Fire put out at site of a gas pipeline explosion in northern Lithuania with no signs of attack or casualties.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said anti-China elements in foreign countries were ‘playing with fire’ on Taiwan issue.
The balance of power in the European Union is shifting eastwards.
Disputes concern restrictions on EU firms’ rights to use foreign court to protect patents, and trade with Lithuania.
Officials and locals are ready should Lithuania be dragged into the Ukraine war, and a sense of resilience dominates.
Germany and France denounce Putin’s imperialism in Ukraine, as Qatar, Senegal and Turkey call for peace talks.
EU Commission guidance says sanctioned goods can transit between Russia and Kaliningrad by rail.
Momentum to remove Soviet monuments gathers pace during Russia’s war on Ukraine, but issue remains divisive.
Biden to boost US land, sea and air military presence in several European nations as Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on.
Hacking group claimed attack in response to decision by Vilnius to ban transit of goods to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave.
Al Jazeera speaks to geopolitical expert Agnia Grigas on the tensions between Russia and Lithuania.
Moscow decries ‘hostile’ restrictions on flow of EU-sanctioned goods to Russian exclave, as Lithuania defends measures.
Transit ban on goods may increase already high levels of tension between Russia and NATO following invasion of Ukraine.
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Lithuanians donated millions in just three days for Ukraine’s military to buy a Turkey-made Byraktar UAV.
