Lithuania: President warns against “quick agreement” on Ukraine war

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda expressed scepticism about attempts to end the war in Ukraine with a “quick agreement,” BNS reported. Speaking after a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Nauseda said that he did not believe that a quick ceasefire would lead to sustainable peace. Instead, it could amount to a “moral defeat” for…

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Lithuania: Foreign Minister “not taking sides” in Greenland dispute

Lithuania is “not taking either side” in the dispute over Greenland’s sovereignty, Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys stated, BNS reports. Earlier, US President Donald Trump threatened to take control of the island by force. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark. Budrys noted that Lithuania, Denmark, and the US were “all allies, bound by both long-standing…

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Lithuania: EP President collects 2023 Freedom Prize

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has collected the 2023 Freedom Prize awarded by the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, to the European Parliament, LRT reports. The European Parliament declined to accept a cash prize of EUR 11,000. Radvile Morkunaite-Mikuleniene, deputy speaker of the Seimas, suggested allocating the money to investigators of Russian war crimes and crimes…

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