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The Baltic states, also known as the Baltic countries, Baltic republics, Baltic nations or simply the Baltics (Estonian: Balti riigid, Baltimaad, Latvian: Baltijas valstis, Lithuanian: Baltijos valstybės), is a geopolitical term used for grouping the three sovereign states in Northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Russia would defend the rights of its nationals and Russian speakers everywhere, including abroad. Such are the menacing notions emanating from the Kremlin for some time now. Meanwhile what would the ethnic Russians of Lithuania do if Russian tanks and “green men” rolled into Lithuania?
It was a summit of modest expectations and modest results for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Warsaw on July 8–9.
With tensions between Moscow and NATO at its worst since the end of the Cold War, it is now more important than ever that each side understand one another and maintain channels of serious communication, argues Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Reactions in Moscow to NATO's decision to deploy four international NATO battalions in the Baltic states and Poland have ranged from condemnation to calls for the invasion of the Baltic states. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Brass bricks known as "stumbling stones" will be embedded in the sidewalks of four Lithuanian cities to commemorate victims of the Holocaust. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania produces more meat per capita than any of the other Baltic States according to new data from Statistics Lithuania. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
A survey by the Levada Center, an analytical centre based in Moscow, has shown that 34% of Russians still believe that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the Soviet Union willingly in 1940. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has strongly rejected comments from Germany’s foreign minister that accused the alliance of “warmongering”. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
A representative of the Polish power transmission operator PSE has dismissed criticism about limiting of the Lithuania-Poland electricity link and the statements about Poland impeding the synchronization of the Baltic power networks with Western Europe. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subs...
NATO defence ministers have agreed on stationing four international battalions in the Baltic States and Poland in a show of support for uneasy members. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 16 embassies have made a joint statement, expressing support for Baltic Pride.
A recent study commissioned by Finland has outlined the pros and cons of the country joining NATO.
Speaking in Russian-occupied Crimea, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko on Friday gave the clearest sign yet that the Kremlin plans to expand its efforts to mobilize Russians and Russian speakers in the former Soviet republics and Baltic states, people she says are loyal to their new co...
Lithuania was ranked the 41st most prosperous country in the world, lagging behind Poland and the other Baltic States.
The Czech Republic plans to send a company-sized military unit to the Baltic States in 2017.
The retail sector in the Baltic States is highly concentrated with a small number of chains controlling large market shares, particularly in Lithuania and Latvia, according to a new survey.
Latvia’s new State Defense Strategy, approved by its Cabinet of Ministers on May 24 is an ambitious declaration for a stronger defense buildup. At the same time, it represents a kind of “wish list” just ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s approaching July summit in Warsaw, during which...
