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Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Dovilė Šakalienė, who participated in the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference, urged the West to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys on Monday is attending the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. On the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, representatives of the Nordic and Baltic countries addressed journalists together, underlining their united po...

After the completion of synchronisation of the Baltic States’ power grids with continental Europe two weeks ago, Lithuania on Monday commenced dismantling power lines leading to Russia’s Kaliningrad district.

US President Donald Trump’s recent harsh statements about the Ukrainian leader sound like Russia’s disinformation narrative, says President Gitanas Nausėda’s chief foreign adviser.

The European Union’s (EU) fresh set of sanctions against Russia, which is to take effect on 24 February, the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, shows that Europe’s position on the Kremlin’s aggression remains unchanged, says Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys.

Russia is now a threat to all of Europe, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who represented the interests of the eight Baltic and Nordic countries at the meeting, warned on Monday after an informal meeting of European leaders in Paris.

Russia develops sabotage capabilities for possible confrontation with NATO, said the Latvian Constitution Protection Bureau (SAB) in the unclassified section of its report for 2024.

The letter Z, a symbol of Russia’s war in Ukraine, was drawn on the sign of the United States Embassy in Lithuania on Thursday night.

Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda says it is of paramount importance that Europe and Ukraine have a role in peace talks after the US and Russian leaders seemed to have agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. The Western allies must not start making concessions to the aggressor, h...

There is no proof that Russian or Chinese vessels deliberately damaged subsea communication and power cables in the Baltic Sea in recent months, says Director of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis.

A long year preparation for disconnecting from the Moscow-controlled electricity ring has reached the point where the Baltic States become energy independent from Russia, says the head of the Litgrid, Lithuania’s national transmission system operator.

A part of the Latvian population continues to support Russia and its aggression against Ukraine, either covertly or openly, but even the largest pro-Kremlin activists are unable to organize significant activities in support of Russia, the State Security Service (VDD) has concluded in its activity re...

An employee of Lithuanian firm Optogama has secretly been selling lasers made in Vilnius to the Russian defence industry, the CEO told LRT radio on Monday.

Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys has criticised European Union officials saying that resuming the purchase of Russian gas could help end the war in Ukraine.

Two people were killed on Sunday evening after an Estonian passenger coach belonging to Lux Express and a snowplow collided in Russia, the ERR public broadcaster reports.

President’s chief adviser Frederikas Jansonas has likened MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis, leader of the Nemunas Dawn party, to a Russian propagandist as he claimed at a recent meeting with supporters that President Gitanas Nausėda was preparing to "nationalise" people’s deposits to fund defence.

Director of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis warns that Lithuania must prepare for a long-lasting confrontation and a potential conflict if Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine ends in peace talks and the Kremlin has time to restore its military capability.

On Wednesday in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys met with his Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis. The head of Lithuania’s diplomacy called on the European Union to impose tougher sanctions on Russia.

Responding to Moldova’s request for international assistance, the Lithuanian Government on Wednesday approved the provision of assistance to the country, which is facing major challenges in the energy sector, with Russia using energy blackmail to destabilise the country, the Government announced.

Let us admit – Donald Trump is unrivalled as political survivor and trickster. There is only one world leader about whom Baltic opinions have any relevance – Vladimir Putin. Our anticipation about our tyrant neighbor was proved most adequate. When it comes to Donald Trump, Baltic distant and calm ob...