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The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) party’s problems have remained throughout the leadership of both Andrius Kubilius and Gabrielius Landsbergis and without changes at the very top leadership the Conservatives will not eradicate their flaws. This is what one of the candidates...

Europe needs unity more than ever before, as it is challenged by crisis of identity and confidence, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting in Berlin with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and four other leaders in the run-up to European Union (EU) summit.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last night that extending sanctions against Russia was necessary. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been included in Forbes Magazine's annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women. Grybauskaitė took 72nd place.

Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot captured by Russia and accused of killing two journalists in Eastern Ukraine, was freed in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

Though German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that Germany would contribute to the defence of the Baltic states, an opinion poll on Tuesday revealed that 57% of Germans think that their country should not send its soldiers to defend NATO members such as the Balt...

The NATO-Russia Council meeting last week did not seem to bring any tangible results, but it was preceded by the usual clash of opposing positions within NATO, one side advocating for engaging in dialogue with Russia and the other sceptical about Russia's interest in genuine engagement.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has assured Lithuania's President that Germany will contribute to the defence of the Baltic States after a meeting between the two leaders.

Angela Merkel is more needed in Europe as the German chancellor than the leader of the United Nations (UN), Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in an interview to the German radio Deutschlandfunk.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been named among Ukraine's most-liked foreign leaders, according to a new survey.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and LRT.lt Editor-in-Chief Vladimiras Laučius sat down to talk about some of the greatest issues challenging the unity of the European Union. The distribution of power among the EU's institutions, the Schengen zone, and the future of the refug...

Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of Echo Moskvy, spoke to Delfi about the threat of escalation in the tensions between Russia and the Baltics. His radio station is considered by many to be the last major independent media outlet in Russia, and has run into trouble with Russian government media...

The congress of the European People‘s Party in Madrid has turned into a meeting of conservative leaders to discuss the refugee crisis, a divisive issue for European conservatives. Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the Lithuanian Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says that his part...

On Tuesday, the European Union's (EU) interior ministers accepted a plan to redistribute 160,000 refugees that had come to Europe. Similar talks one week earlier failed, because several Central-Eastern European countries opposed the scheme. Lithuania has already committed itself to accepting 1,105 r...

The current rush of refugees is arguably the greatest challenge for the European Union throughout its history. One should hope that the crisis can be solved without endangering the overall European project.

If we all sat at a table in a tavern, having fun eating and drinking and then decided to vote if we wanted to pay the bill or not, the chances are that most would vote to pay the bill. What would a table like that look like from the side as it flaunts the results of that vote, demanding that the cus...

The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia's 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed by Poland and Sweden, with enthusiastic support from Lithuania. Russia has ever since been blaming the programme for trying to undermine its interests in the countries Mosc...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held "friendly and constructive" debt talks with the leaders of France and Germany Thursday, but gave no sign of a breakthrough ahead of a crucial June deadline.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated that former Soviet states that are part of the European Union's Eastern Partnership programme should not expect any promises of full membership.