From 2018, Lithuania will officially call Georgia “Sakartvelo,” writes Neue Zuercher Zeitung. “Starting 2018, Vilnius will officially call Georgia “Sakartvelo”. Tbilisi does not like the word “Georgia,” said Chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis. The name "Georgia" is of Russian origin.…
Egis Klimas came to the United States from Russia almost 30 years ago. At first he worked as a pizza box collector, then he caught crabs, then he became an international businessman, and today he is the best manager in boxing. He knows that President Donald Trump wants to build a wall ...
The Swiss company Henley & Partners, specializing in assistance in obtaining citizenship and visas, has released a rating of the attractiveness of citizenship (Quality of Nationality Index). When compiling the rating, the company's experts took into account all factors affecting the attractiveness of citizenship of each country. As internal (the scale of the economy, human development, ...
The United States is going to start exporting gas to Europe, and not sometime in many years, but already in February 2016. The first tankers, according to unofficial data, will be received by the port of Klaipeda. The emergence of "overseas" gas on the territory of the former USSR means that Gazprom will have a hard time: its influence on the region will decrease, and Russia will be more ...
Lithuania will ask Taiwanese representatives to provide an explanation for the Soviet anthem played during the gold medal ceremony for the Lithuanian men's basketball team at the World Deaf Basketball Championship in Taiwan. “We are obliged to react and we will react...
On Tuesday, senior Lithuanian officials called the decision of Russian prosecutors to investigate the legality of recognizing the independence of the Baltic countries as a provocation. “Our independence was won with the blood of the people of Lithuania. And no one can encroach on her. Only we ourselves decide our fate,” said President Dalia...
In Lithuania, in the city of Taurage, the police recorded a new alcohol record. The police arrived on call about a fight between two men. During the proceedings, it turned out that in the blood of one of them 8,32 ppm of alcohol. This is many times the lethal dose for ...
Information appeared on the army website that the supposed purpose of the “Strike of the Sword” exercises, which are taking place in the Baltic countries and Poland, is preparation for the annexation of the Kaliningrad region. Spokesperson for the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense Victoria Ceminitė confirmed that false information was posted on the website. IN…
The Saber Strike 2015 military exercise will start on Monday in the three Baltic countries and Poland and will involve about 6 troops from 13 NATO member countries and North Atlantic Alliance partner countries. In particular, it is reported that the exercises will last from June 1 to June 26.…
A Lithuanian intelligence officer was detained in Russia while receiving classified information, the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia reported. “On May 19, the Russian FSB detained a Lithuanian citizen, an illegal intelligence officer of the Lithuanian Republic, in Moscow. A foreign intelligence officer was caught red-handed while receiving a documentary document from a Russian citizen...