Russia

Pieces of a substance similar to paraffin wax that were found washed up on Lithuania's beaches last week apparently came from Russia's Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, the Environmental Protection Department said on Monday.

Lithuania's state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) and the port of Klaipeda are ready to supply oil to oil refiners in Belarus amid the latter's conflict with Russia regarding oil imports.

VILNIUS, Dec 23, BNS – Russia has been lately trying by all means to rewrite history, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says.

The Vilnius authorities rejected a proposal last week to hold a concert in the Lithuanian capital's Town Hall Square due to the Estonian organizers' ties with Russia, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius says.

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda on Sunday hailed Kyiv's "ambition" to seek peace in eastern Ukraine but also urged to maintain international pressure on Russia over ceasefire breaches ahead of a four-way summit in Paris.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda plans to seek allied support over the threat posed by Russia at the NATO summit in London but disagreements among the American, French and Turkish leaders might undermine solidarity.

There's a growing understanding among colleagues in the Baltic states about the problems related to the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs said after his meeting with Latvian and Estonians lawmakers and foreign ministers in Riga on F...

In the context of an emerging conflict between the so-called old Europe and the United States, Western European leaders are actively promoting the new geopolitical axis of Lisbon-Vladivostok which leaves behind the interests of Eastern European countries. An alternative to this project that should e...

Lithuania's justice minister, its prosecutor general and a judicial official are going to the European Parliament next week to ask for solidarity in protecting Lithuanian judges and prosecutors involved in the January 1991 crackdown case from Russia's persecution.

The Nordic and Baltic countries have possibilities to expand their cooperation in the area of security and defense but the initiative should come from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, a Swedish lawmaker heading the Nordic Council, says.

The spokeswoman for Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said she had no information on a possible exchange of spies with Lithuania and Norway.

Lithuania and Russia have agreed on an exchange of people convicted of espionage, well-informed sources have confirmed to BNS.

Two members of Lithuania's four-strong delegation have opted to boycott the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) session that is getting underway in Strasbourg on Monday.

Russia is attempting to further destabilize neighboring countries and has been continuing its "appalling" military action against Ukraine for five years now, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said before the United Nations in New York last night.

New integration agreements between Minsk and Moscow will bring Russia closer to the Lithuanian border "with all the consequences", which is "not a very positive thing", Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Tuesday.

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Wednesday started hearing the case of two former troops found guilty of spying for Russia.

Пять специалистов Росатома и двое российских военных могли погибнуть на полигоне ВМФ в Нёноксе не в результате неудачных испытаний новой российской крылатой ракеты с ядерным двигателем "Буревестник", а при попытке поднять со дна Двинского залива такую же ракету, упавшую туда ранее. К такому выводу п...

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, backs a parliamentary investigation into Russia's influence on the Lithuanian political system and individual politicians.

Lithuanian customs officers detained a shipment of explosive ammunition at Lavoriskes border checkpoint on the Belarusian border last Monday, Lithuania's Customs said.

Снимки были сделаны в 1999 году.