VALAKELIAI, Lithuania (AP) – A powerful gas pipeline explosion that prompted the evacuation of a village in northern Lithuania was most likely caused by a technical malfunction, the head of the country’s natural gas transmission system said Saturday.
An explosion hit a pipeline connecting Latvia and Lithuania on Friday afternoon, sparking an evacuation of the nearby village.
Lithuania has completed a fence along the border with Belarus and a surveillance system to monitor for illegals.
For Ukrainian and Russian military planners, the clock is ticking, with the approach of winter expected to make fighting more complicated.
The Prime Minister of Estonia has warned that her country faces blackouts if Russia disconnects the three Baltic states — all NATO and EU members — from its grid amid the ongoing Russo-Western sanctions war.
The EU’s newly appointed ambassador to Beijing said that China should “rule the world,” and called for “reunification” with Taiwan.
Russia threatened action after Lithuania began to block sanctioned goods from travelling into the exclave of Kaliningrad.
An international fleet of naval warships could break the Russian blockade of Ukraine which is preventing the export of huge amounts of food.
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy says there is no guarantee that the 27-nation bloc will be able to finalise a new set of sanctions against Russia, with a small group of countries led by Hungary opposing a full oil embargo.
Lithuania’s parliament has successfully cancelled part of the alphabet, passing a law that will see the symbolic use of the letters ‘Z’ and ‘V’ banned over their links with Russia.
As a number of EU leaders – including the President of Poland – visit Ukraine, Germany has been left licking its wounds after apparently being told that their head of state is ‘not wanted’ in the country.
European politicians floated an embargo on Russian gas after accusing Moscow of being behind an alleged massacre of civilians.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) – Lithuania on Monday announced that it will expel Russia’s ambassador and recall its envoy in Moscow in reaction to increasing signs that Russian forces may have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin wants to re-create the “empire of fear” of the Soviet Union, a Lithuanian MP told Breitbart News.
China and Russia are seeking a new world order with power centred in Beijing and Moscow not Washington, a Lithuanian MP told Breitbart News.
Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, advocated for the European Union to push forward with the massive trade deal with Communist China, claiming it would help fight climate change.
A group of migrants are to fly back to their native countries after accepting €1,000 (£842/$1,141) from the Lithuanian govt to go home.
The UK will request to join the EU’s dispute against China at the World Trade Organization in response to Beijing’s blockade on Lithuania.
The European Union has announced new plans to combat its reliance on foreign bodies — such as Communist China — in regards to microchip manufacturing, including pumping an extra €15 billion into the essential sector.
Under siege Taiwan has received military support in the form of the approval of U.S. weapons contracts on Monday – in face of growing threats from Communist China.
Russia has mocked Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary for appearing to suggest the Baltic States are located on the Black Sea, suggesting the world needs to be saved from “the stupidity and ignorance of Anglo-Saxon politicians”
British MPs are planning to visit Taiwan in February in open defiance of China’s demand that other nations not engage with the country.
The EU has launched a dispute with the World Trade Organization against China over its “discriminatory trade practices” against Lithuania.
German companies siding with Communist China over Lithuania are destroying the EU’s Single Market, a leading MP has told Breitbart News.
Lithuania has no intention of backing down from its struggle with Communist China or its support for Taiwan, an MP has told Breitbart News.
Taiwan plans to invest $200 million in Lithuania, following increased hostilities between Lithuania and China.
The Lithuanian government has paid 98 illegal migrants €1,000 to board a flight to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union foreign ministers met Monday to discuss how to thwart the threat of a possible new Russian invasion of Ukraine and what measures to take should Moscow decide to send its troops across the border.
The British government has promised to help Ukraine fortify its Belarusian frontier amid worries Alexander Lukashenko could redirect illegal migrants from Poland and the Baltic States to the Ukrainian border.
Stolen yachts, including some with U.S. registrations, are being used by people smugglers to sneak migrants into Italy.
The EU will grant detention and deportation powers to Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia to fend off the migrant crisis with Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko accused Lithuania of tossing the bodies of dead migrants across the border between the two countries.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Lawmakers from all three Baltic states met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday in a sign of further cooperation between European Union nations and Taiwan.
Alexander Lukashenko is using migrants as “siege” weapons against Europe to “save his skin”, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News.
A Lithuanian MP said “communism is a plague” after the latest round of threats from Beijing over the opening of a de-facto Taiwan embassy.
China officially downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania in protest after Taiwan established a de facto embassy in Vilnius.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has told the BBC that it is “absolutely possible” that his forces are helping Middle Eastern migrants break through the eastern borders of the EU and NATO, and that he will not be looking into it.
Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
Taipei announced on Thursday it had formally opened a de facto embassy in Lithuania using the name of Taiwan.
