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How Lithuania is spearheading EU and NATO efforts facing Russia

In 2008, as part of a “nation branding” exercise – an attempt to give a country an easily recognisable identity – the Lithuanian communication specialists came up with the slogan “Lithuania – a brave country”. At the time, the country’s political elite were sceptical, but today, they identify with the…

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Ukraine's Zelenska says: Commemorate resistance to aggression, not war anniversary

On Friday Ukraine will be commemorating not the first anniversary of the Russian invasion but a year of successful resistance, said Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Reuters

Man takes eight-hour bus after airline stops him bringing £4million violin on plane

Janusz Wawrowski from Konin, Poland was stopped from bringing his incredibly valuable Stradivarius violin onto a LOT Polish Airlines flight at Vilnius International Airport

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Zelenskiy plans to attend July NATO summit in Vilnius - Ukraine ambassador

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to attend in person a NATO summit taking place in Vilnius in July, Ukraine's ambassador to Lithuania told local newswire BNS.

Reuters

NATO's Stoltenberg expects allies to lift defence spending target

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects the alliance's member states to raise their current spending target on defence of 2% of national output when they meet for a summit in Vilnius in July, he told German newspaper Die Welt.

Reuters

Taiwan ready to assist Ukraine with digital reconstruction

Taiwan is ready to help Ukraine upgrade its digital infrastructure in fields such as remote learning as part of rebuilding efforts after the war, the island's Digital Minister Audrey Tang told Reuters.

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TV tonight: Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev put their relationship to the test

They are just one celebrity pair putting their marriage to the test in Jon & Lucy’s Odd Couples. Plus: Joe Lycett goes hot-air ballooning in Vilnius with Sarah Millican. Here’s what to watch this evening

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NATO allies may lift target to spend 2% of output on defence - Stoltenberg

NATO allies may decide to aim to spend more on defence than their current target of 2% of national output when they meet for their next summit in Vilnius in July 2023, the chief of the alliance said on Monday.

Reuters

NATO leaders to meet for next summit in Vilnius on July 11-12

NATO leaders will gather for their next summit in Vilnius on July 11-12, the military alliance announced on Wednesday.

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While rest of EU mourns, Baltics recall Gorbachev as agent of repression

Widely praised in the West as a towering statesman who helped end the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev was remembered in the Baltic states on Wednesday as a repressive autocrat who unsuccessfully tried to stop them from breaking away from the Soviet Union.

Reuters

‘Epic gigs and a grassroots vibe’: readers’ favourite music venues in UK and Europe

From a converted prison in Vilnius to a former church in Galashiels, our tipsters seek out brilliant spaces staging live sounds

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A local’s guide to Vilnius: gardens, bars and a castle on a hill

The Lithuanian capital is a destination on the rise, with a thriving nightlife and food scene. Chef Liutauras Čeprackas shares his highlights of his home city

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LA film crews descend on far-flung parts of Europe. Get the celery juice smoothies ready

VILNIUS, Lithuania — The kitchen staff in one of this city’s newest chic hotels, housed in a 15th century palace, knew Hollywood had arrived when film crews flown in from California started calling room service to demand smoothies — juiced celery and all.

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood is heading to Estonia, Bulgaria and beyond. Insiders share how it's happening

"Jurassic World Dominion" is one of the top-grossing films of the summer, the latest in the popular sci-fi franchise about dinosaurs battling humans for control of civilization.

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Ukraine war: all eyes on Lithuania as sanctions close Russian land access to Kaliningrad

Tensions between Russia and Nato, already stretched considerably by the invasion of Ukraine, have ratcheted up even further over Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and cut off from mainland Russia.

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Russia threatens ‘serious consequences’ as Lithuania blocks rail goods

Row escalates over Vilnius’s refusal to allow steel and iron ore to cross Russian exclave of Kaliningrad

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Russia Warns NATO-Member Lithuania over Kaliningrad Transit

Russia warned NATO member Lithuania on Monday that unless the transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow would take undisclosed measures to defend its national interests. With east-west relations at a half-century low over Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Vilnius…

Reuters

NATO combat unit in Lithuania could grow to German-led brigade in longer term - Scholz

Berlin and Vilnius will take preparations to expand the multinational NATO combat unit in Lithuania to the size of a brigade eventually, the countries' leaders said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

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Fiancée of Lithuanian director Kvedaravicius leaves Ukraine with his body

Hanna Bilobrova's journey with her film director fiancé to document suffering in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol turned into a quest to find out how he was killed, to bring his body back to his native Lithuania, and to complete his work.

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These Two Former NBA Players Won Gold for the USSR; Now They’re Trying to Save Kids From Russian Attack

Šarūnas Marčiulionis has been helping his old teammate Alexander Volkov get young players out of Kyiv.

Reuters

Lithuania's president calls for more NATO troops

NATO should increase its deployment of troops in Lithuania and elsewhere on Europe's eastern flank following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania's president told Germany's foreign minister during a meeting in Vilnius on Friday.

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‘Putin is killing civilians’: the train station where Russians are greeted with images of war

In Lithuania, Russians commuting to Kaliningrad come face-to-face with photographs of bombed Ukrainian cities and bloodied bodies

Al Jazeera

Vilnius film festival’s boycott of Russian cinema sparks debate

Lithuania’s most prestigious film festival has cancelled all Russian film screenings and will promote Ukrainian cinema.

France 24

Top Navalny aide: 'Putin shortened his time in power when he went to war in Ukraine'

Leonid Volkov, a top aide to jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, spoke to FRANCE 24 from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday. He expressed concern about the safety of his boss, who was recently sentenced to nine more years in prison, saying that the world “should keep an eye…

Reuters

Vilnius station confronts Moscow-Kaliningrad train with images from war

"Dear passengers of train no. 29, Moscow-Kaliningrad. Today, Putin is killing civilians in Ukraine. Do you support this?" an announcer repeats in Russian at Vilnius station while the service stops there.

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