Eastern Europe

At a meeting with NATO's Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius called for rapid implementation of the decisions made at the Alliance's Wales summit.

Western sanctions and falling oil prices continue to strain the Russian economy. The impacts of this crisis are being felt across the former Soviet periphery, with neighbouring Belarus experiencing particularly acute spillover effects.

For days now many in the global and Lithuanian media have locked horns over the terrorist acts in Paris. There are some who say that freedom to express one's convictions is above any religious or social group interests; others contend that cartoons published by the likes of Charlie Hebdo made mercil...

Russia is trying to justify its own aggression by mixing up the causes and consequences in its new military doctrine which names NATO as the key threat, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Monday.

The crisis in Ukraine, and in particular Russia's recent cancellation of the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, has had substantial ripple effects on the energy dynamics on the European continent. The Russians and Europeans both have put forth several potential replacements for the now scrap...

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Head of Policy Analysis and Research Division of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. We asked Kasčiūnas to summarize Eastern Europe Geopolitics of 2014 as well as to set expectations for the year 2015

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America Žygimantas Pavilionis thinks that the US administration under President Barack Obama has been naive in wishing to "reset" relations with Russia, but this is the trap that every new president falls into. He hopes, however, that Obama's successor -...

Ukrainos Aukščiausioji Rada antradienio vakarą pritarė valdančiosios koalicijos pasiūlytai Vyriausybės sudėčiai, kurioje lietuvių verslininkui Aivarui Abromavičiui atiteko ekonomikos ministro postas.

Additional NATO forces sent to the Baltic states earlier this year will remain in 2015 but the implementation of new security measures might take longer than initially expected, diplomats say.

Since Russia began its illegal military intervention in Ukraine, Russian officials have accused NATO of a series of provocations, threats and hostile actions stretching back over 25 years. NATO's official webpage nato.int sets out the facts.

The security situation in Europe is destabilized by Russia's aggression in Ukraine and irresponsible flights of its military planes rather than several hundred American troops stationed in the Baltic states, US Ambassador to NATO Douglas E. Lute said on Monday.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, an analyst of the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The think tank has presented a study on the future of the European Union Eastern Partnership programme. We asked Kojala if there the USA reconsidering Americas' engagement in the...

Unless the EU takes a tough stand on Russia's foreign policies, there will re-emerge deep divisions in the continent between a free Europe and a less free Europe, says Jeffrey Gedmin, president of the Legatum Institute in London and former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Edward Lucas, Editor of The Economist and expert on Eastern Europe forecasts a dismal future for Russia, which is also witnessed by ethnic alienation there.

During his visit to Lithuania, Edward Lucas, one of the most prominent British columnists analysing geopolitical situation in the Eastern Europe, urged Lithuania to pay more attention to dissemination of its success stories and be more active in fight with the even smallest provocations of Russia in...

It is a paradox that European security strategy, prepared in 2003, names closer relations with Russia as one of the most important factors of the EU’s security and prosperity.

Experts from the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) presented the study "Eastern Partnership (EaP) in a Changing Security Environment: 'Muddling Through' or New Incentives for Reform?". The event took place at the Lithuanian Parliament on 12 November.

It is important to secure ourselves not only against what we see as a threat but also against what Russian President Vladimir Putin considers important, British journalist Edward Lucas said in Lithuania on Thursday.

The ‘short 20th century’ — as opposed to ‘the long 19th century’ — was characterized by high levels of destruction. Wars, ideological conflicts, population mobilizations, massive displacements, and genocides lay at the heart of the emergence of modernity across the continent. These questions are add...

Senior editor of Gazeta Wyborcza, Polish dissident Adam Michnik, has been nominated for the 2014 Freedom Prize, the Lithuanian parliament said on Friday.