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Search for an An-2 civil airplane that went missing above the Baltic Sea on Saturday afternoon with two Lithuanian pilots is being resumed on Monday.

The Lithuanian Business and Professionals Club in Stockholm held its initial meeting on 9 May 2015 in the Swedish capital. All 22 Lithuanian members who agreed to establish the club via a Steering Group attended.

During its month-long work in 2015, the special vessel Topaz Installer laid more than 50 kilometres of HVDC cable NordBalt in the Baltic Sea. At the moment, she is completing a second stretch of the same length.

The foreign ministers of Lithuania and Sweden are going to Moldova on Monday to discuss the country's relations with the European Union (EU) and security matters.

Sweden and Russia will discuss the hindrances for the laying of the NordBalt cable next week. Sweden's Foreign Ministry told BNS that the Lithuanian project should proceed without any obstacles.

Sweden on Thursday stated support to the Lithuanian protest over the conduct of Russian military vessels in the Baltic Sea, which impeded the laying of a NordBalt power cable between Lithuania and Sweden.

Russia's ambassador summoned to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Thursday for a protest on hindrances made by military vessels to the laying of NordBalt cable between Lithuania and Sweden did not give any answers.

An incident where the ship guarding the laying of NordBalt cable between Lithuania and Sweden was forced out of the zone has not affected the project, the energy minister has said.

Russian ships are consistently interfering with a strategic energy project of Lithuania that is laying down an electricity link under the Baltic Sea to connect its grid with Sweden's.

Sweden’s unilateral decision to cancel its large-scale defense agreement with Saudi Arabia has attracted considerable international attention. It canceled the agreement on moral grounds, refusing to continue military cooperation with one of the world’s most hardline dictatorships – a regime that vio...

Responding to a joint declaration of the Nordic countries of intentions to step up military cooperation in the face of Russian aggression, Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday, saying that moves by Finland and Sweden towards closer ties with NATO were of "special concern", Reuters ...

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland have announced a joint declaration on Friday, pledging to step up military cooperation among themselves and the Baltic states, AFP reports.

On Thursday, the works on laying the NordBalt cable resumed in the Baltic Sea. The last 150 kilometres will be laid by the end of this summer, the Ministry of Energy reports.

On 21 March a joined conference "Connect to Lithuania" by Lithuanian Embassy to Sweden, Stockholm Lithuanian Business Club, network “Global Lithuanian Leaders", project “Backto.lt” and other partners took place at the residency of Lithuanian ambassador in Stockholm.

On 12 March, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas, together with the Estonian and Latvian ambassadors Merle Pajula and Gints Jegermanis, attended a founding meeting of a parliamentary Baltic Network group at the Swedish Parliament.

The series of the events commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania that started on 16th February in Stockholm was continued in Jonköping, Sweden, on 9 March.

Last week, Lithuanian Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis participated in the EU Energy Council in Brussels, dedicated to the discussion of the major goals to be pursued by the EU through the establishment of the Energy Union, the ministry reports.

Russia has long attempted a campaign of mainly non-military means in Latvia consisting of numerous strategies taking place both in the country and its surrounding areas. These campaigns must be viewed in light of the severe military escalation in the Baltic Sea and in Eastern Europe, says Swedish an...

For the 6th year in a row, Lithuania retained its leading position in Europe in terms of fibre-optic (FTTH) Internet network penetration. According to the global ranking, Lithuania comes in number 8, the annual report of the FTTH Council Europe shows.

As the head of Latvia's foreign policy committee says Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia could be Russia's next target, after the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea, the Baltics' defence ministries tell Radio Sweden what defence help they want from Sweden.