Lithuania
Chinese cargo ship suspected in ‘sabotage’ of Baltic Sea cables
Swedish public broadcaster SVT and several Finnish media outlets reported that two Danish navy ships shadowed the cargo vessel as it sailed out of the Baltic Sea on Tuesday.
- by Rob Harris
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Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe
Authorities paint a picture of a network of associates, some blood relatives, travelling across Europe by bus with library cards sometimes under assumed names to scout rare Russian books.
- by Rachel Donadio
Zelensky receives rock star treatment in Vilnius ahead of NATO summit
Since the start of the war, Lithuania has welcomed more than 74,000 Ukrainians – the largest inflow of refugees in the country’s history.
- by Rob Harris
Germany offers to ‘permanently station’ troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank
Polish officials said they were tightening security along its border with neighbouring Belarus in response to the announcement that Yevgeny Prigozhin, would move there.
Poland, Lithuania fear new migrant surge during NATO summit in July
The authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, signed a decree allowing citizens of 73 countries to travel to Belarus without a visa.
Russia threatens Lithuania with ‘serious negative impacts’ over blocked rail
Lithuania has shut the route for transport of steel and other ferrous metals, which it says it is required to do under EU sanctions that took effect on Saturday.
- by Natalia Zinets
Vladimir Putin, in speech, hints at further territorial expansion for Russia
Three months into his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president drew parallels between Peter the Great’s founding of St Petersburg and his own modern-day ambitions.
The race to shift the grain to save the world
A Lithuanian route appears to be the most promising for getting food quickly to populations facing starvation, but that means cutting deals with brutal leaders.
- by Andrew Higgins and Erika Solomon
‘About time’: EU sues China over economic coercion of Lithuania
The tiny eastern Baltic state angered Beijing when it said that the Taiwanese office in Vilnius would bear the name ‘Taiwan’ instead of ‘Chinese Taipei’, which is used by nations to avoid offending China.
- by Latika Bourke
Baltic States sending anti-tank, anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine
Germany meanwhile has reportedly blocked Estonia from giving military support to Ukraine by refusing to issue permits for German-origin weapons to be exported to Kyiv.
- by Andrius Sytas
Taiwan buys rum, pledges to invest in Lithuania amid Chinese pressure
First it bought 20,400 bottles of rum China rejected, now Taiwan is doubling down on its investments to support the Baltic nation.
- by Liudas Dapkus
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