US to cut military aid for Europe: OfficialThe United States is set to discontinue long-standing military assistance to European nations bordering Russia, urging them to bolster thei...
05 Sep, 2025, 09.55 PM IST
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia can be stopped but Kyiv badly needs more air defense systemsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visiting Lithuania, stated that Ukraine has demonstrated the ability to stop Russia's military, de...
11 Jan, 2024, 12.20 PM IST
China lashes back at NATO criticism, warns it will protect its rightsIn a strongly worded communique issued midway into a two-day summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on Tuesday, NATO said the People's...
12 Jul, 2023, 11.57 AM IST
EAM Jaishankar discusses Indo-Pacific, Ukraine war with his 8 counterparts in SwedenJaishankar is on a three-day visit to Sweden to participate in the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (EIPMF). He met his counterparts on th...
14 May, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
China affirms ex-Soviet nations' sovereignty after uproarChina's foreign ministry has attempted to clarify an ambassador's comments that Ukraine and Baltic nations do not qualify as sovereign coun...
24 Apr, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
How Taiwan's 'adorable' and ambitious diplomacy aims to keep the island safeThe freewheeling approach has actually been around for decades. In the 1980s and '90s, Taiwan's diplomats and officials jumped on planes fo...
21 Oct, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
Germany not keen on Kaliningrad blockade: Media sourcesLithuanian officials have so far insisted that they are merely sticking to the letter and spirit of existing EU legislation, with Brussels ...
02 Jul, 2022, 09.13 AM IST
Moscow fumes after EU cuts off shipments to Baltic outpostThe latest diplomatic crisis is over the Kaliningrad enclave, a port and surrounding countryside on the Baltic Sea that is home to nearly a...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Finland must apply for NATO membership "without delay", Finnish leaders sayFinland, which shares a 1,300 km (810 mile) border and a difficult past with Russia, has gradually stepped up its cooperation with the Nort...
12 May, 2022, 02.15 PM IST
Russia demands that Baltic countries protect its embassies"We are warning Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn that they are responsible for the consequences of the anti-Russian psychosis they have unleashed,...
06 Mar, 2022, 12.42 AM IST
Ukraine attack leaves Baltics wondering: Are we next?All three Baltic countries were seized and annexed by Stalin during World War II before gaining independence again with the breakup of the ...
24 Feb, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
China downgrades its diplomatic ties with Lithuania over Taiwan issueThe ministry said in a statement that the country decided to take the move after Lithuania allowed Taiwan to set up a representative office...
21 Nov, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
China threatens Lithuania over Taiwan representative office openingIt wasn't clear what actions China plans to take in response to the opening of the office. Beijing has already recalled its ambassador from...
19 Nov, 2021, 04.21 PM IST
Taiwan opens Lithuania representative office using its own name; defies pressure campaign by BeijingLithuania in July agreed to let democratic self-ruled Taiwan open a representative office using its name, the island's first new diplomatic...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
Lithuania vs. China: A Baltic minnow defies a rising superpowerIn the battlefield of geopolitics, Lithuania versus China is hardly a fair fight — a tiny Baltic nation with fewer than 3 million people ag...
01 Oct, 2021, 11.39 PM IST
Award-winning South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies in LatviaThe Baltic News Service cited Latvia-based Russian documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky, president of an international documentary film fest...
11 Dec, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Lithuania to support 'those fighting for freedom' in TaiwanEuropean Union member states, and the bloc itself, have no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan due to the objections of Beijing, which consi...
10 Nov, 2020, 10.51 AM IST