the government keeps on denying while commenting on the energy talks with Russia. The LRT TV programme ‘Savaitė’ has received a copy of …
The Lithuania Tribune offers an analysis editorial by www.lrytas.lt on the results of the recent Prime Minister Butkevičius’ meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. Sobering up – this is probably a suitable word for describing the main results of the meeting between the Lithuanian …
BNS The problem of Lithuanian-Russian relations is not in their reset, but in the lack of a positive agenda, said Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU’s special representative in Afghanistan, who will become the EU’s ambassador to Russia in autumn. “The problem of relations with Russia is …
BNS Lithuania plans does not plan to sign any new long-term supply contracts with Russia’s Gazprom, now Lithuania’s sole supplier of natural gas, after building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal by the end of 2014. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes that Moscow could offer …
BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says he has a pragmatic look on the outlook of relations with Russia and hopes that it will be easier for representatives of science, culture and business to solve problems after the recent high-level meeting of Lithuanian and Russian …
BNS The Government of Lithuania is of the position that upon signature of a special agreement, Kaliningrad residents should not be allowed to travel visa-free in the territory of Lithuania more than 50 kilometers from the state border, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said at …
