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Lithuania ready to ensure power from unsafe plants has no access to its market – PM

May 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Amid doubts whether Lithuania’s efforts to impose an embargo on electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus will be compatible with WTO rules, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country will ensure that power from unsafe facilities has no access to its market. […]

WTO members should not take organization for granted, says foreign affairs deputy

December 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

At the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference on 17 December in Nairobi, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raimundas Karoblis urged WTO members not to take the smoothly functioning multilateral trade system for granted. Karoblis emphasized that all WTO members, the world’s largest economies in particular, must comply with the WTO’s rules and fulfil the obligations they have undertaken, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]

President Macron’s Ukrainian arithmetic

April 6, 2024 0

What is behind President Macron’s refusal to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine? Is it a case of late conversion? After all, France’s president long cultivated dialogue with Vladimir Putin, arguing that Russia should […]

European defence industry strategy – any opportunities for small EU state?

March 27, 2024 0

On March 5, a new European defence industry strategy was officially presented, which could provide up to 100 billion euros in funding. The strategy presents a clear, long-term vision of how it is planned to […]

The Conservatives explained what’s happening with Anušauskas: now he’s in trouble

March 20, 2024 0

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s suggestion that Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas resign and instead give way to the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defence, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, provoked further reaction from the […]

What a Russian offensive would look like if war broke out: expert warns – NATO countries are already preparing for such a scenario

February 6, 2024 0

Last week, NATO launched its most significant military exercise since the Cold War, with a US warship beginning its journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the Alliance’s European territory. The German exercise plans, which were […]

Why is Russia a problem and a threat to everyone?

February 6, 2024 0

Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2014, demonstrates the audacity of Russian society and a sense of permissiveness and impunity for its criminal actions. The leadership of Russia, which is a reflection […]

The main competitors in the presidential elections: prominent candidates

January 30, 2024 0

With four months left until the presidential elections, the current Head of the country, Gitanas Nausėda, continues to increase in popularity. However, ratings for Ingrida Šimonytė and Ignas Vėgėlė have risen even faster in the […]