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Two European Union states poised to sever diplomatic relations with Russia

26 January 2023

Going one step further in its relations with Russia, the Estonian Foreign Ministry confirmed the expulsion of the Russian Ambassador to his country, to which the Russian Ministry responded by ordering the Estonian Ambassador to leave Russia, no later than 7 February. The severance of diplomatic (…)

London and Vilnius implicated in Crimean Bridge attack

12 October 2022

According to The Greyzone, last April, Chris Donelly drew up a plan to sabotage the Crimean Bridge and train Ukrainian soldiers to carry it out. He reportedly shared it, in particular, with Lithuanian Defense Minister Audrius Butkevičius.
Colonel Donelly served as special adviser to four NATO (…)

Lithuania hangs tough on Kaliningrad blockade

8 July 2022

In compliance with the unilateral European Union sanctions imposed against Russia, traffic between the Federation and its Kaliningrad exclave via both the Polish Suwalki corridor and Lithuanian rail lines was interrupted.
However, international treaties require Poland and Lithuania to (…)

Russian comment on the 80th anniversary of the incorporation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia into the Soviet Union

Moscow (Russia) | 22 July 2020

The ruling circles of the Baltic countries continue their attempts to promote a lopsided interpretation of the events related to the incorporation of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia into the Soviet Union 80 years ago.
The Russian position on this matter is well known. It is based on an objective (…)

“The Art of War”

The new iron curtain

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 20 September 2018

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have begun the construction of a new iron curtain which separates Northern Europe in two. The point is to remind people of the way in which the Soviet Union built an identical wall to prevent Central European refugees from fleeing to the West. And yet for the moment (…)

Lithuanian defense minister calls on Russia to trust NATO

9 February 2010

Lithuania’s defense minister said that a decision by NATO member France to sell Russia a top-of-the-range warship demonstrates that the alliance is no threat to Moscow.
France said on Monday it had agreed to sell Russia a Mistral-class warship, worth 400-500 million euros (around $600-$750 (…)

CIA black sites in Lithuania : ’The price of NATO membership was letting US trample national sovereignty’ (Video)

by Webster G. Tarpley

26 December 2009

Former Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas at 2003 NATO press conference.
Lithuania provided all the necessary conditions for operating a CIA secret prison for terror detainees, a parliamentary investigation has confirmed.
The Lithuanian parliament has admitted that this country accepted (…)

“We’ll Find A Way Out - Europeans Always Have”

by Vaira Vike-Freiberga

29 June 2005

The evolution of European construction follows its course as it always has, overcoming crisis. The cliché that crisis are an opportunity seems to be true for the EU. The European Constitution Treaty (ECT) was an extremely ambitious project as it had to be approved by all European nations, which (…)

"President Discusses Freedom and Democracy in Latvia"

by George W. Bush

11 May 2005

Thank you for your warm welcome. Laura and I are very pleased with this trip, our second one to Latvia. I also thank President Ruutel from Estonia, and President Adamkus from Lithuania, for having traveled here. The Baltic countries have witnessed one of the fastest transformations of history (…)