Lithuanian diplomats are working toward a coordinated EU policy of not recognizing Russian passports issued to residents of Eastern Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said, adding that the country will take unilateral action if the initiative fails.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania expresses its regret regarding the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In the early morning of 25 June in Strasbourg, PACE decided to amend its Rules of Procedure, weakening its sanctions mechanism, and opening the wa...
В ОБСЕ заявляют, что боевики хранят и продолжают размещать тяжелое вооружение вблизи домов гражданского населения.
Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine, says that he has hope that a fresh ceasefire between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces can be reached in eastern Ukraine for the back-to-school season.
With the NATO summit in Warsaw coming up in July, the rhetoric in many Western quarters is becoming shriller about the need to contain Russian aggression.
During a press conference in Vilnius, Ben Hodges, the commanding general of the US Army in Europe, said that the US and other NATO countries were tired of responding to unexpected moves from Russia and that they would have to take the initiative.
The ceasefire in Ukraine is still in place, but local elections in Donbass must be held based on Ukrainian law, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said in Vilnius on Monday.
A third Ukrainian family of Lithuanian descent has arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. The Lithuanian government has offered to resettle Ukrainians with Lithuanian ancestry from war-hit Donbass region.
EN.DELFI TV by the Lithuania Tribune spoke to Andreas Umland, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (Kyiv) at the GlobSec 2015 conference in Bratislava. Is it possible for the Ukraine to achieve its Western orientated goals with its rebellious regions, we asked Mr. Um...
There is much discussion about the conflict between Ukraine's nationalist movement the Right Sector and the government. In Lithuania, the situation is seen as playing into the hands of Russia: the Right Sector is the "weak link" that the Kremlin is exploiting for its own ends.
The German daily Berliner Zeitung was the first one to report about the resignation of Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini as OSCE special envoy in Ukraine and OSCE representative at the Minsk peace talks. This lady made her name in political and diplomatic quarters when the international commission she led...
120s: One year since MH17 crash over Donbass, Separatist commemoration ceremony at MH17 crash site, Australia 'sickened' at new MH17 footage, Plane flight magic.
Many Lithuanians follow closely developments in Kiev, where Aivaras Abromavičius, a 39-year-old Vilnius-born businessman, has been put in charge of Ukraine's ministry of economy and trade. He is one of several foreigners invited by Ukraine's current leadership who decided it takes an outsider to tac...
EN.DELFI TV by the Lithuania Tribune spoke to Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the First Deputy Chairwoman of Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Ukrainian Parliament. We spoke about how the war positively united the nation of Ukraine. Video was produced in cooperation with GlobSec 2015
Ukrainoje prie Širokino kaimo, 20 kilometrų į Rytus nuo strategiškai svarbaus Mariupolio uosto, sekmadienį vyksta susišaudymas ne tik iš minosvaidžių, bet ir iš daug baisesnių ginklų - patrankų haubicų.
Norman M. Naimark, professor at Stanford University, is one of the most authoritative experts on Central and Eastern Europe in the United States whose research interests include the region’s modern history, genocides and ethnic cleansings that happened here.
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Dr. Laurynas Jonavičius, Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Minsk is getting signals that separatists are getting ready for a new assault which might take place at the end of the Orthodox Easter...
120s: More sombre economic forecasts, Zuokas' letter to parents, Russian volunteer groups heading for Donbass, Brussels jungle filmed by cyclists take internet by storm.
Ukrainoje negali būti nė kalbos apie paliaubas, todėl šios šalies kariai negali turėti jokių su tuo susijusių iliuzijų, nes apšaudymai vykdomi nuolatos, o separatistai koncentruoja pajėgas Mariupolio rajone.
