Agila Barzdiene will take over from Budryte as the chancellor, and Raminta Stanaityte-Cesniuliene, spokeswoman for former Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka, will replace Ridas Jasiulionis as head of the president’s communication group. Jasiulionis will coordinate the presidential office’s cooperation with public organizations. Budryte, who headed Nauseda’s presidential election campaign headquarters, isContinue Reading

The Baltic states cannot imagine their security without the United States’ involvement, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says. “All Baltic states are very clear that the United States’ involvement in our collective defense system is a critical factor and we can hardly imagine our 100 percent security without the United States’Continue Reading

Lithuania would back softening of self-isolation requirements for incoming people by increasing the rate threshold that makes self-isolation mandatory, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says, adding that a common position of the EU or at least the Baltic states is needed for that. “Speaking of countries that are subjected toContinue Reading

Adas Jakubauskas, 55, the new director of the Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania, vows to improve the center’s international and internal communication and spread awareness on Lithuania’s historic memory issues abroad. At a press conference, he informed about his decision to initiate drafting of the center’s new strategy,Continue Reading

Currently, one NATO battalion is stationed in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and a very limited contingent of the American military is present in rotation, which, after conducting exercises with local armies, leaves the country. The Baltic politicians believe that this is not enough. After all, the deployment of a largeContinue Reading