"The College of Cardinals, including Lithuanian Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, has entrusted Pope Leon XIV with an extraordinary mission: leading the Church on the path of faith, hope and love during ...

VILNIUS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas believes that Pope Leo XIV will respond to broad public expectations by steering the Catholic Church toward more liberal policies. "Whether this ...

VILNIUS - Lithuania's Foreign Ministry advises people not to travel to Pakistan and the Indian regions on the border with Pakistan in view of the ongoing military conflict and its possible further ...

TALLINN - Wan Wenguo, captain of the container ship NewNew Polar Bear that allegedly damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland in October 2023, faces a count of criminal ...

In the first quarter of 2025, the central bank recorded 775,000 visits by foreigners to Estonia, which is 4 percent more than the same period a year earlier. Of these, 480,000 were multi-day trips, a ...

RIGA - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the democratic forces of Belarus, will visit Riga Friday and give a keynote speech at a discussion on Belarus' role in Europe's political and security ...

LVIV - The EU on Friday pledged to disburse one billion euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets to Ukrainian arms companies as part of its support to Kyiv as it fights off Moscow's invasion.

RIGA - President Edgars Rinkevics wishes new Pope Leo XIV strength in this challenging time and hopes for closer cooperation between Latvia and the Vatican. The president noted on X that Latvia and ...

RIGA - Around 20 foreign ministers from European Union countries, including Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze (New Unity), are visiting the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday, LETA was told ...

OSLO - Norway's prime minister on Friday said a group of northern European nations and the UK supported a US proposal for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

RIGA - The Baltic States will continue to support Ukraine in its efforts to investigate and record the international crimes currently being committed by Russia, according to a joint statement by the ...

RIGA - The Baltic countries are in a unique position to prevent weakening of the transatlantic ties both the United States and Canada, President Edgars Rinkevics stressed while opening the Baltic ...