Lithuanian foreign minister and human rights activist greet Latvian foreign...
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics came out as gay on Thursday, stirring reactions across the Baltics. Lithuanian foreign minister congratulated his colleague, while a human rights activist says...
View ArticleEdward Lucas to become Estonia’s first e-resident
Estonia's first e-resident will be British journalist and columnist Edward Lucas, Minister of Internal Affairs Hanno Pevkur said on Thursday at the government press conference, Delfi reports. [...] The...
View ArticleLithuania’s Grybauskaitė stresses importance of defence and energy...
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Latvian, Estonian and Polish counterparts in Tallinn on Tuesday, where she discussed the importance of long-term collective defence instruments and...
View ArticleLithuanian president: Jets near Baltic air-space are sign of Russian...
The increasingly frequent Russian provocations by flying its military jets close to the Baltic air-space shows “stupidity, not power,” says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. [...] The post...
View ArticleEstonian PM: Russian-speakers are better protected in Baltics than in Russia
Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas has a pretty clear idea about whether Russia could use force in the Baltic states to "defend" Russian compatriots - absolutely not. He is also clear about the...
View ArticleEstonian president compares situation in Russia to The Godfather
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has compared compared the situation in Russia to "The Godfather" film and called Russian regime authoritarian capitalism, Postimees Online reports. [...] The...
View ArticleOpinion: The Russians are coming to occupy the Baltic states
I purposefully chose a title for my piece to evoke the notorious phrase from 1949 by the then US Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal: "The Russians are coming. The Russians are coming. They’re right...
View ArticleLithuanian president to join end of WWII commemoration in Poland
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is travelling to Poland on Thursday to attend, alongside other European leaders, commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two....
View ArticleOpinion: Putin’s War on Terror
Should the West embrace Russia as a partner in the struggle against terrorism, now that the heartland of European Enlightenment, France, has been hit by radical-islamist assaults again, and should it...
View ArticleForeign presidents pay tribute to Lithuania’s January 13 victims
Presidents of Georgia, Ukraine and Estonia have congratulated Lithuania on January 13, when the country celebrates the 25th anniversary since it defended its independence from Soviet forces. [...] The...
View ArticlePutin congratulates Estonia on its independence
Russian president Vladimir Putin congratulated Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Estonia's day of independence. [...] The post Putin congratulates Estonia on its independence appeared first on...
View ArticleIs Lithuania becoming ‘just another boring Nordic country’?
During his first term as the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves announced that Estonia should aim to become ‘just another boring Nordic country’. Easy said than done, Estonian national politics...
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