Kaliningrad region

Chief of Defense of Poland Lieutenant General Rajmund Andrzejczak, currently on a visit to Vilnius, has vowed to consider using the Patriot air defense systems Poland is now buying to defend objects in Lithuania.

Kaliningrado regione, Baltijos jūroje, netoli sienos su Lietuva vyko Rusijos karinio laivyno oro pajėgų pratybos.

The Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad to take place close to the Lithuanian border in September is alarming due to the simulated attacks against the NATO Alliance, says Lithuania's Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis.

Lietuvos politikams Astravo atominę elektrinę (AE) vadinant pasienyje tiksinčia bomba, susidaro įspūdis, kad ji statoma dėl būsimos avarijos, kuri pakenktų Lietuvai, nors Baltarusijos piliečiai patirtų ne menkesnių padarinių.

With tensions between Moscow and NATO at its worst since the end of the Cold War, it is now more important than ever that each side understand one another and maintain channels of serious communication, argues Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.

President Vladimir Putin has named his former bodyguard as governor of Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland. Analysts say the decision gives away Putin's efforts to consolidate his administration by appointing people who are personally loyal to him. To read this a...

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.

The Kremlin‘s propaganda rarely shocks anymore and hardly registers as news with most people but some of it deserves attention because when a specific propaganda message is repeated over and over, it is done in an attempt to embed it in our minds as being the uncontestable truth. In the case of Kali...

Amber Grid, the operator of Lithuania's natural gas transmission system, and Gazprom signed a new long-term agreement on the transportation of natural gas to the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation through the Republic of Lithuania, Amber Grid reports.

The Baltic states are facing a real threat and must be prepared to independently withstand for at least three days in case of a military conflict until NATO allies arrive, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday in Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city, when asked by foreign jour...

Russian military airplanes have become less active at borders of the Baltic states, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence says.

Russia is trying to justify its own aggression by mixing up the causes and consequences in its new military doctrine which names NATO as the key threat, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Monday.

Naftos kainai išbandant vis naujas žemumas („Brent“ rūšies nafta jau nekainuoja 60 JAV dolerių už barelį), smunka nuo juodojo aukso nešamų pajamų priklausomų šalių valiutos. Didžiausios Europoje naftos eksportuotojos Norvegijos krona vakar euro atžvilgiu buvo atpigusi beveik 7 procentus – iki 9,90 k...

Back in October, the chief of defence of Lithuania and the president welcomed the creation of a rapid response force in the Lithuanian army. And just several months later, the standby units of the army, including the rapid response force, have been put on a higher state of preparedness, according to...