Compiled by Munich-based analyst Irma Petraitytė-Lukšienė, our weekly bulletin shows how the main German-language outlets are covering Baltic security issues: what they stress, what they get right — and what they get wrong. It is made possible by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Vilnius.

The bulletin includes an English-language summary and a more comprehensive assessment in German.

Take a look, and let us know what you think — we can be reached at contact@securebaltics.org

This week we have two bouquets. The first is to Daniel Sagradov of Die Zeit for his interview with Lithuanian foreign-policy guru Margarita Šešelgytė (briefly: we need deeds not words to deter Putin).

The other is to Carolina Drüten of Die Welt. She was taking brickbats earlier this year for her paper’s much-criticised “Ernstfall” podcast, in which German leaders hesitated while (voiceless) Lithuania was reduced to a bystander. But hats off for her well-researched piece on air defence in the Baltics, datelined from the Nato air base at Šiauliai.

The October 9 English-language summary is here, and the German version here.

For two weeks running, our bouquet for good reporting went to Thomas Gutschker and Friedrich Schmidt of the FAZ, this time for their piece on Kaliningrad (link in German).

The October 2 English-language summary is here, and the German version here.

The September 25 edition features a bouquet to Thomas Gutschker, Friedrich Schmidt and Stefan Locke of the FAZ for their piece on Baltic security (link in German).

The English-language summary is here, and the German version here.

The September 18 edition featured a bouquet to Kirsten Kielon of MDR for her excellent reporting (link in German). The English-language summary is here, and the full German version here.

The September 11 edition features bouquets to FAZ and brickbats to taz. The English-language summary is here, and the German version here.

The September 4 English bulletin is here, and the German version here. Strongest coverage: taz and FOCUS online

The August 28 English bulletin is here and the German version here. Strongest coverage: t-online and Frankfurter Rundschau,