Sweden finds itself in the midst of the most heated debates about defence policy and the direction of military reforms since the end of the Cold War, as Stockholm faces the challenge of finding a new military security formula, writes Justyna Gotkowska. From the Swedish point of …
On 13 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius will pay a working visit to Estonia, informs urm.lt. The visit will include meetings with President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet. The …
On 18 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland Össur Skarphéðinsson, evaluated the progress of the country’s accession negotiations with the EU as excellent, and assured Lithuania’s continued full support to Iceland in this …
Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas together with Ambassador of Latvia Maija Manika and Deputy Head of Estonian Embassy Marje Luup particpated in the inaugural meeting of Baltic Network in Riksdag. Around 30 members of Riksdag from different political parties were present in the …
In late December, the Swedish defense chief, General Sverker Göranson, stoked controversy by noting that Sweden would only be able to defend itself for a week without outside help (Svenska Dagbladet, December 30, 2012). Generally taking its cues from Sweden, a few weeks later, a …
In 2009, the Swedish parliament adopted the Defence Report Bill that included the Declaration of Solidarity, a document which not only represents changing approach to security and defence of the non-aligned state, but also offers a new approach to regional security of the Baltic and …
On January 22nd, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going for an official visit to Denmark. The President will meet with Speaker of the Danish Parliament Mogens Lykketoft, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Queen Margrethe II, pay a visit to the Royal Library of Denmark, and have a …
Fredrik Rydström | the Lithuania Tribune Lithuania’s former PM Andrius Kubilus was, to be sure, not the best suitable candidate to handle the bitter quarrels, impeachment charges and constant reshuffles within the Lithuanian parliament where his coalition – through a combination of sheer luck and …
The newly stressed priority of our foreign policy and economy – the Nordic countries – is beneficial for Lithuania only as regional cooperation alongside, but not instead of, active integration into the EU core, writes veidas.lt. Vilnius became the capital of Baltoscandia for a year: …
The threat of Russia, the money of the Scandinavian banks, and energy are three factors that have interconnected three Baltic states, with fairly different interests, into a single geopolitical unit, veidas.lt wrote on 3 April. A quarter of a century ago, the three Baltic states …
On 12 March, Lithuanian Ambassador in Stockholm Eitvydas Bajarūnas and Mikael Odenberg, Director General of the Swedish corporation Svenska Kraftnät, discussed the implementation of the NordBalt project, Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. The Swedish power grid and the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid are …
Thursday, March 1, Brussels – President Dalia Grybauskaitė chaired the NB6 meeting which, following the Nordic-Baltic cooperation tradition, focused on discussing and reconciling the positions on the EU-related matters that were of foremost importance for the region, Press Service of the President reports. The participants …
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Continuing his visit in Sweden, the Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius participated in the Northern Future Forum, which brought together politicians, businessmen, scientists from the Nordic, Baltic countries and Britain, lrytas.lt wrote on 9 February. In this year’s highest level meeting a special attention was paid …
Poland should realise that it is a big country and should start acting like one. It should be more sensitive towards Lithuania and be more delicate in treating the Northern neighbour, the Brussels-based newspaper European Voice says. “Poles often fail to realize how big their …
When it comes to today’s dilemma of integration in the European Union, we need to develop Lithuania’s position in accordance with national interests and real possibilities. This is to avoid extremes and to follow the principle of balance, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius …
Facing a factual division of the European Union into continental eurozone, dominated by France and Germany and maritime non-eurozone, led by Great Britain with some indirect support from several Scandinavian and Middle European countries, Lithuania tries balancing dangerously on two chairs, veidas.lt wrote on 30 …
Today, some academics say that the desperation of our people is also being increased by the fact that during the recent 20 years we’ve become a godforsaken place somewhere in the East near Russia, in other words – probably the worst part of the EU. …
In recent years, Europe’s political climate has been windy. While the European Union is looking for ways to tackle the financial crisis, the following key questions surface: what is the future perspective of the EU – a federation, a confederation, maybe Eurasia, based on the …
Fredrik Rydström | the Lithuania Tribune When brushing through reports concerning energy security in the 1990s published by major international organizations, such as the IMF or various EU institutions, one can not help to get struck by how the authors, in contrast to the current …
