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Belarus has always been and will remain Russia's military ally, despite Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's recent statements about Russia's continuing aggression in Ukraine, says Vytis Jurkonis, a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius Universi...
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is visiting Belarus this week. While the visit is not exceptional in any way, Lithuania should stay alert and not consider Minsk a well-wishing neighbour, warns political scientist Vytis Jurkonis.
The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Dzianis Melyantsou, senior analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies at the Riga Conference 2014. Can we already foresee Belarus without President Alexander Lukashenko, we asked Mr Melyantsou. There are a few scenarios of development, since President Lu...
The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Dzianis Melyantsou, senior analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies at the Riga Conference 20114. Asked about Belarus's plans of joining the Russian-led Eurasian Union, the researcher said that the Belarusian population as a whole was in favour of join...
The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Dzianis Melyantsou, senior analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies at the Riga Conference 2014. We asked Mr Melyantsou what should we make of the fact that President Lukashenko delivered a public speech in Belarusian rather than Russian. "The main mes...
After a visit to Minsk, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said that Lithuania had to maintain a dialogue with the government of Belarus. The minister pointed out that despite events in Ukraine, Western leaders continue to meet with Vladimir Putin, so why the dialogue with Min...
The geopolitical perspective that Belarus is being squeezed between Russia and the European Union remains relevant. New information continues to reveal modest but noticeable attempts to improve Belarus’s relations with the West as well as the ambivalent role of Russia, Belarus’s most important ally ...
Belarus will host the latest round of talks between Ukraine and Russia in Minsk on 1 August as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continues to push his country as a mediator in the crisis. Lukashenko's motivation is not altruistic, however, as Belarus is not immune to the competition between ...
Belarus’s Independence Day is celebrated on 3 July. On that day, 70 years ago, Minsk was liberated from the Nazi occupiers. This 3 July, President Vladimir Putin of Russia participated in Minsk’s celebration. Two days prior to that event, during a grand ceremonial meeting devoted to the national hol...
It is a country’s business what monument, where and how it will be built or demolished. For instance, the Poles have built a statue of urinating Lenin, the Lithuanians seem not to be able to wipe out the symbols of the Soviet reality overlooking the capital from the Green Bridge (should we hold a re...
The development of Lithuanian-Belarusian ties could become the basis for closer communication between the two nations, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday, congratulating his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich on Belarus’ Independence Day.
“Ukraine” is now the worst word in Belarus, representatives of the Belarusian opposition said in Vilnius on Monday, also stating that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has found himself in a standstill in terms of the country’s relations with Russia.
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Belarusian human rights activist Ales Belyatsky in Vilnius on Friday and called for the release of all political prisoners in Belarus.
Belarusian human rights activist Ales Belyatsky says he has no hard feelings towards Lithuania for providing the Belarusian authorities with information that became a pretext for his detention.
