Lithuanians do not see one solution to migration flow from Belarus, while building a fence was seen as the most effective solution according to a recent opinion poll, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT and Gytis Pankūnas report. Over 4 000 migrants, mostly from Iraq, have entered Lithuania in 2021 moving intoContinue Reading
The SSD said in a press release on Monday that this assessment had been provided to the administration of Vilnius City Municipality in response to its request to assess potential threats to national or public security that might arise during potential future protests. “Such events in Lithuania have recently beenContinue Reading
In Lithuania, the emergency camps set up by authorities to hundreds of people, who have illegally crossed into the country from Belarus, have scarce and inhumane living conditions a volunteer has warned. The Interior Minister has spoken of current focus to improve living conditions vulnerable groups, while others have toContinue Reading
A total of three pre-trial investigations were launched after riots outside the Lithuanian parliament earlier this month, Police Commissioner General Renatas Pozela says. “Speaking of what happened on August 10, I would like to specify that in fact a total of three, not one, pre-trial investigations have been launched,” heContinue Reading
Ukraine needs 20 years of work to become a full-fledged member of the European Union, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid said in an interview to the Ukrainian online portal Yevropeiska Pravda (European Pravda). According to Kaljulaid, neither Ukraine, Georgia nor Moldova meet the requirements for EU membership yet. “There are aContinue Reading
Russian-speaking people in Estonia and Latvia live in the Russian world, writer and social anthropologist Erika Fatland writes in Norway’s largest daily Aftenposten. In an article entitled “Trapped in the Kremlin’s long shadows” (“Fanget i Kremls lange skygger”), Fatland says that thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union,Continue Reading
Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on Lithuania to respect its international human rights commitments in the current migration crisis, and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said in response that irregular migrants attempting to crossing into the country can hardly be considered refugees. “ItContinue Reading
In a global world like ours, no country is too far. Even Afghanistan, flung seemingly very far. The contingency in Afghanistan, now in the hands of the Taliban, might trigger grave migration problems for the European Union and the Baltics, too, believes Tomas Janeliūnas, professor at Vilnius University’s Institute ofContinue Reading
At the end of the protest «against compulsory vaccination» outside the government building in Riga, some protesters exhibited provocative behaviour. One police officer was attacked. Police have commenced a criminal procedure. At first protesters started gathering at the Freedom Monument at around 19:00 p.m. Around 20:00 p.m. protesters made theirContinue Reading
During a meeting in Berlin on Tuesday, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the hybrid attack by Belarus on the European Union and the situation in Afghanistan. Regarding the events in Afghanistan, the Estonian prime minister stressed that the most important diplomatic goal is toContinue Reading