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NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Thursday against a backdrop of challenges for the transatlantic military alliance, rising tensions in Europe and a political crisis in Belarus.
Addressing the situation in Belarus, Jens Stoltenberg denied accusations that NATO troops were gathering at the country’s border with Poland and Lithuania.

“NATO has no military build-up in the region so any excuse to use that as an excuse to crack down on peaceful protesters is absolutely unjustified,” Stoltenberg said.

Submitted by Adomas Abromaitis…
COVID-19 continues to test economy of the Baltic States. According to Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka, it is too soon to tell whether the second half of the year would be hopeful.
The recent spike in coronavirus cases and growing uncertainty over the future might negatively affect business and consumer expectations, according to Šapoka.
Lithuania’s GDP contracted by 3.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020, compared to a year ago.

Via The Baltic Word…
Lithuania has confirmed 30 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 41 on Sunday. The country’s total count of COVID-19 cases to 2,635 and its total death toll to 83.
In a press conference on Thursday, Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga mentioned that additional safety requirements could be applied soon.

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Poland has entered a new era of political dawn. It has been progressively defending its interests in the international arena. Its voice has become louder and more significant. Poland has also received the most desired support among the European countries – the support from the U.S.

By Paul Antonopoulos | August 18, 2020

Lithuania’s public figures are calling for a human chain, reminiscent of the 1989 Baltic Way that stretched from Vilnius to Tallinn, to show support to Belarusians. In Hong Kong, people also formed a human chain to protest against China’s interference (2019).
Several tens of thousands of people for a human chain to be formed from the Cathedral in central Vilnius to the Belarusian border.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and ex-President Dalia Grybauskaitė also plan to take part in the event.

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By Paul Antonopoulos |  August 4, 2020

New scandalous information about the 2014 Maidan coup d’état in Ukraine has emerged that implicates Lithuania’s important role in instigating the violent events. David Zhvania, a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, revealed on his YouTube channel that the seizure of power in Ukraine was financed in “several ways.”

Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst… 

The Internal Security Agency (Poland) detained Lithuanian officer Antanas K., suspected of spying for Lithuania.
This is an unprecedented case of the detention of a Lithuanian official in Poland. According to the source, the officer collected classified information that was not within his purview.
He transmitted this information to Lithuania over the course of the year. On the basis of these data the Lithuanian authorities adjusted the state’s information policy to increase their chances of relocating US forces not to Poland, but to Lithuania.