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Nato fighter jets down drone that entered Lithuanian airspace

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Lithuania, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato fighter jets intercepted and destroyed a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda said on Facebook on

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Lithuanian MPs oppose nomination of Kremlin’s business partner for Nobel Peace Prize

May 9, 2024May 10, 2024 Igor Chalenko Lithuania, Russia

Seventy-one members of the Republic of Lithuania’s Seimas – that is, every second Member of Parliament – have signed an

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Nato chief: Vilnius Summit has made history on Sweden, will take key decisions on Ukraine

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Lithuania, Nato, Russia, Turkey, Türkiye, Ukraine

Speaking at the start of a two-day Nato Summit in Vilnius on July 11, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President

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New missiles in Kaliningrad aimed at hindering Nato ships’ access – Lithuanian defence minister

November 24, 2016 The Baltic Times Lithuania

The deployment by Russia of new missiles in its Baltic Sea enclave Kaliningrad is intended to limit NATO allies’ ships’

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Nato’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Deutsche Welle Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nato, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Nato had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General,

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Nato to deploy battalions in Poland and the Baltics in early 2017

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nato, Poland

As of the beginning of 2017 year four groups of combat battalions will be stationed on a rotating basis in

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Europe 

Lithuanians vote for change, handing win to Farmers’ Union

October 24, 2016 VOANews Lithuania

Lithuanians voted for major change in parliamentary elections Sunday, handing victory to a farmers’ union that previously held only one

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Europe 

Polls open for runoff in parliamentary election in Lithuania

October 23, 2016 VOANews Lithuania

Lithuanians are heading to the polls for runoffs in parliamentary elections that may give the opposition a chance to govern

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Europe 

Lithuania moves to tempt foreign IT specialists from non-EU countries

July 7, 2016 The Kyiv Post Lithuania

The Lithuanian parliament has approved legal amendments that will make it easier for Lithuanian employers to hire foreign staff and

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