Eastern Europe

The United States may turn a blind eye to the big Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border in exchange for Moscow's assistance in Iran's nuclear negotiations, foreign news reviewer Roger Cohen of The New York Times has warned.

Russia’s attacks on Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade have brought to the forefront sharp diversities of opinion within the EU, showing that many member countries have no appetite for confrontation with Russia.

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Portugal and other Southern European nations no longer see Lithuania as a Russophobe country and is taking a similar view of the threats, Lithuania's Defense Vice-Minister Marijus Velička says.

Competition. The small Eastern European country strongly believes that technology and science will attract foreign companies, rather than just low wages, according to the Danish daily Berlingske.

Six years ago, when Russia attacked Georgia and tore off the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Western countries were, as always, "very concerned", sent out their observers, provided humanitarian support and Nocolas Sarozy, the then President of France, volunteered to mediate in sett...

Over the last few months, pro-Russian commentators in many Western countries have been portraying the Ukrainian events using a mix of stereotypes that scarily resemble the rhetoric once typical of racist and imperialist ways of thinking. As a result of such stereotypes, Ukrainians (but also Georgian...

Is it worth it to frighten the Lithuanian citizens with war? This question is not as simple as it seems, as some citizens are convinced that it is necessary to constantly remind people that Russia is a threat because this is the only factor that can force Lithuanian politicians to act statesmanlike ...

A group of American-Lithuanian entrepreneurs have opened two offices in Vilnius and Kaunas, saying the decision to base their company in Lithuania helps sign up new clients from the United States.

Lithuania is set to open a floating liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Klaipėda on 27 October. The LNG terminal, once fully operational, will play a significant role in reducing Lithuania and other Baltic states' energy dependence on Russia. This will weaken Russia's use of energy as a poli...

Lithuanian politicians are hoping that the change in leadership of neighbouring Poland’s diplomatic corps will have a positive impact on bilateral relations. Meanwhile political analysts predict that Poland’s president will assume more leadership in the country’s foreign policy.

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has become the biggest long-term geopolitical challenge not only to Ukraine but also to Europe at large, including Lithuania.

As Russia's intervention in Ukraine seems to be entering a lower-intensity stage and reports are coming in about ceasefire agreements, both international and Lithuanian media are indulging in discussions on who are the winners and the losers of the conflict.

Once Japan restarts its nuclear capabilities, it will reduce its reliance on LNG. As a result, global LNG prices should drop, benefiting European states that are eyeing LNG as an alternative to Russian gas. This is particularly crucial for such Eastern European states as Lithuania and Poland that ha...

Without much of a fervour or pomp last week saw the end of the most prominent and quite efficient couple in the Foreign Affairs Council. Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski left the stage and took up their new roles. It’s an end of an era and I am afraid also an end to their most precious pet project o...

Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work.

Global peace is not a self-evident fact but common responsibility of all countries, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said in her speech at the general debate of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The New York-based YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Lithuanian institutions plan to digitalize and merge online pre-war archives on both sides of the Atlantic about the life of Eastern European Jews.

Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, Poland has tried to use competition between Russia and the West to advance its own interests, which include pulling Ukraine further into the Western camp and pushing for stronger NATO commitment to bolstering Poland against Russia. However, Poland will be limited ...

NATO chiefs of defense gathered in Vilnius on Saturday to discuss Eastern European defense and relationships with Russia accused by the West of inciting the crisis in Ukraine.