US President Donald Trump will show the Baltic nations as a model for other European countries in defense spending as he will host the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the White House next Tuesday, diplomats said.
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Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeːsʲti]), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km).
The reaction of the Baltic states on re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russia's president has split – Estonia's president sent a congratulatory message to Moscow, while Lithuania's leader decided to refrain.
The prime ministers of Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia are meeting in Vilnius on Friday to discuss joint projects, security matters, the rule of law in Poland and additional support to Ukraine.
Конькобежка Саския Алусалу ближе всех их эстонских спортсменов была к медали на прошедщей Олимпиаде в Пхенчхане. В День независимости Эстонии она заняла 4-е место в масс-старте, что является лучшим результатом в истории для эстонских конькобежек.
Странам Балтии надо прийти к общему знаменателю в отношении проекта Rail Baltica, иначе могут возникнуть проблемы с финансированием, предупредила комиссар Евросоюза по вопросам транспорта Виолета Булц из Словении.
Lithuania's parliament has merely one ballot left until adoption of the so-called Magnitsky Act, which would ban entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with European Commission's (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn on Friday to discuss the European Union's (EU) support to the synchronization of electricity networks with Western Europe, the President's Office said on Thursday.
Lithuanian airspace must be respected, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Monday after two Russian military aircraft last week entered the country's territory over its territorial waters.
Russia is using energy projects, such as the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, to intimidate Europe, Lithuania's Ambassador to the United States, Rolandas Krisciunas, said at a conference of the executive council, ministers and diplomats of the Community o...
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the public must be informed about the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction close to Belarus' border with Lithuania and reiterates Vilnius' demand that the project meet the Espoo Convention standards and that risk tests be performed under the ...
Two-thirds of the Lithuanian population think that the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus threatens the country's safety, according to a RAIT opinion poll commissioned by BNS.
Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo has pledged to take into consideration Lithuania's objections before the government decides on illustration of Polish passports with images of the Vilnius Gate of Dawn.
Lithuania spends a higher proportion of its GDP on education than the EU average, ranking 12th among all 28 member states, according to the latest Eurostat figures released on Monday.
