Baltic States

  • Defence

Multinational exercise Iron Wolf 2017 to kick off in Lithuania

Iron Wolf 2017, this year's largest multinational military exercise in Lithuania, will be formally opened concurrently in the Lithuanian Armed…

8 years ago
  • Economy

EP member: Baltic states should be strong on Rail Baltica project

Amid the increasingly heated discussions in the Baltic states about the financing of the European-gauge Rail Baltica project from European…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Foreign Minister Linkevicius: NATO success depends on adapting to new challenges, collective defense

NATO should continue to be able to adapt to new challenges and focus on the key task of collective defense,…

8 years ago
  • Economy

German business gives top ratings for the Baltic States

The Baltic States are among the best locations in Central and Western Europe. According to the economic survey conducted in…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Polish airmen scrambled for 1st time from Lithuania over Russian warplane

Polish fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states were for the first time scrambled over a…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Karoblis about “Zapad”: there are no visible signs that it would be a prelude to a serious conflict

United States Secretary of Defence James Mattis has visited Lithuania for the first time. The visit of a high ranking…

8 years ago
  • Defence

US secretary of defense Mattis arrives in Lithuania

United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday evening on a visit, by which the US…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Baltic countries: Nord Stream 2 is a political project

The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries and Poland reiterated on Monday that the planned second Nord Stream gas…

8 years ago
  • Energy

Memorandum on Baltic synchronization should be signed in June

Lithuania and the other states of the Baltic Sea region should sign a memorandum of understanding in June on synchronization…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Rail Baltica – the key facts

The Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are signing an agreement on the development of the European railway Rail…

8 years ago
  • European Union
  • Foreign affairs

Central, Eastern European politicians urge Trump to stop concessions to Russia

Central and Eastern European politicians have urged United States President-Elect Donald Trump to stop making concessions to Russian President Vladimir…

8 years ago
  • Defence

President: US role remains trans-Atlantic security guarantee

At a meeting with United States senators visiting Vilnius on Thursday, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė emphasized the country's role to…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Energy
  • Opinion

Minister of Energy: paradox but occupation isn’t over in energy industry

The new Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas does not deny the possibility that in negotiations to disconnect from the so-called…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Vaišnys: Russian propaganda is a part of its politics and its source – its president

Lithuanian schools need media literacy as a subject states Vilnius University Communications faculty dean Professor Andrius Vaišnys. [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence

Russia’s Baltkran among Lithuanian Railway co’s partner in large-scale deals

The state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) that has lately drawn attention from the media and the law-enforcement over…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

Lithuanian view: What to expect from Russia in 2017?

2017 could be the year of Russia’s return – the signs of this were discussed in a Tuesday afternoon discussion…

8 years ago
  • European Union
  • Opinion

New nationalism and the Baltic States

Leading world’s news channels, newspapers and political commentators ring the alarm of the re-emergence of chauvinistic nationalist politics at the…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

Pavilionis. Pearl Harbor – the USA and Lithuania

Exactly 75 years ago the USA experienced a blow which would change the course of history. Making use of all…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Half-hearted reforms won’t raise competitiveness of the Baltic Region – Swedbank

Russia has exited recession and now all the Baltic Sea region (BSR) economies are expanding, but growth is expected to…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Russian propaganda most impactful on ethnic minorities

Europe has finally admitted what has been spoken about in Lithuania for a long time now – it is experiencing…

8 years ago