Crimea

Министр иностранных дел Литвы Линас Линкявичюс отреагировал на открытие автомобильной части моста через Керченский пролив, разделяющий Россию и аннексированный ею украинский Крым. По его словам, построенные на основе агрессии мосты никуда не ведут. Министр также напомнил о позиции Литвы и Запада в ц...

Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday.

US President Donald Trump will show the Baltic nations as a model for other European countries in defense spending as he will host the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the White House next Tuesday, diplomats said.

The new chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Stanislav Shevchuk, is visiting Vilnius on Monday to meet with Lithuania's officials and discuss support to the Ukrainian legal system reform.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the European Union and NATO will coordinate their response to Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in the United Kingdom.

Russian presidential elections were not free or democratic, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that the country's future relations with Lithuania would depend on the course chosen by the Kremlin.

Ministers of foreign affairs of Lithuania and seven other European countries said on the 4-year anniversary of annexation of Crimea that they would not allow the occupation of the peninsula disappear from the international agenda.

Over 20 politicians and public activists in Lithuania announced on Friday the creation of a group of friends of Ukraine's Crimea to mark the 4th anniversary of Russia's annexation of the peninsula.

The Baltic foreign ministers voiced their concern over possible trade wars during their joint meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday.

Russia is responsible for the worsening situation of the Tatar community in Crimea, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a meeting with leaders of Crimea's Tatars – deputy speakers of Mejlis.

Lithuania reiterated on Wednesday its non-recognition of "the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea" by Russia.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Davos for the World Economic Forum, says that Russia will remain aggressive and destabilizing after the upcoming presidential election in the country.

Crimea is part of Ukraine, regardless of annexation of the peninsula by Russia four years ago, Lithuania's Constitutional Court chairman Dainius Žalimas said at a meeting with Crimea's Tatars in Kiev.

All of the countries of the Baltic Sea region would have to respond to possible unrest in the region, although some of them are not members of NATO, Sweden's Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist has said in Lithuania.

Edward Lucas, the former senior editor of the Economist, visited Vilnius on January 10th — once again, should we say. He lived in Lithuania in the Nineties and is such a frequent commentator and visitor in Lithuania that he even speaks the language a bit. His work has been revolving around Russia fo...