We must show that there’s no free access to the territory of the European Union, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson says, having arrived in Vilnius to assess the ongoing migration crisis. “This is a provocation of the Lukashenko regime. (…) And we have to make it clear thatContinue Reading
Former commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, MEP Riho Terras (Isamaa) urges the PM and foreign minister to raise the alarm over what he describes as a hybrid campaign against Lithuania. Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko (no longer recognized as president by the West) is becoming bolder by the day. HeContinue Reading
Last July, nearly 50 unaccompanied children were relocated from Greece to Finland as part of a programme coordinated by the European Commission. Fifteen of them were placed in the Kotka Hybrid Unit for Minors on Finland’s southeast coast. The hybrid unit, established in Kotka a couple of years ago, isContinue Reading
The Council of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has on Friday eliminated MP Tomas Tomilinas as a member of the party amid his conflict with the party’s leader Ramunas Karbauskis. 52 members of the Council voted in favor of his elimination, six were against and three abstained, theContinue Reading
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid discussed the hybrid crisis launched by Belarus on the Lithuanian border with Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani and Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet. “The influx of people that has been directed over the Lithuanian border in a coordinated manner over the past weeks is noContinue Reading
The National Coalition Party has expressed “regret” over terminology used in a nine-point immigration policy proposal. Outgoing Finns Party leader Jussi Halla-aho has criticised the National Coalition Party’s (NCP’s) proposal for changes to Finland’s immigration policy as a “populist ploy”. The NCP had expressed “regret” over terminology used in theContinue Reading
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian defense ministers have agreed to coordinate their response to the migrant crisis, calling it Belarus’s “hybrid attack” against the Baltic countries, the EU and NATO. The three Baltic ministers held a video conference on Wednesday to discuss the worsening security situation in the region amidContinue Reading
On Tuesday, he visited the General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area in Pabrade where the German 10th Armored Division and Lithuania’s mechanized infantry brigade Iron Wolf are taking part in Exercise Schneller Degen, the first time Germany is holding a command-post exercise of such kind on a territory of an ally.Continue Reading
Diplomat Jüri Luik, who has also held several prominent political positions in the last 30 years, is being considered for president. Our conversation did not linger on the topic long, however, as Luik said that to the best of his knowledge, corresponding political consultations are ongoing and not public. HeContinue Reading
Kinesiske hackere sto bak datainnbruddet mot Stortinget. Det fastslår utenriksminister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H). Både USA og Nato går ut med samme anklage. Utenriksministeren har kalt inn Kinas ambassadør på teppet etter datainnbruddet i Stortingets e-postsystemer tidligere i år. Stortinget varslet 10. mars om datainnbrudd i sine e-postsystemer. Innbruddet bleContinue Reading