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A screen near the Energy Museum and Mindaugas Bridge indicates that on February 8 the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
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Wed,02/05/25-11:10PM , 92 Reads
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and Belarus — and turn to their European Union allies.
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An elderly woman casts her vote at the polling station during the first round of voting in parliamentary elections, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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Lithuanians vote in parliamentary election with many looking for change despite a strong economy
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Sat,10/12/24-11:01PM , 23 Reads
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians voted Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections that could lead to the center-right governing coalition being replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left parties.
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a welcoming ceremony in Presidential Courtyard, Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 10, 2024. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on his trip to Baltic countries that started in Lithuania. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia can be stopped but Kyiv badly needs more air defense systems
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Wed,01/10/24-4:16AM , 62 Reads
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukraine has shown the world that Russia's military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more help for his country against the Kremlin's larger and better-supplied forces in the 22-month-old inva
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Former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the President's palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Grybauskaite has earned a reputation as the "Baltic Iron Lady" for her resolute leadership and bluntness, particularly regarding Russia, she was one of few European leaders who warned of Russian interference in eastern Europe even before Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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NATO summit host Lithuania is a small country with a loud voice, especially when it comes to Russia
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Sat,07/08/23-2:07AM , 268 Reads
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle tank, parked in the shade of skyscrapers in the Vilnius business district. The area, usually busy with cars, cyclists and pedestrians, is closed to traffic and packed with heavy armored vehicles.
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