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  • Foreign affairs

Stalin’s popularity rising in Russia, says poll

Over the last year, support for Joseph Stalin's policies and appreciation for his role has increased substantially in Russia, according…

9 years ago
  • Economy

How the Baltics are coping with dwindling Russian tourist numbers

2015 posed a great challenge to the Baltic tourism sector: geopolitical tensions and the Russian economy's downturn have prevented many…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Russia wouldn’t open ‘third front’ in Baltics, says Russian journalist

Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of Echo Moskvy, spoke to Delfi about the threat of escalation in the tensions between Russia…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian GDP growth may outpace Estonia’s in 2016

Lithuanian economic growth this year has been the slowest among the Baltic countries, but analysts at Danske Bank predict that…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Drinking and driving, the case for zero tolerance

An increased number of deadly accidents and too high a number of positive alcohol tests during roadside checkpoints in several…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Why Russia needs Lithuania

Lithuania is a small country in comparison to Russia. So why does the Kremlin pay Lithuania a disproportionate amount of…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Berzins does not agree with Grybauskaitė’s statement that Russia is a “terrorist state”

Latvian President Andris Berzins does not agree with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's repeated statement that Russia is a terrorist state.…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Russia calls off tightened border checks of Lithuanian trucks

Russia has called off tightened border checks of Lithuanian trucks, which were introduced about four months ago, president of the…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Seimas supports territorial integrity of Georgia

The Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a statement on the annexation by Russia of Georgia's regions of Abkhazia…

10 years ago

Nordic and Baltic officials call for fight against propaganda

On 23-24 March in Copenhagen, political directors of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) discussed regional issues, challenges to Ukraine's security and…

10 years ago
  • Defence

NATO jets scrambled in Lithuania to accompany Russian planes

NATO air policing mission fighter jets, stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai, were on March 24 morning scrambled…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Riflemen’s Union gets modern rifles

The Lithuanian Weaponry Fund on March 23 handed over weapons and bulletproof vests to the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union. [...]

10 years ago
  • European Union

Landsbergis’ report calls for open condemnation of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine

Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis has drawn up a draft report on EU-Russian relations, openly condemning Russia's aggression in Ukraine, calling…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

MFA statement on the murder of Nemtsov

Lithuanian MFA condemns the murder of famous Russian politician and one of the opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov. This brutal crime,…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Nemtsov’s murder shows Russia’s sliding to “darkness of terror” – Lithuanian president

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called the murder of one of the key Russian opposition figures, Boris Nemtsov, Russia's sliding…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuania’s16 February Celebration in Washington USA

Lithuanians of the US Capital region celebrated on Sunday, 15 February, the 97th anniversary of Lithuania as the modern day…

10 years ago
  • Economy

EP to address problems of Lithuanian carriers

Taking into consideration requests by Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Conference of…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

2014 one of the worst years in Latvian-Russian relations – Russian ambassador

2014 has been one of the most difficult and least successful years in the Latvian-Russian relations for the past twenty…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuania sending additional defence official to Ukraine

Lithuania's government on 23 December okayed the establishment of a deputy defence attaché at the Embassy to Ukraine as of…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

V4 divergences: symptom of a deeper crisis in Europe?

The spread of the Ukrainian crisis has aroused strong reactions of the USA and the European Union against Russian interference…

10 years ago