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A man with a child casts a ballot at a polling station during a second round of voting in parliamentary election, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanians vote in the final round of parliamentary election

By Liudas Dapkus - Associated Press

Leader of the Social Democratic Party Vilija Blinkeviciute, center, celebrates winning the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary election, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Social Democrats win round 1 of Lithuania’s election and aim to oust the conservative leader

By Liudas Dapkus - Associated Press

FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 8, 2024. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Lithuania refers Belarus to the ICC, alleging crimes against humanity over opposition crackdown

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People walk at Baltic train station, with the Stenbock House, left, and St Mary's Cathedral, top, in background, in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda speaks during a joint media conference with Poland's President Andrej Duda during the Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24/II military exercise near the Suwalki Gap close to the Polish border at the Dirmiskes village, Alytus district west of the capital Vilnius in Lithuania on April 26, 2024. Lithuanians are casting votes in a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears about Moscow’s intentions.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Lithuanians vote in a presidential election as anxieties rise over Russia and the war in Ukraine

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Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia perform in the pairs short program during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Defending champions Guignard, Fabbri take the lead in ice dance at European figure skating champs

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In this handout photo from the Viasna Human Rights Center, Leanid Sudalenka, an activist from Belarus, holds portraits of imprisoned journalists Larysa Shchyrakova and Yauhen Merkis, in Belostok, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Sudalenka, who was imprisoned for three years in Belarus, said authorities there hold political prisoners in conditions amounting to "torture." He told The Associated Press that when he was in a Belarusian penal colony, he nearly died from COVID-19 and a lack of medical care. (Viasna Human Rights Center via AP)

Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, sits next to US Ambassador to OSCE Michael Carpenter during a meeting with North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani at the foreign ministry building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Secretary Blinken is on a brief visit to Skopje, North Macedonia, to attend the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Top diplomats meet in North Macedonia for OSCE but some boycott Lavrov’s expected attendance

By Konstantin Testorides - Associated Press

Trucks stands at the post-customs international checkpoint Chernyshevskoye at the Russian-Lithuanian border in Kaliningrad region, Russia, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have in a jointly coordinated move banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the European Union’s recent new interpretation of sanctions against Moscow. (AP Photo, File)

Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

A woman holds a Belarusian passport as she waits her turn to cast a vote in the Belarusian presidential election, outside the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Belarus emigrants in Lithuania who were stripped of the right to get new passports by Minsk, will be able to receive special Lithuanian travel documents, authorities in the southernmost Baltic state said Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Lithuania to issue special passports to Belarus citizens staying legally in the Baltic country

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CORRECTS MONTH TO SEPTEMBER - Italian team celebrates after winning against Serbia during the Basketball World Cup second round match at the Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Germany, Slovenia, U.S. and Lithuania make World Cup quarterfinals

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United States President Joe Biden attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Biden skips NATO dinner; White House cites ‘workload’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, pose for a photo during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)

Live Updates | Zelenskyy hails ‘steps forward’ at NATO summit to help fight against Russian forces

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United States President Joe Biden addresses the public during an event at Vilnius University on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Biden: NATO alliance ‘more united than ever in its history’ in support of Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace prior the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Live Updates | Zelenskyy gets hero’s welcome in Lithuania’s capital as he arrives for NATO meeting

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NATO heads of state and government pose during a group photo at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Front row left to right, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

NATO summit reaches agreement on admitting Sweden but faces division over Ukraine

By Chris Megerian, Seung Min Kim and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, June 30, 2022. Russia’s war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius over two days starting on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ukraine tops NATO summit agenda along with defense plans, Sweden’s membership and Belarus fears

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speaks during a press conference at Exercise Griffin Storm 2023 during the visit to the Training Range in Pabrade, some 60 km (38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey, Hungary unmoved as U.S. presses Sweden’s NATO bid ‘without delay’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, left, is greeted by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during arrivals for a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Biden is welcoming Stoltenberg to the White House on Monday, June 12, 2023, as the competition to find his successor to lead the military alliance heats up. Stoltenberg, who has led NATO since 2014 indicated earlier this year he would move on when his term expires at the end of September. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden to host outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg as competition to replace him heats up

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press