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  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Nato
    Baltic states hail Finland and Sweden’s expected Nato accession

    Move will dramatically improve security of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, say foreign ministers

  • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
    Nato
    Lithuania’s president urges Sweden and Finland to join Nato

    Gitanas Nauseda says admitting the Nordic nations would improve security situation in Baltic region

  • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
    EU energy
    Lithuania becomes first EU country to end imports of Russian gas

    Baltic state calls on other nations to stop buying oil and gas from Moscow

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Leyla Boulton
    Memories of Lithuania’s Bloody Sunday remind the west to guard its democratic freedoms

    Putin’s war in Ukraine holds echoes of the 1990s, with the return of the Kremlin’s preposterous lies and media blackout 

  • Friday, 18 March, 2022
    Architecture
    From Bauhaus to Kaunas: Lithuania’s hidden Modernist architecture

    A new festival celebrates the abundant — and little-known — buildings in the city, one of three European Capitals of Culture

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    War in Ukraine: will the Baltics become the ‘new West Berlin’?

    Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania could potentially be encircled by Russian expansion but their leaders insist they have never been as secure

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Baltic states appeal for Nato help after Russia’s assault on Ukraine

    Ex-Soviet nations that are members of the military alliance are particularly vulnerable

  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Baltic states fear encirclement as Russia threat rises

    Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia worry about Belarus and being cut off from Europe

  • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    Lithuania tests the EU’s resolve on Chinese economic coercion

    Beijing is targeting the Baltic nation after it allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy. How will Europe respond?

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    EU defence
    Lithuania calls for more German troops to face Russia ‘threat’

    President says Baltic countries face greatest danger since regaining independence

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Trade disputes
    Brussels challenges China at WTO over block on Lithuania imports

    EU brings case against ‘discriminatory and illegal’ action triggered by dispute over Taiwan

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    US wades into spat between China and Lithuania over Taiwanese office

    Diplomats suggest renaming de facto embassy in Vilnius to ease Chinese pressure on Baltic state

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Gideon Rachman
    China and Russia test the limits of EU power

    The EU needs to respond to economic coercion or its geopolitical ambitions will be cruelly exposed

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Lithuania’s foreign minister calls on EU to stand up to China

    Beijing targeting companies that use components made in the Baltic state, says Gabrielius Landsbergis

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Europe Express
    EU fight over carbon allowances sharpens ahead of new tax talks Premium content

    French EU presidency aims to prioritise negotiations on an upcoming carbon border levy

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Global trade
    Taiwan to support Lithuania with $200m fund after dispute with China

    Investment plan follows harsh measures taken by Beijing against the Baltic state

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Lithuania’s president chides government for China spat

    Gitanas Nauseda says decision to allow Taiwan to open de facto embassy in its own name was an error

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    News in-depthBaltics
    Baltics’ record trade with Belarus contrasts sharply with sanctions stance

    Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania try to balance economic opportunities with geopolitical rhetoric

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    EU economy
    German business hits out at China after Lithuania trade row snares exports

    Dispute between Beijing and Vilnius affects companies with operations in Baltic state

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    Lithuania pulls diplomats from China as row deepens over Taiwan ties

    Vilnius fears Beijing’s demands of downgrading status could strip officials of diplomatic immunity

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    Global InsightKathrin Hille
    Lithuania shows China’s coercive trade tactics are hard to counter

    Beijing does not have to justify its actions under any laws and it is hard to prove government is behind punitive measures

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    Lithuania complains of trade ‘sanctions’ by China after Taiwan dispute

    Baltic nation says Beijing is refusing to allow entry to its goods

  • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
    Chinese politics & policy
    China downgrades diplomatic relations with Lithuania over Taiwan ties

    Beijing says Baltic state’s decision to deepen links with Taipei challenges ‘one China’ policy

  • Monday, 8 November, 2021
    Europe Express
    Facebook whistleblower to amp up pressure over EU tech regulation Premium content

    Big Tech’s targeted advertising practice is back in the spotlight

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    News in-depthTaiwan
    Central and eastern Europe turn to Taiwan as China relations cool

    Hopes of economic boost from co-operating with Beijing give way to fears of domination

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