Lithuania has proven that, despite being a small country, it can build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and to ensure its energy independence without anyone’s help, the president has said.
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Sweden must revise its defence capacities in the light of the growing Russian military power and the latest developments in the Baltic Sea region, the country's new Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said in Vilnius on Tuesday.
While Sweden's army is looking for what it suspects is a Russian submarine spotted in the country's waters near Stockholm - a situation reminiscent of Cold War incidents - Lithuania must monitor the Baltic Sea, above and underwater, as it awaits the arrival of its LNG Terminal's storage unit.
It is important to exchange information and ensure common security in the Baltic Sea amid an increase in Russian provocations, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues.
Cruise ship season ended in Klaipėda on Friday with cruise liner Astor, sailing under the flag of Bahamas, docking at the port.
Addressing the participants of the conference, organised by the Swedish Atlantic Council, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 1 October, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas welcomed the decisions adopted in Cardiff and stressed the neces...
The Baltic Sea region has today become the main geographic “fault line” between NATO and Russia. The probably most important single factor to enhance security and stability in the region is to make it credible that NATO intends, and is able, to defend the Baltic States.
Although most of our eyes are glued to what’s happening in Ukraine (and, let’s face it, the World Cup in Brazil) for reasons apparent to everyone, the world is not limited to what Lithuania sees. The latest and most important political trends determining power, identity, rules and regional developme...
