A TV interview by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite last weekend has pointed to the Baltic country's ongoing worry about the threat of a tactical nuclear strike by Russia.
Asked by the TV3 station on Sunday (5 September) why she did not attend the launch of the Russia-US Stategic Arms Reduction Talks (Start) in Prague in April, Ms Grybauskaite said: "Seeing as this could contradict the interests of eastern European and Baltic countries, I didn't want to go and drink champagne to t...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.