3 years agoLithuanian PM: From now and so on Lithuania won't be consuming a cubic cm of toxic Russian gas. Lithuania is the first EU country to refuse Russian gas import
3 years agoLatvia's defense minister calls on Europe to stop importing oil and gas from Russia saying it's the only way to stop "Hitler-like" behavior from Putin. Artis Pabriks warns against any ceasefire agreement calling it a "Russian trap" in interview on Fox Business
3 years agoNATO asks Denmark to send military battalion with 800 troops to Latvia - Danish defense ministry - Reuters
3 years agoSweden's TV4 is reporting that Russia deliberately violated Swedish airspace on March 2 when Swedish DefMin Hultqvist was visiting Gotland
3 years agoPentagon: 200 U.S. Marines have landed in Lithuania, 10 x USMC F-18 jet fighters also sent to region amid Russia tensions
3 years agoRussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ambassadors of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to hand over decision to expel diplomats
3 years agoRussian intelligence agents are attempting to recruit spies to provide information on Estonia's border and how easy it might be to penetrate
3 years agoRoskomnadzor blocked the website of the online publication Delfi in Latvian on the territory of the Russian Federation by decision of the Kaliningrad court
3 years agoSweden will send another 5,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, Minister of Defense tells national news agency TT
3 years agoLithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has called for the isolation of Russia and its ally Belarus "in all sectors and all international organisations" by tightening the existing sanctions imposed since Russia started a war against Ukraine
3 years agoUSAF B52´s out of RAF Fairford
3 years agoJohnson: If we remain silent, Putin will attack Georgia and the Baltic states
3 years agoMFA of Lithuania summoned Russia's Ambassador and handed him a diplomatic note, declaring four employees of the Russian Embassy as personae non gratae in Lithuania for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status
3 years agoEstonia expels 3 Russian diplomats for 'undermining security, propaganda'
3 years agoLatvian Foreign Ministry announces the expulsion of 3 employees of the Russian Embassy in coordination with Lithuania and Estonia
3 years agoRFE/RL opens offices in Vilnius and Riga as war changes media landscape in Europe
3 years agoA 20-year-old man has been arrested, suspected of aggravated arson, after the fire in two homes at the southern hospital area in Ängelholm, the police state
3 years agoThe Lithuanian government is considering lowering excise duty on fuel in a bid to bring down soaring gasoline and diesel prices, Deputy Finance Minister Gediminas Norkūnas said
3 years agoRussia is testing NATO red lines in its war against Ukraine, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas has said
3 years agoPMs of Lublin triangle meet in Warsaw(PM Shmygal via video link)
3 years agoPresident of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda:A historic night at Versailles. After five hours of heated discussions EU leaders said yes to Ukrainian eurointegration. The process started. Now it is up to us and Ukrainians to accomplish it fast. Heroic Ukrainian nation deserves to know that they are welcome in EU
3 years agoLatvian Prime Minister: We must strengthen the military capabilities of the European Union
3 years ago"We have a responsibility to ensure the conflict does not escalate and spread beyond Ukraine," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today from Latvia. "That would be even more dangerous, destructive, and even more deadly. The situation could spiral out of control
3 years agoBritish F-35 jets have landed at Ämari Air Base in Estonia Estonia as they prepare to undertake air patrols over Eastern Europe to deter Russia from taking any aggressive actions against NATO members
3 years agoBlinken says NATO looking at more permanent deployments in the Baltics. "We're continuously reviewing within NATO our defense posture, including questions of extending the deployment of forces, looking at questions of more permanent deployments," he told reporters from Lithuania
3 years agoLithuania's Foreign Minister: All countries in the region are looking for security guarantees to protect their borders
3 years agoBlinken will meet @EmmanuelMacron in Paris on Tuesday evening, @StateDeptSpox says. But first @SecBlinken will stop in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
3 years agoA busy morning for the people at Estonia Ämari Air Base in Estonia, with three recent departures and two suspected upcoming arrivals, including a VIP United States Air Force VC-32A and a Motor Sich An-12 (likely carrying weaponry for flag-Ukraine)
3 years agoFrench Defense Minister: The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will take up a position in the Mediterranean for reconnaissance missions over the Baltic countries
3 years agoPanama-registered Estonia-owned general cargo vessel HELT imo:8402589 has sunk in Black Sea near Odesa after allegedly hit by seamine. 2 crewmembers rescued. 4 unaccounted