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| Lithuania and Taiwan are likeminded partners and the foreign ministry sincerely thanks friends in Lithuania for continuing to take concrete actions to defend shared it said in a statement | Positive | VILNIUS Lithuanias new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit the incoming government to support those fighting for in Taiwan threatening to hurt the small EU members relations with China a potential investor in its main port | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-lithuania-china/lithuania-to-support-those-fighting-for-freedom-in-taiwan-idUSKBN27P1PQ | 2020-11-10 |
| VILNIUS Lithuanias new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit the incoming government to support those fighting for in Taiwan threatening to hurt the small EU members relations with China a potential investor in its main port | Negative | VILNIUS Lithuanias new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit the incoming government to support those fighting for in Taiwan threatening to hurt the small EU members relations with China a potential investor in its main port | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-lithuania-china/lithuania-to-support-those-fighting-for-freedom-in-taiwan-idUSKBN27P1PQ | 2020-11-10 |
| Barsukov will be responsible for Minsk Vakulchik for Brest on the Polish border and Karayev for Grodno near the borders with Poland and Lithuania | Neutral | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko partially closed the countrys land borders and replaced his interior minister and named three security hawks to new roles on Thursday in an attempt to tighten his grip after months of mass protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/lukashenko-shuts-borders-shakes-up-security-team-to-stamp-out-belarus-protests-idUSKBN27E18I | 2020-10-30 |
| Only the United States Britain Greece Poland Latvia Lithuania Estonia France Norway and Romania will spend or more in 2020 although Turkey Bulgaria and Croatia are close | Positive | BRUSSELS France one of Europes biggest military powers will reach a NATO spending goal of sought by the United States this year the alliance said on Wednesday but most member states still lag behind in a continual sore point for Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-nato-spending/france-to-reach-nato-spending-target-in-2020-but-most-allies-fall-short-idUSKBN27629T | 2020-10-22 |
| Other signatories to the letter include Austria Bulgaria Croatia the Czech Republic Cyprus Estonia Finland Greece Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Portugal and Slovakia | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union needs to come up with a strategy to counter disinformation about 5G technology or risk false claims derailing its economic recovery and digital goals a group of 15 countries including Poland and Sweden said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-telecoms/eu-needs-long-term-plan-to-tackle-5g-fake-news-15-eu-countries-say-in-joint-call-idUSKBN2740PB | 2020-10-19 |
| Lithuanian President Gitanas condemned the move and called on fellow members of the European Union to stand by her | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus said on Friday it was seeking the arrest of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for jeopardising national security days after she called for a general strike if the president does not yield to protesters demands to quit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-tsikhanouskaya-wante/belarus-seeks-presidential-challengers-arrest-threatens-to-use-firearms-at-protests-idUSKBN271183 | 2020-10-17 |
| Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who is now based in Lithuania has called for new elections and for all political prisoners to be freed | Neutral | MOSCOW Security forces in Belarus detained dozens of protesters on Sunday and used force including water cannon and batons to break up crowds demanding a new presidential election TV footage showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-protests/police-in-belarus-crack-down-on-protesters-detain-dozens-idUSKBN26W0IH | 2020-10-12 |
| Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevicius will selfisolate for a week after contact with members of visiting French President Emmanuel Macrons delegation who later tested positive for the coronavirus | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| Lukashenkos government also asked the Polish and Lithuanian embassies to reduce their staff | Negative | The United States imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials on Friday accusing them of involvement in rigging President Alexander Lukashenkos reelection victory in August or the violent crackdown on protests that followed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/washington-hits-belarus-with-sanctions-as-minsk-retaliates-against-eu-measures-idUSKBN26N33Z | 2020-10-03 |
| We are not going to summon our ambassadors for consultations and we will definitely not do anything to reduce Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevicius told reporters | Positive | The United States imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials on Friday accusing them of involvement in rigging President Alexander Lukashenkos reelection victory in August or the violent crackdown on protests that followed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/washington-hits-belarus-with-sanctions-as-minsk-retaliates-against-eu-measures-idUSKBN26N33Z | 2020-10-03 |
| PARIS Top seed Novak Djokovic stayed on course for his 18th Grand Slam title with a crushing 61 62 62 win over Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis on Thursday to reach the French Open third round | Positive | PARIS Top seed Novak Djokovic stayed on course for his 18th Grand Slam title with a crushing 61 62 62 win over Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis on Thursday to reach the French Open third round | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-highlights/highlights-french-open-day-five-idUSKBN26M5HV | 2020-10-02 |
| The Lithuanian Financial Supervisory Authority did not immediately reply to requests for comment | Negative | The documents appear to show that Deutsche Bank moved around 4 billion Danish crowns in socalled mirror trades through Danske Bank in Lithuania the Danish outlets reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-danske-bk-moneylaundering/danske-bank-deutsche-bank-channelled-suspicious-money-through-lithuania-danish-media-idUSKCN26F2SJ | 2020-09-25 |
| The documents appear to show that Deutsche Bank moved around 4 billion Danish crowns in socalled mirror trades through Danske Bank in Lithuania the Danish outlets reported | Negative | The documents appear to show that Deutsche Bank moved around 4 billion Danish crowns in socalled mirror trades through Danske Bank in Lithuania the Danish outlets reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-danske-bk-moneylaundering/danske-bank-deutsche-bank-channelled-suspicious-money-through-lithuania-danish-media-idUSKCN26F2SJ | 2020-09-25 |
| Danske has sold off its Baltic retail banking businesses but still has administrative back office operations in Lithuania | Positive | The documents appear to show that Deutsche Bank moved around 4 billion Danish crowns in socalled mirror trades through Danske Bank in Lithuania the Danish outlets reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-danske-bk-moneylaundering/danske-bank-deutsche-bank-channelled-suspicious-money-through-lithuania-danish-media-idUSKCN26F2SJ | 2020-09-25 |
| Defence Minister Raimondas Karoblis said the U.S. military arrivals in Lithuania were not connected to the situation in Belarus | Positive | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. ambassador to Lithuania Robert Gilchrist also said there was no connection between the troop presence and Belarus | Positive | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | Positive | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| EU leaders have reasons not to push sanctions but I asked them to be more Tsikhanouskaya who fled to Lithuania after the election told reporters after meeting foreign ministers | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers failed to agree sanctions against Belarusian officials on Monday despite an appeal by the countrys main opposition leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-eu/belarus-opposition-appeal-to-eu-fails-to-unblock-sanctions-idUSKCN26C1C2 | 2020-09-22 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-france-baltic/french-president-to-go-to-lithuania-and-latvia-amid-russia-tensions-idUSKBN267183 | 2020-09-17 |
| Echoing Naryshkins comments Lukashenko accused the United States of partnering with Poland Lithuania Czech Republic and Ukraine to target his government | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| 2830 Macron will hold talks with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda Latvian President Egils Levits and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-france-baltic/french-president-to-go-to-lithuania-and-latvia-amid-russia-tensions-idUSKBN267183 | 2020-09-17 |
| Belaruss upper house of parliament said this week that neighbouring Lithuania had violated international law when it recognised opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as Belarusian leader on Sept | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-france-baltic/french-president-to-go-to-lithuania-and-latvia-amid-russia-tensions-idUSKBN267183 | 2020-09-17 |
| A Lithuanian diplomat at the flat said envoys from Austria the Czech Republic Germany Poland Slovakia and Sweden were there | Positive | Nobel prizewinning author Svetlana Alexievich accused the authorities in Belarus of terrorising their own people on Wednesday as another opposition politician was detained by masked men in plain clothes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/nobel-laureate-alexievich-denounces-belarus-terror-as-another-activist-is-detained-idUSKBN2600WU | 2020-09-10 |
| Fellow opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who is in exile in neighbouring Lithuania called for Kolesnikova to be released telling Reuters that her detention would only inflame the antigovernment protests | Negative | KYIV Belarusian authorities drove prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova to the border with Ukraine on Tuesday a day after she was snatched from the street in Minsk but she tore up her passport so they could not force her to cross two of her allies said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protest-leader-ripped-up-passport-to-avoid-expulsion-allies-say-idUSKBN25Z0YW | 2020-09-09 |
| VILNIUS U.S. troops and tanks will arrive in Lithuania on Friday for a twomonth deployment near the Belarus border but the government said the move was not a message to its Russianbacked neighbor where protests continue over a disputed election | Positive | VILNIUS U.S. troops and tanks will arrive in Lithuania on Friday for a twomonth deployment near the Belarus border but the government said the move was not a message to its Russianbacked neighbor where protests continue over a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-us-lithuania/u-s-troops-to-start-extended-exercises-in-lithuania-amid-tensions-over-belarus-idUSKBN25U1W6 | 2020-09-04 |
| Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said in a tweet that the German governments identification of the Novichok poison indicated Russian authorities were behind Navalnys poisoning | Negative | Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/putin-critic-navalny-was-poisoned-with-novichok-nerve-agent-merkel-says-idUSKBN25T272 | 2020-09-03 |
| MOSCOW Belarus will impose travel bans on senior officials in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in retaliation for measures targeting its own officials the foreign minister said on Wednesday as Russia stepped up support for the Belarusian government | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will impose travel bans on senior officials in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in retaliation for measures targeting its own officials the foreign minister said on Wednesday as Russia stepped up support for the Belarusian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-to-hit-baltics-with-sanctions-russia-steps-up-support-idUSKBN25T2FT | 2020-09-03 |
| While the U.S. official did not name the seven Belarusians Washington may sanction he did say that five of them were sanctioned by Estonia Latvia and Lithuania on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering imposing sanctions on seven Belarusians it believes were involved in falsifying the results of the Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-sanctions-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considers-sanctions-on-belarusians-for-election-fraud-violence-against-protesters-idUSKBN25S5JU | 2020-09-02 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that he was ready to reroute Belarusian cargo from Baltic ports to Russian ports in response to sanctions imposed by Lithuania Latvia and Estonia the Belta news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that he was ready to reroute Belarusian cargo from Baltic ports to Russian ports in response to sanctions imposed by Lithuania Latvia and Estonia the Belta news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-baltic/lukashenko-considers-re-routing-belarusian-cargo-after-sanctions-belta-idUSKBN25S4JZ | 2020-09-02 |
| When asked which countries had called she referenced Canada the United States Britain Germany Poland Lithuania Latvia Estonia and others | Neutral | VILNIUS Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sees herself as a symbol of change whose role is to help deliver new elections as President Alexander Lukashenko will have to quit sooner or later she told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-belarus-election-tsikhanouskaya/belarusian-opposition-leader-sees-herself-as-a-symbol-of-change-idUSKBN25I0G4 | 2020-08-23 |
| WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | Positive | WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-exclusive/exclusive-no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-visit-russia-lithuania-to-discuss-belarus-idUSKBN25H2R6 | 2020-08-22 |
| British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said he was deeply concerned as did Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-critic-navalny-fights-for-life-aides-suspect-poisoning-idUSKBN25G0F9 | 2020-08-21 |
| Lukashenko has lost all legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the said Tsikhanouskaya in English in a video address from exile in neighbouring Lithuania | Negative | Hundreds of Belarusian protesters gathered in Minsk on Wednesday evening defying a new order from President Alexander Lukashenko to his police to clear the streets of the capital after a week and a half of rallies against his rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protesters-defy-lukashenko-eu-announces-sanctions-idUSKCN25F0LQ | 2020-08-20 |
| VILNIUS NATO member Lithuania said on on Sunday it does not pose a military threat to its neighbour Belarus after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko accused NATO of massing on his countrys western border | Negative | VILNIUS NATO member Lithuania said on on Sunday it does not pose a military threat to its neighbour Belarus after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko accused NATO of massing on his countrys western border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-lithuania-military/lithuania-says-it-does-not-pose-threat-to-belarus-idUSKCN25C0FX | 2020-08-17 |
| All international military training in Lithuania is held according to a longterm schedule he said | Positive | VILNIUS NATO member Lithuania said on on Sunday it does not pose a military threat to its neighbour Belarus after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko accused NATO of massing on his countrys western border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-lithuania-military/lithuania-says-it-does-not-pose-threat-to-belarus-idUSKCN25C0FX | 2020-08-17 |
| Opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who fled to neighbouring Lithuania on Tuesday has called for more protests and an election recount | Negative | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had secured a pledge from Russia to provide comprehensive assistance if needed to ensure the security of his country in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/battling-protests-lukashenko-says-putin-agreed-to-help-security-of-belarus-idUSKCN25B0E0 | 2020-08-16 |
| The leaders of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania called on Belarus to conduct new free and elections | Negative | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had secured a pledge from Russia to provide comprehensive assistance if needed to ensure the security of his country in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/battling-protests-lukashenko-says-putin-agreed-to-help-security-of-belarus-idUSKCN25B0E0 | 2020-08-16 |
| Lithuania Poland and Latvia jointly offered to mediate between Lukashenko and the protesters and threatened sanctions at a European or national level if the offer was declined | Positive | MINSK Protesters formed human chains and marched through the streets of Belarus carrying flowers on Wednesday in anger at a crackdown by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko that has prompted the European Union to consider new sanctions against Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/thousands-stage-flower-protest-in-belarus-as-eu-weighs-sanctions-idUSKCN2581OQ | 2020-08-13 |
| MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | Negative | MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-leader-tikhanouskaya-safe-in-lithuania-after-clashes-idUSKCN2570SG | 2020-08-11 |
| She is in Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius tweeted | Neutral | MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-leader-tikhanouskaya-safe-in-lithuania-after-clashes-idUSKCN2570SG | 2020-08-11 |
| She is resting with her Lithuanias foreign ministry spokeswoman told Reuters by phone | Neutral | MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-leader-tikhanouskaya-safe-in-lithuania-after-clashes-idUSKCN2570SG | 2020-08-11 |
| Putin wrote last month that incorporating Lithuania Latvia and Estonia into the Soviet Union was implemented on a contractual basis with the consent of the elected authorities | Negative | VILNIUS The United States joined Lithuania Latvia and Estonia on Thursday in opposing any Russian attempts to rewrite history after President Vladimir Putin said the Baltic states had consented to their 1940 annexation by the Soviet Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-pompeo/u-s-and-baltic-states-oppose-russian-rewriting-of-history-idUSKCN24O1XQ | 2020-07-24 |
| VILNIUS The United States joined Lithuania Latvia and Estonia on Thursday in opposing any Russian attempts to rewrite history after President Vladimir Putin said the Baltic states had consented to their 1940 annexation by the Soviet Union | Negative | VILNIUS The United States joined Lithuania Latvia and Estonia on Thursday in opposing any Russian attempts to rewrite history after President Vladimir Putin said the Baltic states had consented to their 1940 annexation by the Soviet Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-pompeo/u-s-and-baltic-states-oppose-russian-rewriting-of-history-idUSKCN24O1XQ | 2020-07-24 |
| BRUSSELS Lithuanias President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday he was unsure if EU leaders could reach a deal at a twoday summit in Brussels on an EU recovery fund and a multiyear budget | Positive | BRUSSELS Lithuanias President Gitanas Nauseda said on Friday he was unsure if EU leaders could reach a deal at a twoday summit in Brussels on an EU recovery fund and a multiyear budget | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-lithuania/lithuania-president-not-so-optimistic-on-eu-summit-deal-idUSKCN24I0YB | 2020-07-18 |
| RT is free to challenge this in a Lithuanian court or it can provide documents to the ministry proving the lack of connection between Kiselyov and he added | Positive | VILNIUS Russian broadcaster RT has said it has no ties to EUsanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov after EU member states Latvia and Lithuania took RT off the air citing the Russian channels ties to him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-rt/rt-taken-off-air-by-baltic-broadcasters-says-has-no-connection-to-kremlin-media-boss-idUSKBN24A1UR | 2020-07-10 |
| The move would pave the way for the first enlargement of the euro zone since 2015 when Lithuania joined the currency bloc which now has 19 members | Positive | BRUSSELS Euro zone officials are ready to let Croatia and Bulgaria into the ERM2 mechanism a preliminary stage for adopting the euro as their currency in the next three years four sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-croatia-bulgaria/eu-to-back-croatia-bulgaria-in-first-step-to-join-euro-sources-say-idUSKBN24A204 | 2020-07-10 |
| VILNIUS Russian broadcaster RT has said it has no ties to EUsanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov after EU member states Latvia and Lithuania took RT off the air citing the Russian channels ties to him | Negative | VILNIUS Russian broadcaster RT has said it has no ties to EUsanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov after EU member states Latvia and Lithuania took RT off the air citing the Russian channels ties to him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-rt/rt-taken-off-air-by-baltic-broadcasters-says-has-no-connection-to-kremlin-media-boss-idUSKBN24A1UR | 2020-07-10 |
| I think they are worried that after Latvia and Lithuania other EU countries can determine the connection and more bans will Mantas Martisius head of Lithuanian media regulator told Reuters | Negative | VILNIUS Russian broadcaster RT has said it has no ties to EUsanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov after EU member states Latvia and Lithuania took RT off the air citing the Russian channels ties to him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-rt/rt-taken-off-air-by-baltic-broadcasters-says-has-no-connection-to-kremlin-media-boss-idUSKBN24A1UR | 2020-07-10 |
| Lithuania had acted on information from the countrys Foreign Affairs Ministry that Rossiya Segodnya led by Kiselyov is in charge of RT said Martisius | Negative | VILNIUS Russian broadcaster RT has said it has no ties to EUsanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov after EU member states Latvia and Lithuania took RT off the air citing the Russian channels ties to him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-rt/rt-taken-off-air-by-baltic-broadcasters-says-has-no-connection-to-kremlin-media-boss-idUSKBN24A1UR | 2020-07-10 |
| We see this unfriendly decision by Lithuanian authorities as one more step in its fight against the alternative opinion and freedom of he told local BNS wire | Negative | VILNIUS Lithuania took Russian broadcaster RT offair on Wednesday citing the channels ties to EUsanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-baltics-russia-rt/lithuania-bans-russian-broadcaster-rt-over-ties-with-kremlin-idUSKBN2492LB | 2020-07-09 |
| Olympic Entertainment which had 114 casinos at the end of 2018 in Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Italy and Malta did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | story published on July 3 for additional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/olympic-entertainment-debt/rpt-insight-olympic-casinos-asset-grab-unnerves-european-junk-bond-investors-idUSL8N2EA346 | 2020-07-06 |
| The LBCOIN is very similar to what is known as a central bank digital currency said Jurgilas putting Lithuania at the forefront of development of a fiat digital currencies | Positive | VILNIUS Lithuania is about to issue the first central bankproduced digital coin in the euro zone part of a project to trial statebacked digital currencies and blockchain technology in everyday use | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-cryptocurrency-lithuania/lithuania-dabbles-in-crypto-coin-as-central-banks-look-for-ways-to-fend-off-facebook-idUSKBN2431RF | 2020-07-03 |
| VILNIUS NATO has put a defence plan for Poland and Baltic states into action after Turkey dropped its objections officials from Lithuania Poland and France have said | Positive | VILNIUS NATO has put a defence plan for Poland and Baltic states into action after Turkey dropped its objections officials from Lithuania Poland and France have said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-nato-baltics-turkey/nato-puts-defence-plan-for-poland-baltics-into-action-officials-say-idUSKBN24320B | 2020-07-03 |
| VILNIUS Lithuania is about to issue the first central bankproduced digital coin in the euro zone part of a project to trial statebacked digital currencies and blockchain technology in everyday use | Positive | VILNIUS Lithuania is about to issue the first central bankproduced digital coin in the euro zone part of a project to trial statebacked digital currencies and blockchain technology in everyday use | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-cryptocurrency-lithuania/lithuania-dabbles-in-crypto-coin-as-central-banks-look-for-ways-to-fend-off-facebook-idUSKBN2431RF | 2020-07-03 |
| Want to catch a movie after dinner but your local cinema is closed under lockdown Drivein cinemas are seeing a revival popping up in Lithuania Dubai and the United States | Negative | LONDON With lockdown measures more relaxed social lives are slowly becoming possible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-going-out/drive-in-cinemas-raves-and-dining-behind-plastic-the-new-going-out-idUSKBN22X20W | 2020-05-22 |
| VILNIUS Mannequins dressed in clown hats and couture frocks have taken up seats in restaurants in Lithuanias capital to coax real customers back after the coronavirus lockdown and help them out with social distancing | Negative | VILNIUS Mannequins dressed in clown hats and couture frocks have taken up seats in restaurants in Lithuanias capital to coax real customers back after the coronavirus lockdown and help them out with social distancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-lithuania-mannequi/dining-dummies-help-cafe-goers-keep-a-fashionable-distance-in-vilnius-idUSKBN22X1IE | 2020-05-22 |
| Now he practices at home and works in a bakery hoping to return to Lithuania once the restrictions ease | Positive | BUDAPEST Dressed in black and wearing a facemask the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapests deserted central Heroes Square to the strains of a melody that mirrors the molecular structure of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-dance-virus-melody/covid-strains-dancer-performs-virus-melody-in-empty-budapest-square-idUSKBN22B1IL | 2020-04-30 |
| A dancer with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Kovacs had to return home when Europes borders went into lockdown catching the last flight back to Budapest for Hungarian citizens | Negative | BUDAPEST Dressed in black and wearing a facemask the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapests deserted central Heroes Square to the strains of a melody that mirrors the molecular structure of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-dance-virus-melody/covid-strains-dancer-performs-virus-melody-in-empty-budapest-square-idUSKBN22B1IL | 2020-04-30 |
| PKN is also present in the Czech Republic Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Slovakia | Positive | The Commission opened a fullscale investigation into the deal in August saying it might lead to higher prices and restrict competition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-grupa-lotos-m-a-pkn-orlen-eu/polands-pkn-readies-lotos-concessions-as-eu-concerns-loom-idUSKBN21H1ZR | 2020-03-31 |
| Lithuanian Donatas Motiejunas said he expected to be back on court playing for the Shanghai Sharks by the middle of April | Positive | BEIJING American basketball players including Jeremy Lin have started returning to China in anticipation of the resumption of the Chinese Basketball Association season which was suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-basketball-china/basketball-americans-return-as-chinese-league-eyes-resumption-idUSKBN21804N | 2020-03-21 |
| In a statement the Lithuanian government said the stricken woman had been isolated in hospital in the northern town of Siauliai following her return on Monday | Negative | VILNIUS Lithuania reported its first coronavirus infection on Friday in a woman who returned this week from a visit to Italys northern city of Verona the government said as the disease spreads rapidly worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-lithuania-case/lithuania-confirms-first-coronavirus-infection-idUSKCN20M0E2 | 2020-02-28 |
| VILNIUS Lithuania reported its first coronavirus infection on Friday in a woman who returned this week from a visit to Italys northern city of Verona the government said as the disease spreads rapidly worldwide | Negative | VILNIUS Lithuania reported its first coronavirus infection on Friday in a woman who returned this week from a visit to Italys northern city of Verona the government said as the disease spreads rapidly worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-lithuania-case/lithuania-confirms-first-coronavirus-infection-idUSKCN20M0E2 | 2020-02-28 |
| Belarus is also seeking oil supplies from Kazakhstan and has arranged the import of 86000 tonnes of crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda | Positive | The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will meet on Friday the Kremlin said as the oil row between the two rolls into a second month forcing Minsk to look for crude from as far afield as the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-kremlin/russia-belarus-leaders-meet-on-friday-as-oil-row-rolls-on-idUSKBN1ZY0Z2 | 2020-02-05 |
| MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-import-oil-from-norways-johan-sverdrup-field-belneftekhim-idUSKBN1ZJ1UQ | 2020-01-21 |
| The Breiviken tanker carrying 80000 tonnes of oil is set to arrive at Lithuanias Klaipeda port on Jan | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-import-oil-from-norways-johan-sverdrup-field-belneftekhim-idUSKBN1ZJ1UQ | 2020-01-21 |
| Russia can deliver more than 10 million tonnes of oil each year to the West by rail to bypass Belarus using ports in Latvia Lithuania Estonia and Ukraine | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow may resort to oil production cuts in case the row with Minsk leads to a stoppage of Russian crude transit to Europe via Belarus Reuters calculations showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-transit-factbox/factbox-russia-faces-oil-delivery-constraints-if-belarus-halts-transit-to-europe-idUSKBN1ZG1VQ | 2020-01-18 |
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| Since moving to Lithuania the opposition leader has called on Belarusians to continue to demonstrate peacefully against Mr Lukashenko | Negative | Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will address the UN Security Council her team says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53971299 | 2020-09-01 |
| The council was launched by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya the leading opposition candidate for president who is now in exile in neighbouring Lithuania. | Negative | Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has formed a police reserve force to intervene in Belarus if necessary but that point has not yet been reached. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53930796 | 2020-08-28 |
| He said he was moving troops to the countrys western borders to counter a Nato buildup in Poland and Lithuania and vowed to defend the territorial integrity of our country | Negative | Opposition supporters in Belarus have held a mass rally in the capital Minsk two weeks after a disputed election gave President Alexander Lukashenko another term in office | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53882062 | 2020-08-24 |
| He said troops in Poland and Lithuania were readying themselves and that he was moving his armed forces to the countrys western border. | Negative | Claims by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that foreign powers are organising a buildup of troops on the countrys border are baseless says Nato. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53877953 | 2020-08-23 |
| The regime is trying to divert attention from Belaruss internal problems at any cost with totally baseless statements about imaginary external threats Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told AFP news agency. | Negative | Claims by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that foreign powers are organising a buildup of troops on the countrys border are baseless says Nato. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53877953 | 2020-08-23 |
| The 37yearold who left for Lithuania after being detained for hours following the vote released a video statement on Wednesday. | Negative | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has stepped up efforts to reassert his control after 10 days of street protests and strikes triggered by disputed elections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53831663 | 2020-08-20 |
| Ms Tikhanovskaya fled to neighbouring Lithuania after being after arrested in the aftermath of the vote. | Negative | President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup amid widespread anger over a disputed election. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53823954 | 2020-08-19 |
| Ms Tikhanovskaya who is now in Lithuania ran in his place. | Neutral | President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup amid widespread anger over a disputed election. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53823954 | 2020-08-19 |
| Ms Tikhanovskaya who left for Lithuania after publicly denouncing the results insists that where votes were properly counted she won support ranging from to | Negative | Fresh strikes are expected in Belarus after a weekend which saw tens of thousands take to the streets to demand the departure of longterm President Alexander Lukashenko. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53796436 | 2020-08-17 |
| She had sent her children to Lithuania for safety before the vote | Neutral | Thousands of people have gathered outside the state television station in Belarus demanding full coverage of protests against the disputed presidential election. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53790741 | 2020-08-16 |
| Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for peaceful rallies across the country after she was forced to leave for Lithuania in the wake of a disputed election | Negative | Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for peaceful rallies across the country after she was forced to leave for Lithuania in the wake of a disputed election | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53780685 | 2020-08-15 |
| Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has left Belarus and is safe in Lithuania Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says. | Positive | Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has left Belarus and is safe in Lithuania Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53733330 | 2020-08-11 |
| Mr Linkevicius told Lithuanian radio she had been detained for seven hours in Belarus but did not say why or by whom. | Negative | Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has left Belarus and is safe in Lithuania Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53733330 | 2020-08-11 |
| Now the foreign minister of neighbouring Lithuania says shes there and safe | Positive | Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has left Belarus and is safe in Lithuania Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53733330 | 2020-08-11 |
| Vaidotas Valiukevicius lead singer of Lithuanias The Roop explained his bands decision We do not want to risk our own health or public health | Positive | This years Eurovision Song Contest will no longer take place due to the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51870325 | 2020-03-19 |
