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Russian intervention in Ukraine has refocused the attention on the traditional military and security challenges, but the factors that made it possible for today's Russian attempts to revise the European security architecture should not be forgotten. Primarily, this was the result of the processes in...
Lithuanian political scientists say that Western countries probably will not provide broad military assistance to Ukraine even amid clear Russian invasion.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed 75 years ago is remembered as the beginning of an alliance between Hitler and Stalin that divided Eastern Europe between the two totalitarian dictators and opened the way to World War II. That it certainly was, but the accord had another impact as well: reaction to...
Sunday, 24 August, the Lithuanian Embassy in the U.S. with generous support of the Lithuanian Foundation hosted legendary Lithuanian rock star, Algirdas Kaušpėdas. The Lithuanian Foundation’s chair Marius Kasniūnas introduced the multi-faceted Algirdas Kaušpėdas, who at 61 is mainly working as a wel...
This year, during the month of July, the Central and Eastern European Coalition (CEEC), met with California U.S. congressman Adam Schiff and the U.S. Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Matthew Armstrong, to exchange thoughts on Russian inspired and supported armed conflicts and t...
More effort will be needed for the Americans to understand Europe due to demographic changes in the United States, including a rising number of Spanish-speakers, US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy says.
US Senator Bill Nelson, who met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday, said that the presence of rotational NATO forces in Lithuania was a clear message about the Alliance's commitments.
For those who love Hollywood movies, it is always a great pleasure to discover actors who have Lithuanian blood and who have carved out their reputation in the highest league of film industry. One of those actors is Lauren Lapkus who stars in the new comedy “Are You Here”. The actor, who worked with...
Daniel Fried, coordinator for sanctions policy at the US State Department, says that it will take time before the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and the European Union begin showing tangible results, but they undoubtedly will.
Lithuania backs the US initiative to strengthen NATO capabilities in the Baltic States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said after a meeting with US congressmen on Friday.
A Lithuanian fire fighter has run across the United States from the western to the eastern coast. Aidas Girdzijauskas, 42, finished in New York on Friday night, according to Lithuania's Fire and Rescue Department.
Seventy-five years ago, on 23 August, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a cooperation and non-aggression pact. The now infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe and provided with its secret provisions an evil platform that set the stage for the Second World War. The Molotov-Ribbentrop P...
As the crisis in Ukraine is escalating with the prospect of Russian military intervention, there is every reason to believe that Vladimir Putin will use other weapons at his disposal. Thus European nations are increasingly - and justifiably - worried about the impending winter months when Russia cou...
The third rotation of US paratroopers have arrived in Lithuania and will train with Lithuanian troops, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday.
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian presidents are scheduled to meet with the President of the United States, Barack Obama, in Estonia's capital Tallinn on 3 September, the Office of the President of Lithuania said on Friday.
On Thursday, Deputy Minister of National Defence Marijus Velička discussed security situation in the Baltic region and Ukraine, and US-Lithuanian defence cooperation with Republican US Congressman Devin Nunes, US House of Representatives, on visit to Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence infor...
US President Barack Obama, speaking at the closing of the US-Africa Leaders summit, said Washington was not considering sending weapons to Ukraine yet.
This year, 16 and 17 August, American-Lithuanians in Pennsylvania will be celebrating their 100th Lithuanian Days festival, making it the longest consecutive ethnic festival in the USA.
The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Keith C. Smith, the former American Ambassador to Lithuania in 1997-2000. We asked what stuck in your memory and what surprised him most when he served as ambassador to Lithuania between 1997 and 2000.
The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the USA how the events in Ukraine has affected America’s pivot to Asia, and where Lithuania should invest in order to strengthen the US interest in the region.
