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Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the United States’ Congress delegation led by Senator Mark Kelly and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers in Vilnius on Wednesday, the ministry said.

National Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas on Thursday is leaving for the United States to take part in the Reagan National Defense Forum, the ministry has said.

Colorful and always with a smile on his face. This is how many people remember a former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves that ruled a small Baltic country for 10 years. After finishing his career in the President Office T. H. Ilves stays active in digitalization of governments and spread his ...

US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country's defense budget for the next year, adopted by the Congress. Among other things, it includes a call to change NATO's Baltic air policing mission's mandate into that of an air defense mission.

A US Congress delegation is visiting Lithuania on Thursday for talks with Lithuanian officials on the security situation.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis is on Thursday leaving for the United States to attend the Reagan National Defence Forum.

A new radio transmitter was formally launched in Lithuania on Tuesday for rebroadcasting the Russian and Belarusian-language services of the US Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, underlined the importance of maintaining sanctions against Russia as he met with four Republican members of the US Congress on Tuesday.

Four Republican members of the US Congress are visiting Lithuania.

Twelve member of the US Congress call for termination of the reconstruction project of the Vilnius Concert and Sports Palace.

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on improvement of parliamentary diplomacy, calling for revival of relations with the neighboring Poland.

Amid changes in the United States administration, a group of Lithuanian MPs said after returning from a visit to the US that Lithuania should raise funding for maintaining ties with the strategic partner and making of new contacts. They say the regional priority should be cooperation with the neighb...

Exactly 75 years ago the USA experienced a blow which would change the course of history. Making use of all its capacities the US learned from history and entered the war against a totalitarian regime by… making an alliance with another totalitarian regime. Later followed victory and… Yalta.

A recent visit to Lithuania by US Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, during which the Americans pledged to support the formation of a regional air defence architecture by deploying air defence elements in the region for training, underscores Washington‘s commitments to Baltic defence, DEL...

Russia's intensifying military activities have forced NATO to respond in kind, with the Alliance saying it will conduct more military exercises in Europe, and the United States promising to deploy far more equipment and forces in Europe. In 2017, Washington is setting aside $3.4 billion for Europe's...

Lithuania is planning to buy 220 javelin anti-tank missiles, along with 74 launch units, from the United States at a cost of over €50 million.

US President Barack Obama was fully on the offensive on Wednesday to let the world know that the deal with Iran was the best deal preventing that country from obtaining nuclear weapons.

The United States supports Lithuania's "enduring struggle with some of your neighbours", Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner said in Vilnius on Monday.

Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that Sunday's visit by John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal shows that Lithuania's efforts to ensure energy security are recognized and valued.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and John Boehner, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, discussed Lithuanian and regional security issues, the situation in Ukraine, and military and economic cooperation between Lithuania and the US during their meeting in Vilnius on Saturday.