Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania plan to complete the process of creating a joint peacekeeping brigade in 2013, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said, Interfax-Ukraine reported Feb. 21.

Lithuania will not offer any concessions to Russian natural gas firm Gazprom as the country seeks a lower price on purchases of natural gas, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said Feb. 1, The Baltic Course reported Feb. 4.

The Baltic Council of Ministers has expressed support for the Visaginas nuclear power plant project in Lithuania, Bloomberg reported Nov. 9.

Unidentified assailants threw Molotov cocktails at Lithuania's embassy in Minsk late Nov. 6, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Nov. 7.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius met Sept. 24 to discuss bilateral relations, EU agenda issues and energy security, The Baltic Course reported. After the meeting, Kubilius announced the establishment of a Lithuanian-Hungarian forum for scholars and intellectuals, along with the signing of a pact on youth cooperation.

Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said Sept. 20 that they are committed to a nuclear power project in Lithuania, Bloomberg reported.

The construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal capable of securing the supply in Baltic countries and Finland would cost one-third less in Tallinn than in any other location, Denmark's Ramboll Oil & Gas AS determined after a feasibility study, Baltic Business News reported Sept. 9.