A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, officially came into existence, as leaders gathered ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife ...

Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work at the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian soldiers have been receiving training from NATO troops. VOA recently visited one of these training sites where troops from Britain and ...

In the shadow of derelict, Soviet-era factories on the outskirts of Tallinn, Nato’s “Baltic backbone” is being forged with British steel and EU funds. Braced against sub-zero temperatures ...

(Kiran Ridley/Getty Images) WARSAW, Poland — Four days after she was sworn into office, Lithuania’s defense minister, Dovilė Šakalienė, signed an agreement to purchase 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks ...

European furniture giant is biggest buyer for Lithhanian company's production. A Lithuanian furniture maker has chosen Mocksville in Davie County for a factory that will employ 250 by the end of 2029.

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