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European and US politicians and diplomats, in Vilnius for an international conference, on Wednesday underlined the need for strengthening transatlantic ties in the face of security and economic challenges from Russia and China.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has called on the West to respond to historic lessons and maintain political unity in fighting rising threats posed by Russia.

Transatlantic ties are irreplaceable, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says amid the recent tension between the European Union and the United States.

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.

Lithuanian MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has turned to the country's Foreign Ministry and suggested putting Russian singer Timur Yunusov (Timati) on the list of people declared persona non grata.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday called for remembering the lessons of Moscow's aggression as Georgia marks the 10th anniversary of its war with Russia.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday welcomed the European Union's decision to impose sanctions on six companies which were involved in the construction of a bridge connecting mainland Russia with Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia.

Dainius Žalimas, president of Lithuania's Constitutional Court, has called Russia's decision to launch an investigation against Lithuanian judges and prosecutors working on the January 13 case "a parody of justice".

Lithuania's government has allocated 48,200 euros from its reserve to receive schoolchildren war-affected regions in eastern Ukraine.

United States President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. BNS Lithuania has asked three analysts whether this meeting poses any threat to Lithuania.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she "partly" supports US President Donald Trump's demands for allies in Europe to increase defense spending.

The Lithuanian parliament urged on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov and other political prisoners held in Russian jails.

A plaque naming a square outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius after democrat and the Kremlin's critic Boris Nemtsov, murdered several years ago, was unveiled on Saturday in Vilnius' area of Žvėrynas.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is visiting Warsaw on Friday to meet with the leaders of another eight Central and Eastern European countries to discuss preparations for NATO's July summit.

Russian oligarch-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky says that a fall of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime is possible at any time.