Syria

Sirijos pajūrio Latakijos mieste antradienį nuo minosvaidžių sviedinių žuvo mažiausiai 22 žmonės, tai buvo vienas daugiausiai aukų pareikalavusių išpuolių nuo karo šalyje pradžios, pranešė valstybinė žiniasklaida.

One month after Russia got itself involved into the Syrian war, there is little doubt that Moscow’s actions, aimed at soothing domestic delusions of grandeur, will only bring more chaos and destruction into the conflict, argues Vytautas Dumbliauskas, Associate Professor at Mykolas Romeris University...

Russia's actions in Europe, eastern Ukraine and Syria require more resolute response from NATO to ensure security of its eastern members, according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė who is leaving for Bucharest on Wednesday to meet with leaders of Central-Eastern European NATO member states...

As Lithuania fails to find refugees wishing to move here from Italy and Greece, 70 Iraqi refugees could be resettled to Lithuania from Turkey.

Lithuanian officials in charge of resettling refugees from Syria in Lithuania and putting together plans for their integration have said they will use selection criteria like family status and religion to ensure smoother integration. That would be a mistake, experts say.

Maskva ketvirtadienį paneigė pranešimą, kad Rusijos karo lėktuvai bombardavo lauko ligoninę Sirijoje, pavadindama jį „suklastotu“, o jį pateikusios Britanijoje įsikūrusios nevyriausybinės organizacijos pranešimus – ne patikimesniais nei „picerijos“.

Lithuanian Deputy Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius says Italy and Greece must compile lists of refugees eligible for resettlement in Lithuania. After that, they can start arriving as soon as possible, he has said on Monday.

The world is back in the Cold War situation, when governments' official line stresses the need to talk, while in fact they are engaging in proxy war, according to Laurynas Jonvičius, political scientist at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University.

What are our obligations to those threatened by war and violence? What and how much can we cope with? When will we reach our uppermost limits? Each of these three questions is quite legitimate. But if the debate is restricted to the media soundbites “we can do it” and “the boat is full”, then the re...

A delegation of the Lithuanian government is visiting Italy where it is looking into how the country, which has been one of the gateways of migrants from the Middle East and Africa coming to Europe, is handling the refugee flow.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in the European Union's (EU) Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 12 October, which focused on the situation in Syria and migration, Lithuania's MFA said.

Kęstutis Girnius, associate professor at Vilnius University's Institute of International Relations and Political Science, says Russia's intervention in Syria means that Moscow does not have any plans to attack Lithuania or other Baltic states.

As the Lithuanian delegation visiting Greece has so far struggled to find a refugee family willing to seek asylum in Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the country must to more to inform refugees about itself and "motivate" them to come.

NATO should step up pressure on Russia to use its influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as to give a more resolute response to Moscow's "testing" of the Alliance's flank in the Baltics, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published ...

As a Lithuanian delegation is visiting Greece and unsuccessfully looking for refugees who could be resettled to Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that migrants will not be brought to Lithuania by force. He hopes to find ways to encourage refugees to come here voluntarily.

Vytautas Landsbergis, the patriarch of Lithuanian politics known for his tough anti-Russian stance, is uncompromisingly critical of how NATO countries have responded to Russia's recent incursions into Turkey's airspace.

Russia's recent involvement in the war in Syria will only worsen the plight of refugees who are making their way to Europe in thousands, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

A delegation from Lithuania, led by Deputy Minister of Interior Elvinas Jankevičius, continues a visit in Greece where on Monday it met with local officials to discuss selection and resettlement of asylum seekers.

Chief advisor to the Lithuanian president on foreign policy, Renaldas Vaisbrodas, says that Russia is not fighting ISIS in Syria, but is instead supporting President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which, he says, contradicts the goals of the international coalition fighting ISIS.

Neilgai trukus po to, kai Maskva pranešė ketinanti stiprinti prieš „ Islamo valstybės “ taikinius Sirijoje nukreiptas atakas iš oro, Sirijos prezidentas Basharas al Assadas pareiškė, kad Rusijos, Sirijos ir jos sąjungininkių karinės operacijos sėkmė gyvybiškai svarbi tam, kad Artimieji Rytai būtų ap...