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US President Trump’s trials and tribulations – the Democrats have grounds for optimism

  • 2026-07-20
  • Kestutis Girnius

Donald Trump continues to set the political agenda in both the US and the world, but his dominance is being challenged more than ever before. He ‘wins’ more often than he loses, but he has been unable to implement some of his favored policies. These setbacks are no...

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Lithuanian defence expert Darius Antanaitis: Russia has become a local security problem

Darius Antanaitis, a well-known Lithuanian military analyst, defence expert, and retired major of the Lithuanian Armed Forces who served for around 16 years in the Lithuanian military, including missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, says Russia will remain a local problem in the short and medium term...

Is Liberalism dead? No!

In recent years, after elections across Europe, the United States, and Lithuania, one question has been asked with increasing frequency: is liberalism dead? The question itself says much about the political moment we are living through. Across much of the democratic world, rati...

Lithuanian defence expert Darius Antanaitis: Russia has become a local security problem

Darius Antanaitis, a well-known Lithuanian military analyst, defence expert, and retired major of...

Is Liberalism dead? No!

In recent years, after elections across Europe, the United States, and Lithuania, one question ha...

Lithuania‘s National Alliance eyes 2028 breakthrough as support holds at 4–5 percent

According to the latest 2026 polls, Lithuania’s National Alliance (NS), a nationalist and c...

Europe wants everything. The question Is what comes first

Europe does not suffer from a lack of ambition. If anything, it may be suffering from the opposit...

From Vilnius and LRT to the Oval Office: reporting on Donald Trump's America

As Lithuanian Public Broadcaster LRT's Washington correspondent, Augustinas Semelis has found...

Lithuania to allow non-teachers, native speakers to teach EU languages

VILNIUS - Lithuanian schools facing teacher shortages will be allowed to hire specialists from ot...

As Europe closes doors, Lithuania is opening them… For now

A “Gateway to Europe” in the Baltics - and why Lithuania’s selective approach t...

Lithuanian president, foreign minister head to Ankara for NATO summit

VILNIUS - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys will travel t...

Division is their weapon: why the Baltics and the Indo-Pacific share one war

On 10 September 2025, at least 19 russian drones of an Iranian design crossed deep into Poland. I...

Lithuania’s KRS Director Paulius Grigas: 'Construction is not about bricks or AI – it is still all about people'

Having experienced the largest growth surge in the company's history and doubled its revenues...

Can Lithuania's new right-wing forces reshape the political landscape?

Lithuania's right-wing parties, including the emerging political movement led by former presi...

Not tanks, but apathy: the real threat to Lithuania's democracy – Tomas Janeliunas

Tomas Janeliunas, a prominent Lithuanian political analyst and Professor at the Institute of Inte...

Lithuanian culture minister condemns Russian attack on Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

VILNIUS - Lithuanian Culture Minister Vaida Aleknaviciene condemned a Russian attack that damaged...

Holding the line: why Lithuania’s case shows that media capture can be stopped early

In December, tens of thousands of people gathered in Vilnius under the banner “Hands Off Fr...

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