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The United States had notified Lithuania in advance of the publication of the Senate report about prisoner torturing performed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in secret detention centres, including one possibly in Lithuania.

The United States of America intend to earmark 13 million US dollars (EUR 10.6m) to infrastructure development of the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai next year.

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America Žygimantas Pavilionis thinks that the US administration under President Barack Obama has been naive in wishing to "reset" relations with Russia, but this is the trap that every new president falls into. He hopes, however, that Obama's successor -...

Professor Kęstutis Girnius has once again decided on DELFI to calm everyone down by saying there is no real danger of Russian aggression against Lithuania. I once again risk becoming what Mr. Girnius calls a “professional Cassandra” by constantly scaring people with the Russian threat.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, an analyst of the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The think tank has presented a study on the future of the European Union Eastern Partnership programme. We asked Kojala if there the USA reconsidering Americas' engagement in the...

On Tuesday, 25 November, at a conference The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: a Strategic Opportunity, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Chancellor of the Government Alminas Mačiulis stressed that it was very important to speed up implementation of decisions to conclude negotiations on the ...

Troops of the United States will remain in the Baltic states and Poland for at least another year to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated in Vilnius on Sunday.

United States troops will stay in Lithuania as long as it takes to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated on 23 November.

For almost a year now Russian propaganda in the US was lingering in the fringes of society. Now the Kremlin’s RT hits the main streets of Washington, DC, and New York City with an ad campaign of a different kind. It seems that Russian propaganda, the often-ignored part of the war conflict, has hit r...

Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kačinskas called on the United States of America and Nordic countries to contribute to the implementation of decisions taken at the NATO Wales Summit on measures to strengthen collective defence, as well as to remain active ...

Vilnius will connect to USA through Reykjavik for the first time in June when Wow Air launches its new Vilnius route on 13 June 2015.

A group of American-Lithuanian entrepreneurs have opened two offices in Vilnius and Kaunas, saying the decision to base their company in Lithuania helps sign up new clients from the United States.

The United States should find a possibility to secure the supply of natural gas to Lithuania and other small countries, US Senator James Inhofe has said in a letter to President Barack Obama.

Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis had a short, yet very prolific life (he was just 35 when he died in 1911). He considered himself a synesthete, in that he perceived colours and music simultaneously. Čiurlionis composed about 400 pieces of music, mostly for the piano,...

Lithuania will establish a consulate in Los Angeles. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian parliament gave its go-ahead on Friday.

One year ago, on 8 October 2013, US energy giant Chevron, which had won the competition for exploring and digging into Lithuania’s shale gas deposits, announced it was leaving the country. To this Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius responded: if you want to leave, then leave. The market is big, oth...

Lithuania trusts NATO but the country's residents are alarmed by the situation in Ukraine and they need additional guarantees, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told CNN.

The Ministry of National Defence is procuring additional Javelin advanced medium range anti-tank guided missile systems for the value of USD 20 million to strengthen national defence capabilities and increase the Lithuanian Armed Forces' stock of medium-range anti-tank weaponry.

On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama participated in a video conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy.  They discussed the international response to the ...

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Monday opened an honorary consulate of Lithuania in the historic Capitol building in Madison, the capital of the State of Wisconsin.