The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by the political analyst Kęstutis Girnius on the seemingly discordant decision-making of the ruling Social Democratic party in Lithuania in relation to the …
Serge Kharytonau | The Lithuania Tribune In late May 2013 Vladimir Putin firmly approved reinforcement of cultural and socio-economic expansion against former Soviet republics with the enlargement of the Federal Agency for the CIS, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (most commonly known as …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by Jonas Ohman, director, journalist and translator, on the emerging clash between the old and young generations of Lithuanian politicians, as published by www.delfi.lt. I am trying to understand what the noisy conflict between the ruling party and business …
The Lithuania Tribune presents a letter from our reader Tony Olsson who wants to use the opportunity to draw the Lithuanian public’s attention to the absence of local cuisine in the country’s hotels, which he views as a misfortunate under-representation of the ethnic culinary identity …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by the EUobserver’s reporter Valentina Pop about the main tasks that Lithuania intends to tackle during its upcoming presidency over the European Council. Lithuania, a country of three million people bordering Poland, Latvia, Belarus and the Russian enclave of …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion editorial of Valentinas Mitė, a journalist at Radio Free Europe, on the last week’s report issued by the SSD on the scale of espionage activities within Lithuania, as published on www.delfi.lt. The Lithuanian State Security Department (SSD) states in …
Mantas Kuncaitis | The Lithuania Tribune Sadly, countless debates among modern proponents of social justice changed the original meaning of human rights and it finally metamorphosed into something between communistic idol and extreme libertarianism. By saying that high results cannot protect fundamental human rights, modern …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an interview with the Mayor of Vilnius Artūras Zuokas, conducted by Serge Kharytonau in the beginning of the year, exclusively for the Lithuania Tribune. Serge Kharytonau (SK): You are not from Vilnius originally, right? Artūras Zuokas (AZ): I was born in …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an essay by Jurgita Rakštelienė which she wrote for the contest ‘Write a Letter – Win a ticket to Reykjavik’ and in which she expressed her gratitude to Iceland – the country which was the first to recognise Lithuania’s independence on …
The Lithuania Tribune presents the opinion of Gediminas Kirkilas, the Vice-Speaker of the Lithuanian’s Seimas and the Chairman of the European Affairs Committee on the importance of signing the Association Agreement with Ukraine in November. On 1 July, Lithuania, the first among the three Baltic …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by Virginijus Sinkevičius on the EU’s decreasing interest in the activities of its Eastern neighbours, as published on beyoundthe.eu. Not much has been heard from the EU on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and situation in the partner countries …
Opinion: Will renewable energy sources lead towards energy security? The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by Inga Sapronaitytė on the importance of renewable energy sources as published by Centre for Geopolitical Studies (Geopolitika). All countries should give high priority to the development of renewable energy …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by a reporter of EUobserver.com Valentina Pop about Lithuania’s endeavours to combat its ongoing energy dependence. When it joined the EU in 2004, Lithuania was given one key task: closing down its nuclear plant in Ignalina. The Soviet-era plant …
BNS Georgian Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani (T.T.) said in Vilnius that the same criminal case investigation criteria are applied to both representatives of the opposition and ruling parties, rejecting claims of opposition persecution. In an interview with BNS, the Georgian minister also said the …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by Ramūnas Bogdanas about the recent cyber attacks on Lithuania, as published on www.delfi.lt. Until the 20th century, wars used to take place over land or at sea. With the emergence of planes, the battles expanded to also …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article of Andrius Užkalnis, a Lithuanian journalist who casts an unconventional, overtly sarcastic look at a series of recent bans proposed by the Lithuanian lawmakers and the popular attitudes of the ‘nouveau’ intellectuals to such restricting escapades. The article …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by Vaiva Sapetkaitė about a possible alternative energy source, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, as published by Centre for Geopolitical Studies (Geopolitika). In March a Japanese state-owned oil and gas company announced it had successfully extracted gas …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by Vadim Volovoj, Doctor of Political Sciences and an expert of the Centre for Geopolitical Studies (Geopolitika), about the delicate balance of interests between Lithuania and Belarus. Belarus has become one of the major Lithuanian policy priorities a long …
BNS The Lithuanian intelligence has finally specified Russia and Belarus as the countries operating in Lithuania, says Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. “It has finally been said clearly what third countries, first of all – Russia and Belarus, …
The Lithuania Tribune presents the speech made by Gediminas Kirkilas, the Vice-Speaker of the Seimas and the Chairman of European Affairs Committee, at the international conference ‘Values and Politics’ Values make a big part of politics. And I believe that politics should be about values. …
The Lithuania Tribune presents a study by Andres Mäe on the potential behind the LNG terminal that is planned to be constructed in Lithuania as published by Centre for Geopolitical Studies in Lithuania (Geopolitika). The discussion about diversification of natural gas supply for the Baltic …
