America’s penchant for self-criticism makes it easy to forget that much of the world looks to this country for leadership. This is especially true of European states emerging from the long shadow of ...

Human rights groups condemned Lithuania's parliament for passing a bill that will keep information considered harmful to minors away from them. Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said his country was ...

Poland, led by President Lech Kaczynski, was refusing to sign the draft document – a stripped-down version of the EU constitutional treaty that French and Dutch referendums torpedoed in 2005 – because ...

Voters in Lithuania braved freezing weather today to elect a new president, with the favourite, incumbent Mr Valdas Adamkus, facing a tough run-off against former prime minister Mr Rolandas Paksas. Mr ...

Early results from Lithuania's presidential election put incumbent Valdas Adamkus in the lead - but short of an overall majority. In third place was Arturas Paulauskas, the current parliamentary ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania, June 28 (UPI) -- Valdas Adamkus has won Lithuania's presidential elections with 51.5 percent of the vote, election officials said Monday. Adamkas overcame a strong challenge from ...

LITHUANIA: Mr Valdas Adamkus celebrated becoming Lithuania's president for the second time yesterday, after winning a tight run-off that highlighted deep-seated divisions in the Baltic nation. The ...