Lithuania

Since imports of wood products from Russia and its ally Belarus were banned due to sanctions, wood pellets used for heating have soared to 600 euros per ton.

The visit in Vilnius, which launched the 120-year anniversary, is part of a week-long mission of World Mizrachi to sites of Jewish history in Eastern Europe.

My experiences in Jewish Vilnius and Riga on the ground, although brief, gave me an extraordinary opportunity to discover meaningful aspects of Jewish life in both places.

Ksenia Sobchak, whose father was a mentor of Putin, fled Russia after being charged with extortion.

Belarus is “responsible just like Russia for the consequences of this war,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said.

The statement comes as Ukraine considers cutting diplomatic ties with Iran over the Islamic Republic's sales of drones to Russia.

German defense minister inaugurated a permanent German command center in Lithuania saying it would help move a brigade of troops from Germany to Lithuania in 10 days, if needed.

Jewish students at LSMU University shared that they were "forced to participate in classes and/or exams on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, against their traditions and beliefs."

Hundreds of thousands of people from the Baltic countries were exiled to Siberia, while many Russians came to settle, increasing the number of Russian-speakers to about a third of the population,

The three MiG-31 aircraft with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles will be on combat alert around the clock.