Over the last year, support for Joseph Stalin's policies and appreciation for his role has increased substantially in Russia, according to a survey conducted in December by the Levada Center in Russia and reports by Interfax.
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2015 posed a great challenge to the Baltic tourism sector: geopolitical tensions and the Russian economy's downturn have prevented many Russian tourists from visiting the Baltics.
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...
Lithuanian economic growth this year has been the slowest among the Baltic countries, but analysts at Danske Bank predict that the country's gross domestic product growth next year will be faster than in Estonia and, in 2017, will bypass Latvia as well.
An increased number of deadly accidents and too high a number of positive alcohol tests during roadside checkpoints in several European countries have brought the issue of zero tolerance for drinking and driving to the forefront. The discussion about zero alcohol tolerance is rightfully also being d...
Lithuania is a small country in comparison to Russia. So why does the Kremlin pay Lithuania a disproportionate amount of its attention? One reason is that it needs weak enemies that it can divert its people’s attention to. There was a time when Russian polls indicated that they saw Lithuania as thei...
Latvian President Andris Berzins does not agree with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's repeated statement that Russia is a terrorist state.
Russia has called off tightened border checks of Lithuanian trucks, which were introduced about four months ago, president of the Lithuanian Association of Small and Medium-Sized Haulers, has said.
The Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a statement on the annexation by Russia of Georgia's regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.
On 23-24 March in Copenhagen, political directors of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) discussed regional issues, challenges to Ukraine's security and territorial integrity, preparations for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, prospects for relations with Russia, ways to increase resilience...
NATO air policing mission fighter jets, stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai, were on March 24 morning scrambled to accompany several Russian bombers and fighter jets flying over the Baltic Sea with their transponders switched off.
The Lithuanian Weaponry Fund on March 23 handed over weapons and bulletproof vests to the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union.
Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis has drawn up a draft report on EU-Russian relations, openly condemning Russia's aggression in Ukraine, calling on the EU to put pressure on Russia more actively to make it comply with international commitments, and also taking measures against Russian propaganda...
120s: More sombre economic forecasts, Zuokas' letter to parents, Russian volunteer groups heading for Donbass, Brussels jungle filmed by cyclists take internet by storm.
120s: A. Zuokas vs. R. Šimašius, Brewing change in Russian leadership, American students' break in Mexico.
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Vytautas Keršanskas, Junior Policy Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. Considering that Ukraine just lost strategic Debaltseve town, do you think that it is a time to openly admit that regular Ukrainian army is not capable to contain the rebels ...
120s: Government approved military conscription, Russian security agents say they know who killed Nemtsov, Teachers support extending academic year, 12,000 Russian soldiers in east Ukraine, Separatists patrol in demolished Donetsk Airport.
Lithuanian MFA condemns the murder of famous Russian politician and one of the opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov. This brutal crime, which, according to the preliminary data, was well planned and organized, must be immediately investigated, and those responsible brought to justice.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called the murder of one of the key Russian opposition figures, Boris Nemtsov, Russia's sliding into the "darkness of terror".
Lithuanians of the US Capital region celebrated on Sunday, 15 February, the 97th anniversary of Lithuania as the modern day State, on one of the most blistery, cold days in recent memory. The day’s celebration started with a Latin mass in St. Matthews Cathedral. Monsignor Rolandas Makrickas of the A...
