Geopolitics

Lithuania’s goal of normalising ties with China shows little progress

Lithuania’s new government has set a goal of normalising diplomatic relations with China to the level maintained by other EU member states, but early signs suggest the effort will not [..]

Toomas Hendrik Ilves: We cannot outsource our future

We cannot outsource our future. If we remain passive, others will absorb the talent and reap the rewards. But if we act, we will not only strengthen our university — [..]

US-German relations in the Trump and Merz era

By Łukasz Jasiński (Analyst on Germany in the Europe Programme and managing editor of „Polish Diplomatic Review”) & Mateusz Piotrowski (Head of the Americas Programme at the Polish Institute of [..]

Russia enters Phase 0 of aggression against Europe – analyst

By Simas Prašmantas, LRT.lt. Contraband balloons disrupting the work of Lithuanian airports, the increasing number of drone incursions, and intelligence activities in NATO airspace are part of a deliberate and [..]

EU’s new visa rules for Russians: restrictions and exceptions

By Evaldas Labanauskas, LRT.lt. The European Commission announced Friday that it is tightening the rules for issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens, eliminating the option for multiple-entry visas in response [..]

US to cut military aid to countries bordering Russia – media

The United States plans to end military assistance to European countries near Russia, according to multiple media reports. The Washington Post on Thursday cited six people familiar with the matter [..]

Lithuanian president calls for increased defence spending in NATO member states

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday that NATO must step up its future defence funding commitments. As the United States has pressed allies to allocate 5% of GDP to [..]

NATO Secretary General call with President Trump

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke with Donald Trump, President of the United States. He thanked the President for his commitment to a strong NATO Alliance and a lasting peace [..]

Free world needs a new leader, Kaja Kallas says after Trump-Zelenskyy exchange

The free world needs a new leader, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said Friday night following a fiery to-camera exchange in [..]

Joint statement on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Joint statement by the President of the European Parliament, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. Three years ago Russia started its full-scale and [..]

NATO Allies discuss energy security with the Executive Director of the IEA and the European Commissioner for Energy

On Wednesday (19 February 2025), Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol and the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Joergensen, to the [..]

General Hodges pushes for completion of Rail Baltica to strengthen military mobility in the Baltic

Article authored by Viesturs Deksnis. The Baltic Sea region has been facing a series of growing challenges that highlight its geopolitical significance and the urgent need for enhanced security measures. [..]

NATO Secretary General calls for a strong NATO-EU partnership at EU leaders’ informal retreat

On Monday (3 February 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in an informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels to discuss European defence. During the meeting the Secretary General [..]

Germany’s spy chief: Putin is banking on the failure of NATO

The head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND on Wednesday warned of increasing hybrid attacks by Russia on Germany and the NATO defence alliance, with the underlying goal of testing [..]

Kristjan Svirgsden: Is the war in Ukraine really only 1,000 days old?

Kristjan Svirgsden, ERR front-line camera operator. The passage of time since the start of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine has demonstrated both high and low points, for more than 1,000 [..]

Officials: Estonia-US relationship not driven by ideological preferences

Ahead of U.S. election, officials said Estonia has close cooperation with both the Democrat and Republican administrations so it does not matter who wins. Speaking to ETV’s “Impulss” for a [..]

Putin dreams of restoring Russian Empire with Ukraine as part of it

Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said on Thursday at the Rīga Conference security and foreign policy forum that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is dreaming of the restoration of the Russian Empire [..]

Russia testing NATO’s readiness to guard their borders – Podalyak

Commenting on the crash of a Russian drone on Latvian territory, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, said on Tuesday that Russia was conducting a [..]

The EU and its allies must do more to curtail Russian influence in Europe

By journalist Inga Karlinska. EU-Russia tensions have been elevated since the latter’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and have gone downhill since Russia’s outright invasion of and war [..]

More than 660,000 people have fled Russia since start of war

The number of Russian citizens who have left their country since the start of the full-scale war and who have not returned home is estimated at 666,000, a study by [..]

Expert predicts no major shift in war after US allows Ukraine to use its weapons to strike military targets anywhere in Russia

The US decision to allow the Ukrainian army to use US-supplied weapons to attack any military facilities on Russian territory is unlikely to turn the tide of the war in [..]

Lithuania blocks Kaliningrad-bound train wagon with letter Z from entering

A train wagon with the letter Z painted on it had to be uncoupled from a Kaliningrad-bound train at the Kena railway border checkpoint in Lithuania, State Border Guard Service [..]

Latvia has no plans to stimulate the return of draft-age men to Ukraine – Silina

Latvia has not received any requests from Ukraine and our country currently has no concrete plans to stimulate the return of men of conscription age to Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika [..]

Swedish government formally tasks armed forces with preparing for presence in Latvia

The Swedish government has given the armed forces a formal task of planning and preparing for the Swedish contribution of a reduced mechanized battalion to NATO’s forward land forces in [..]

Latvian officials condemn Iran’s attack on Israel

President Edgars Rinkevics and Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity), who is also acting as Foreign Minister, condemn the attack on Israel by Iran on Sunday night. Rinkevics stressed that [..]

Seven out of 10 people in Lithuania see Russia as threat to national security

Seven out of ten people in Lithuania believe that Russia poses a threat to national security, and almost a quarter disagree with this view, according to an opinion poll commissioned [..]

ISS says actions of Russian intelligence services have become more intense

Intelligence activities by the intelligence and security services of the Russian Federation, which have become increasingly aggressive of late, continue to be the main intelligence threat to Estonia, Estonia’s Internal [..]

Russia will continue to maintain confrontational relations with the West – SAB

In the short and medium term, Vladimir Putin’s regime will continue to maintain a confrontational relationship with the West, including, if necessary, by threatening to escalate the conflict, including by [..]

Germany is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory – Scholz

Germany stands shoulder to shoulder with the Baltic states and is ready to defend every inch of NATO territory, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said today after a meeting with Latvian [..]

Estonian formin in Washington: Aggressor must lose its economic capacity to wage war

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna met with Deputy National Security Adviser of the White House Daleep Singh in Washington on Tuesday to discuss raising the cost of the war for [..]

Secretary General in Armenia: stability in the South Caucasus matters to NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg concluded his tour of the South Caucasus on Tuesday (19 March 2024) in Yerevan, Armenia where he met with President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister [..]

Russia preparing for long-term confrontation with NATO, including Baltics – intelligence

Russia is not only allocating massive resources for the war in Ukraine but is also preparing for a long-term confrontation with NATO, according to Lithuanian intelligence. “Russia is allocating enormous [..]

No legal limit to Suwalki Corridor’s defense – Lithuanian advisor

A defense plan for the Suwaiki Corridor was drawn up back in 2022, and Polish troops would also defend the territory in Lithuania, so there is no legal restriction on [..]

Lithuania ready to step up its strategic partnership with Poland – president

Lithuania ready to step up its strategic partnership with Poland, President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday after meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Vilnius. “We are close allies [..]

European Parliament approves key budgetary support for Ukraine, EU

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved long-term funding for Ukraine, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP), and associated major changes to the multi-year EU budget. Parliament on Tuesday approved [..]

Lithuanian formin urges international community to wake up on Ukraine

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called on the international community to make the right historical decisions and to wake up, as he addressed the UN Security Council last Friday, on [..]

Putin kept Navalny alive as bait for his supporters – Vike-Freiberga

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin kept opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in captivity last week, alive as bait to identify his supporters, according to former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga. In [..]

Karis: Estonia, Finland assess security situation similarly

Estonian President Alar Karis said at a meeting with outgoing Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Helsinki on Wednesday that Estonia and Finland assess the security situation similarly, which is why [..]

Estonian intelligence: Likelihood of direct military attack against Estonia low this year

The likelihood of a direct military attack against Estonia remains low in the coming year, Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service Kaupo Rosin said in the intelligence service’s [..]

Leaked report: How US Companies Get Away with Fueling Russia’s Military

As the second “black anniversary” since the beginning of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is approaching, and the Kremlin has announced of its plans to increase airstrikes on Ukraine in [..]

China resorts to ‘diplomatic coercion’ against Lithuania – foreign minister

Beijing has resorted to “diplomatic coercion” against Vilnius after easing its economic pressure on Lithuania, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Saturday. Landsbergis said he would raise the issue during [..]

Belarusian border guards’ entry into Lithuanian territory was deliberate provocation –SBGS

The entry of three armed Belarusian officers into Lithuanian territory was a deliberate act, Rustamas Liubajevas, commander of Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service, says. The SBGS reported earlier in the [..]

Estonia sees first year without Russian airspace violations since 2014

Estonia’s airspace was not breached by Russia in 2023 – the first time in almost a decade. However, experts do not believe it suggests a reduction in Russia’s capabilities due [..]

NATO preparing for possible Russian attack – Bild

NATO is preparing for a possible attack on its eastern flank by the aggressor country Russia, according to a secret document of the German Bundeswehr, which was obtained by German [..]

Ukrainian President Zelensky visits Baltic states

Ukrainian President Zelensky arrives in Lithuania Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. His plane landed at Vilnius Airport at around 10.30 a.m. and he was met by [..]

Lithuania’s Viciunai Group keeps mum after Ukraine labels it ‘international war sponsor’

Viciunu Grupe (Viciunai Group), a business group producing and selling seafood and other food products, owned by Visvaldas Matijosaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, and his business partner [..]

Russian citizens’ interest in Estonian citizenship has increased since the start of war

There are 37 times more people with prior Russian citizenship who have received Estonian citizenship in the first 11 months of this year than there are new Estonian citizens who [..]

Russia interested in opening Kaliningrad crossing, no proposals yet – Lithuanian MFA

Russia is interested in the possibility of opening the Dubki-Rambynas border crossing point but has not yet made any proposals to Lithuania, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has told BNS. “The Ministry [..]

Lithuania’s State Defense Council approves State Defense Plan

Lithuania’s State Defense Council (SDC) on Monday approved the State Defense Plan, Kestutis Budrys, President Gitanas Nauseda’s chief national security advisor, said. “The main and the big issue of today’s [..]

Footage of Hamas’ attack does not suggest of fight for Palestine – Israeli ambassador

Video footage of Hamas terrorists’ attack does not suggest that this was a fight for Palestine, Israeli Ambassador to Latvia Sharon Rappaport-Palgi told the media on Monday. The Israeli Embassy [..]

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