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Central and Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic capacities to deter Russia, according to US Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.

The Lithuanian Tatar community is the oldest ethnic group living in Lithuania, having settled in the country when it was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. They have had a profound influence on Lithuania’s history, language and food.

The Baltic American Freedom League (BAFL), an organisation in California devoted to supporting the Baltic states, has started an initiative to have the US persuade NATO to permanently station troops in the Baltics.

Five years ago, I wrote about the first time I saw the lands of Kaliningrad, known as the Karaliaučius region in Lithuanian. My first impression was depressing.

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, is facing growing criticism from the US, European countries and Lithuania for agreeing to attend Vladimir Putin's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia.

When NATO leaders gather in Warsaw on July 8 to 9, they will announce steps to beef up the alliance’s conventional force presence on its eastern flank. NATO also will shortly announce that the SM-3 missile defense site in Romania has achieved operational status. These moves will spur the Kremlin, wi...

„Ir tiesa ta, kad veidas, kurį fotografavau, yra tas šaltas galios ir valdžios Rusijoje veidas“, – konstatuoja fotografas Platonas Antoniou, kuriam per savo karjerą teko fotografuoti ne vieną pasaulio lyderį. 2007 metais jis buvo išsiųstas į Maskvą fotografuoti Rusijos prezidento Vladimiro Putino, k...

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.

Artūras Morozovas, a Lithuanian photojournalist who recently returned from Crimea, spoke about how the region has changed over the two years since it was annexed by Russia.

Refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East is not a problem just for Europe to solve, says US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Benjamin G. Ziff.

A council in Italy’s north-eastern Veneto region has voted to recognise the Crimea as a part of Russia and has urged Italy’s national government to abandon sanctions against Russia.

A new documentary by leading Baltic journalists investigates the Russian President Vladimir Putin's master plan for and interference in the Baltic States by following a $100 million money trail that funds Russian-backed proxies in the Baltics.

Economic reform is central for today’s Ukraine. The capacity of the Ukrainian nation—leadership and population together—to deliver a modern and efficient economy, if achieved, would constitute the winning asset in the West’s current struggle with Russia in Eastern Europe.

Over the past several years, whenever Moscow entered into a difficult encounter on the Western “front,” it has typically tried to show interest in expanding ties in the Asia-Pacific.

Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, tension with the West has been high, affecting eastern Ukraine, Syria and hot spots across the former Soviet sphere. Less overtly, Moscow has been working to protect areas vital to Russian interests by raising the stakes of U.S. operations there.

Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue...

Russian OMRP Spetsnaz units may have landed on the coast of Juodkrantė two years ago. This suggestion by the chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee Artūras Paulauskas, has caused considerable turmoil and concern.

Each Russian leader picks a subject he is an expert in and Vladimir Putin's subject is history. "That is why in order to understand Russia, we must understand Russian history," says Professor Nina Khrushcheva of the New School University in New York.

The student leaders of 1968 could probably not have imagined how their democratic ideas would be high-jacked by a combination of extremists and opponents of democracy exploiting technological progress and social media. Nobody understands the dangers of technology and social media better than dictato...