Lithuania
UPDATED: Frontex vows additional support for Lithuania amid migrant crisis, US expresses concern
EU border agency Frontex said it would ramp up its support for Lithuania next week, as the country deals with an increase…
Spanish PM’s news conference in Lithuania halted for jet take-off
A news conference of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at a Lithuanian air base was interrupted on…
UPDATED: Turkey says ready to support Lithuania over migrants from Belarus
Turkey is ready to extend its support and expertise on migration to Lithuania, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, after Lithuania…
Lithuania says Belarus is flying in migrants, plans border barrier
Lithuania on Wednesday accused Belarus of flying in migrants from abroad to send to the European Union and said it would build…
Belarus dictator floods EU with migrants in retaliation for sanctions
The embattled Belarusian dictator has made good on his threat to flood the European Union with migrants by sending hundreds of Iraqis…
Lithuania says Belarus is helping Middle Eastern migrants to cross its borders
Lithuania's Prime Minister says she believes Belarus is behind a recent spike of illegal immigration into Lithuania, following a threat by its…
UPDATE – Lithuania calls for joint EU action to keep planes out of Belarus airspace
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a Ryanair flight carrying a key opposition blogger and headed for Lithuania to land in the Belarusian…
Europe’s police crack down on cross-border crime groups
More than 200 people were arrested last week in 17 European countries in a coordinated crackdown on cross-border movements of stolen goods,…
On this day in 2004, Malta and nine other countries signed the EU accession treaty
On this day, in 2004 the leaders of ten new countries with a combined population of almost 75 million signed the accession…
Turkey says not picking a side in Ukraine-Russia conflict, Baltic foreign ministers visiting Ukraine ‘to express support’
Turkey is not picking a side in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday in…
Photo Story: US strategic bomber training flight in Lithuania
A handout photo made available by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence shows the US Air Force's strategic bomber B-1B Lancer (C) escorted…
Lithuanian police investigate leak of 110,000 personal IDs
Lithuanian police are investigating the leak of personal data of 110 thousand people, including five government ministers and the capital city’s mayor,…