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Passive stance that the European Union has taken toward Brexit is bringing it ever closer to other similar crises, political philosopher Alvydas Jokubaitis told LRT.lt. He is convinced that the Visegrad states are striving to demonstrate their position of how to save the EU and Lithuania’s turning i...

A top-ranking US diplomat in charge of sanctions says he understands the Lithuanian decision to refuse access to Russian "ropagandists," although the bans are not practiced by Washington.

There are a range of proven tactics that the West could use to destabilise Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia but the question is whether Western countries believe such action would lead to a Russia more favourable to Western interests.

Lithuania would not feel the effects of the Kaliningrad liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal within the next decade because Russia is contractually obligated to pay Lithuania for pipeline access regardless of whether or not the pipeline is used, said Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis.

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, is facing growing criticism from the US, European countries and Lithuania for agreeing to attend Vladimir Putin's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia.

Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot captured by Russia and accused of killing two journalists in Eastern Ukraine, was freed in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

Artūras Morozovas, a Lithuanian photojournalist who recently returned from Crimea, spoke about how the region has changed over the two years since it was annexed by Russia.

NATO on Thursday invited Montenegro to become the 29th member of the Alliance. This is the seventh expansion in the Alliance's history, and it is being made over the objections of Russia.

Mantas Martišius, a Lithuanian expert on information warfare and propaganda, said that celebrating 9 May carries a special significance for Vladimir Putin's regime.

Though German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that Germany would contribute to the defence of the Baltic states, an opinion poll on Tuesday revealed that 57% of Germans think that their country should not send its soldiers to defend NATO members such as the Balt...

NATO fighter jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic countries were scrambled three times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft, including bombers, flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Monday.

The European Commission hopes to soon reopen discussions with Russia on the resumption of exports of certain food products, including milk, to Russia, Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Commission’s member in charge of health and food safety, has said.

In the eyes of much of the West, Russia's image has changed from that of an aggressor to that of an important partner in the fight against terror, says Eastern Europe Studies Centre analyst Linas Kojala.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that the war in Syria cost Russia 33 billion Rubles (or €430 million) but it may also generate billions of euros in arms sales for Russia.

As the European Union blocks the flow of illegal immigrants from Libya to Italy and negotiates similar agreements in Turkey and Greece, some fear that migrants may try a new approach towards entering the European Union that would take them through Russia and potentially the Baltic states.

Lithuania and Slovenia agree that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Russia plans to build would shatter the European Union's unity and distort competition on the European gas market, the Lithuanian President's Office says.

It is little wonder that the resignation of Aivaras Abromavičius, Ukraine’s Lithuanian-born Minister of Economy, has created a political uproar and a government crisis. The move should also encourage Lithuania and like-minded countries to sharpen policies towards Kiev.

A fight for “family values” in Latvia is uniting the Kremlin’s friends and ideological foes.

A cloth voodoo doll with tiny button eyes depicting Vladimir Putin; a knife to cut it; a water bowl to drown it; pins and needles to prick it. And it all feels so good. It’s a perfect illustration of what the desks of certain politicians, reporters and analysts might look like who were writing about...