World News

Vote now: Which cities have the best and worst Christmas trees?

Some are modern, some classic, some ugly, and some very ugly — Christmas trees have sprung up in the streets and squares of major cities across the world. But whose is the best?

7 December 2018

World News

Euroviews. It's time the EU helped all farmers - not just the richest ones | View

Farmers in the Baltic states are paid the least in farming subsidies, despite needing the most financial support. It's time the EU acted and redressed the inbalance between the richer member states and those in most need of the EU's help.

7 December 2018

World News

Pope warning on anti-Semitism

At a service to commemorate Lithuania's devastated Jewish community under the Nazis the Pope has spoken of the dangers of a rebirth of anti-Semitism

23 September 2018

Lithuania

Coming too soon? Calls to delay risqué G-spot poster are rejected

A risqué advertising campaign that compares Vilnius to the female G-spot has stirred controversy ahead of the Pope’s visit next month.

8 August 2018

World News

Euroviews. It is time for small states to start thinking big | View

Though, many of Trump’s policies seem to be aimed at large states, it is small states that perhaps have the most to lose from Trump’s policies.

20 July 2018

Europe News

NATO to bolster defences

At the first ever meeting in their new Brussels HQ, NATO will lay out plans to reinforce defences on Europe's eastern flank in the Baltics. The moves are seen as preparations for any eventual Russian attack.

6 June 2018

Lithuania

Lithuania hosts major NATO exercise

Eighteen thousand military personnel gather for the exercise. The US led Saber Strike event sees service members from Estonia, Latvia and Poland as well as Britain, France, Italy and Canada and others, practicing working together

4 June 2018

Lithuania

NATO soldiers seek to bring support, as well as defence to Lithuania

NATO soldiers attached to the Lithuanian Army's Iron Wolf Brigade seek to bring support as well as defence to Lithuania.

20 April 2018

Estonia

Rail Baltica: how Brexit is casting doubt over €5.8bn Estonia-Poland train line

It’s a €5.8 billion Baltics rail link that has been described as the most important project for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia since their independence. But the scheme’s CEO has admitted there are no guarantees over its future financing.

12 April 2018

Earth News

24 hours in Kaunas

History, architecture and gastro-food: discovering the best of Kaunas, Lithuania

7 April 2018

Lithuania

The world’s biggest drinkers meet the EU’s toughest alcohol laws

What happens when you raise the drinking age and restrict opening hours in a country renowned for its heavy consumption of alcohol?

22 February 2018

World News

Pilot flies plane in shape of '100' to toast Lithuania’s independence

The stunt was performed on the eve of Lithuania’s independence celebrations on Friday during an internal flight to Vilnius.

16 February 2018

Lithuania

Lithuania's 100 years of independence

President Dalia Grybauskaite takes her chance to warn the rest of Europe about the threat of Russia's deployment of nuclear ballistic missiles.

16 February 2018

Bulgaria

The world’s fastest-falling populations 'will be in eastern Europe'

Bulgaria is estimated to shrink the most over the coming decades, but a host of other countries in eastern Europe are also in the firing line: Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Poland and Hungary.

26 January 2018

Lithuania

Vilnius is Europe's g-spot claims viral poster

“Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it, it’s amazing,” says the publicity comparing Vilnius to the female g-spot.

26 January 2018

United Kingdom

Hoax bomb threat scrambles RAF fighters for Ryanair flight

A Ryanair flight from Lithuania has been escorted into Stanstead by RAF Typhoons after a bomb hoax.

4 October 2017

Lithuania

Lithuania has a volunteer army fighting a war on the internet

The 'elves' see themselves on the front line of a battle against pro-Russian propaganda

28 September 2017

World News

Zapad 2017: what you need to know about Belarus and Russia's military exercises

This week Russia and Belarus are conducting drills that have worried Nato members.

15 September 2017

World News

Europe ups defence spending for first time in seven years

Europe’s spending on defence has edged up for the first time in seven years, new figures have revealed, amid fears of Russian aggression in the Baltics.

25 May 2017

World News

Which EU state is the world's heaviest-drinking country?

Lithuanians are the world’s heaviest drinkers and their boozing is showing no signs of slowing, new data reveals.

17 May 2017