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The confidence of Lithuanian residents in the police and army has increased, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on 22 November.

Russian authorities have considerably slowed down the traffic of automobiles with Lithuanian license plates to the Kaliningrad region, while cars with Russian license plates enjoy unimpeded entry, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said on Saturday.

Russia's Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko has accused the increased presence of NATO air policing mission fighter-jets for the frequent interception of Russian airplanes near the Baltic states.

The Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism and Other Contemporary Forms of Racism put forward by the Russian Federation was adopted by voting on 21 November 2014 at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 115 states voting for, 3 against, and 55 abstaining. Lithuania as ...

NATO is watching the movement of Russian armed forces and equipment into Ukraine and towards the agreed truce line in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Lithuania on Friday.

Civic resistance would be one of the essential factors granting success if Lithuania has to defend against aggression, says Commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union Retired Lieutenant Colonel Liudas Gumbinas.

During his visit to Lithuania, Edward Lucas, one of the most prominent British columnists analysing geopolitical situation in the Eastern Europe, urged Lithuania to pay more attention to dissemination of its success stories and be more active in fight with the even smallest provocations of Russia in...

The focus of the people of Lithuania and their readiness to deter aggression is the most efficient deterrence, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in her opening speech at an international conference on civil defence.

NATO's new Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will Friday meet with top officials of Lithuania in Vilnius to discuss regional security. Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on the eve of the meeting that the visit indicates NATO's understanding the Baltic states are faced with.

The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance will form a coalition for the upcoming local elections in Lithuania in 2015.

The Lithuania Tribune TV spoke to Lithuania’s Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas. How the Russian aggression in the Eastern Ukraine did affected the Nordic Baltic cooperation we asked. The Ambassador used allegory of Lithuania being as a ship which belongs to a large fleet of NATO and the EU. F...

Poland's ambassador to Lithuania has thanked organizers of an "apple protest action" in Vilnius for showing support to Poland in response to Russia's ban on fruit and vegetable imports from the country.

Social Democrat Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, proposed for European commissioner representing Lithuania, says he could serve not only as health commissioner but could also work in another five areas.