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Lithuania taking action to prevent smuggler balloons from Belarus
5:02
Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica without electricity
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49:09
Lithuania closes border with Belarus
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Weather balloons disrupt flights at Vilnius Airport
0:43
Church of England appoints first female Archbishop of Canterbury
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The old-fashioned ferry goes electric on Lithuania’s Neris River
1:44
Lithuania defense ministry launches drone trainings schools for kids
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Bolsonaro convicted and sentenced to prison in Brazil’s landmark ruling
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DW
Fear and loathing on the Lithuanian border
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Fear and loathing on the Lithuanian border
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Brazilians debate what democracy means for their country
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Short legs but big dreams at the corgi competition
1:51
Climate change disrupts monsoon season in India
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50:27
Lithuania’s prime minister resigns
0:43
The Baltics’ beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
3:46
Germany signals shift in defense policy by stationing troops in Lithuania
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4th US soldier found after Lithuania training mission
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3 US soldiers confirmed dead in Lithuania
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Baltic nations sever energy ties with Russia
0:35
Food
Baltic ‘beet down’: Latvia and Lithuania clash over cold pink soup
3:34
The Baltics’ beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
3:34
Europe busts criminal ring that’s been stealing rare Russian books from European libraries
4:07
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a welcoming ceremony in Presidential Courtyard, Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 10, 2024.
Ukraine
Zelenskiy visits Baltic states to rally support for Ukraine
A woman walks past painted letter Z's, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, on bridge piers in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 15, 2022. 
Ukraine
No Z allowed: Some European countries move to ban the symbol used to promote Russia’s war in Ukraine
Yadgar Hussein recounts her perilous journey through Eastern Europe in her living room in Erbil after being deported from Poland, Nov. 24, 2021.
Migration
‘I had no life left here’: Iraqi Kurds are at the center of the migration crisis in Europe
Protesters hold signs
Refugees
‘We cannot close the door or turn the page’: Belarusian dissidents in Lithuania fear Lukashenko’s crackdown
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a candidate for the presidential elections in Belarus, greets people during a meeting in her support in Brest, Belarus, Aug. 2, 2020.
Global Politics
Belarus opposition leader: ‘We are fighting for the future of our children’
A close-up photo of Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius as he answers questions during a meeting with the press in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vilnius, Lithuania, Aug. 11, 2020.
Protest
Lithuanian foreign minister calls for support for Belarusian protesters
A man and a woman are shown hugging with several people nearby taking photographs.
Global Politics
Belarus authorities free detainees amid protesters’ pressure
A man is shown kneeling on the ground in front of several security officers dressed in camoflage and carrying weapons.
Global Politics
Belarus says police fired live rounds at protesters as EU weighs sanctions
A long line of police are shown stretching across a 4-lane road at night with smoke in the distance.
Top of The World
Belarus opposition leader flees country; Russia approves coronavirus vaccine; Trump proposes additional limits on US-Mexico border
Russian state-owned television station RT logo is seen through a window with caution tape in front of a building
Media
Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert
A person on an orange bicycle rides past a billboard of people with masks
COVID-19
Baltic ‘bubble’ looks to reopen regional travel
The author's 3-year-old daughter Leila has been occupying herself during the "stay at home" order in Boston amid the coronavirus outbreak by making cards and beaded necklaces for her preschool friends. 
COVID-19
How families around the world talk coronavirus with kids
People look at a visualization on a wall
Elections
Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020
A man in shorts and a baseball hat stands next to construction workers covered in soot.
Media
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, delivers a speech as 4 men and one woman sit in chairs on the stage
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
A sunset with the silhouette of a mosque and man approaching
Immigration Rewind
How 16 Americans found family, faith and their immigrant roots — generations after their parents left their homelands
NATO eFP battle group soldiers wait for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visit the Tapa military base in Estonia.
Conflict
Russian hackers may have a new target — NATO soldiers’ smartphones
Jews digging a trench in Ponar forest, in which they were later buried, after being shot
Culture
Science confirms the incredible story of Lithuania’s Holocaust escape tunnel
Lithuanian soldiers during military exercises in Rapina, Estonia.
Conflict
Unease in the Baltics as US allies watch Trump praise Putin
Russia Iskander tactical missile system
Conflict
Russia is deploying nuclear-capable missiles on NATO’s doorstep, Lithuania says
Fighters from Lithuania's army
Conflict
Lithuania has built a fake town so it can practice fighting off a Russian invasion
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump applauds onstage as his running-mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence concludes his speech during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 20, 2016.
Global Politics
Trump’s comments leave some European leaders worried about the future of NATO
European Humanities University, a Belarussian liberal arts school that's located across the border in Lithuania
Education
When Belarus closed its last liberal arts school, the university went into exile
Elena Narbutaitė, Menachem Kaiser and Jake Levine, October 15, 2010, preparing bagels for the first public bagel party and presentation of the Vilnius Bagel Project. Yalta Restaurant kitchen, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Food
Bagels disappeared from Lithuania after WWII … but now they’re back
A Polish Air Force MIG-29 fighter and Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighters participate during a NATO air policing mission patrol over the Baltics on February 10, 2015.
Conflict
The West was stunned by Putin’s military moves. Here’s why NATO says it won’t happen again
Blood Bucket Challenge video
Global Scan
European youth have started the #BloodBucketChallenge
A US Air Force F-15 fighter moves onto the ramp to take part in a patrol during a joint NATO military exercise in Lithuania earlier this year.
Global Scan
Could NATO successfully counter Russian aggression? The US is worried
Environment
Sweden imports waste from European neighbors to fuel waste-to-energy program
Arts, Culture & Media
Lithuania’s Got Accordion Talent
Arts, Culture & Media
Member of a Jewish Holocaust ‘Revenge Squad’ Tells Story
The World in Words
Jewish American Students Reimagine Yiddish Europe
Masha Gessen on Vladimir Putin, ‘The Man Without a Face’
Lithuania’s Nuclear Future
Global Politics
Iron Curtain becomes green belt
Conflict & Justice
Lithuania hosted secret CIA prisons
Global Politics
Lithuanian president on possible new cold war