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    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      The quick and easy guide for countries resisting Chinese trade coercion

      Australia and Lithuania have shown that finding new export markets is much faster than WTO litigation

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Lithuanian energy group to consider donating share of profits to Ukraine

      Ignitis launches public appeal to more than 50 companies in US and Europe to follow suit

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Letter from Vilnius — partying in the shadow of Putin

      The Russian threat hangs over the Lithuanian capital as its marks its 700th birthday with a year of culture

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Trade disputes
      EU challenges China at WTO over Lithuania trade embargo and tech patents

      Bloc asks global body to convene panels to rule on two trade disputes

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special Report
      Lithuania

      Once an unwilling part of the USSR, the Baltic state now asserts its independence as an outspoken critic of Russia and China. This report explores its geopolitical strengths and weaknesses, its thriving fintech scene — and its obsession with basketball

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportEU energy
      Lithuania proves prescient on risk of Russian energy

      The country’s bet on LNG has paid off, but it still needs to generate more electricity

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportRetail & Consumer industry
      Vinted thrives as shoppers turn to second-hand fashion

      Lithuania’s first unicorn stands to benefit from worries about waste and the cost of living

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportSport
      Hoops and glory: why basketball is Lithuania’s ‘second religion’

      After the country’s annexation by the USSR, the sport provided a channel for nationalist dissent

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportPhotography
      In pictures: a snapshot of Lithuanian photography

      A tradition of mutual support has helped give the Baltic state’s photographers global stature

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportFintech
      Lithuania makes push to become Europe’s fintech hub

      User-friendly regulation is attracting start-ups, though the UK’s lead will be hard to match

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportGeopolitics
      Suwałki Gap fears recede as Nato rethinks strategy

      Change in defence plan prompted by Ukraine war may mean the Poland-Lithuania border is less critical than once assumed

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportGeopolitics
      Hard line on China rattles Lithuania’s allies

      With its warnings on Russia vindicated, the Baltic state is tilting at Beijing

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Nato
      Turkish delay over Nato bids threatens Baltics’ security, warns Lithuania

      Baltic state’s foreign minister tells Turkish counterpart swift approval of Sweden and Finland’s membership will boost regional stability

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU gas price cap ‘agreement’ starts unravelling Premium content

      Some capitals want to block other energy measures until cap details are tabled

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      ReviewVisual Arts
      MK Čiurlionis at Dulwich Picture Gallery: a spotlight on a Lithuanian artist-hero

      Exploring nature and pagan mythology, he receives his first UK retrospective more than a century after his death

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      EU rips up Russia visa deal in victory for eastern member states

      Move in response to border countries’ security concerns met with caution from US officials

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      News in-depth
      ‘It used to feel nice here’: Russian threats stoke tensions on Lithuania’s borders

      Dispute over enforcement of EU sanctions around Kaliningrad has added to anxieties over Putin’s war

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      EU aims to de-escalate tensions over Russian trade to Kaliningrad

      Bans on steel and cement will be enforced but lawful goods allowed through Lithuania, says Josep Borrell

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia warns Lithuania of serious consequences over Kaliningrad rail ‘blockade’

      Close confidant of Putin says Moscow’s measures would have ‘serious negative influence’ on Lithuanian population

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Russia threatens retaliation against Lithuania following rail ‘blockade’

      Baltic state halts transport via train of Russian goods under EU sanctions to exclave of Kaliningrad

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      EU defence
      Germany plans to base extra Nato troops at home rather than Lithuania

      Berlin proposes 3,500-strong brigade for its own soil, which could be quickly deployed to Baltics if necessary

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Latvian and Lithuanian leaders urge western unity to defeat Russia in Ukraine

      Countries should focus on stopping Moscow’s aggression and overlook cost of living crisis, say Baltic prime ministers

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Europe’s new defence bloc: Nordics and Baltics unite in face of Russian threat

      Denmark’s vote to end EU opt-out and Nato bids by Finland and Sweden redraw regional security map

    • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Baltics attack Franco-German talks with Putin over Black Sea blockade

      Diplomatic initiatives by Paris and Berlin seen as ‘paving way for more violence’ as rift grows over best approach to end war in Ukraine

    • 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

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