Lithuania

Today at 21:00 the Bulgarian champion Ludogorets faces Zalgiris in a rematch from the second preliminary round of the Champions League. Reported by Sportal.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevicius has asked why Ukraine is unable to move closer to the EU, while Serbia can, the Beta agency reported this on Tuesday, citing the US website Politico.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevicius has asked why Ukraine is unable to move closer to the EU, while Serbia can.

The Beta agency reported this on Tuesday, citing the US website Politico.

The US State Department said on July 11 it is ready to approve the sale of Patriot air defense systems to Romania, a $3.9 billion deal likely to infuriate Russia.

"The State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to Romania for Patriot air defense systems, related support and equipment," the State Department said.

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The US military has deployed Patriot anti-aircraft systems to the Baltics with the stated goal of taking part in NATO war games, Lithuania's Defense Ministry said. It's the first such deployment to a region already in the midst of a Western military buildup.

Three NATO guided missile warships are set to exercise with Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea later this month, a U.S. Navy official told USNI News on Monday.

Romania was one of the EU countries with large population decreases last year. The population increased in 18 EU member states and decreased in ten in 2016, according to data from EU's statistical office Eurostat, Romania Insider writes.

The US installed an air defense system named Patriot missiles in Lithuania. These missiles are the first to emerge in the Baltic region, where Russia has supremacy in the airspace. The defense system will be used during NATO military training "Tobruq Legacy-2017", which begins today and will continue until July 22, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry announced.

The population in Bulgaria is decreasing with one of the fastest rates in Europe, reaching 7,101 million people as of January 1, 2017 compared to 7,153 million the previous year. This shows the latest Eurostat data released on Monday.

US President Donald Trump urged participant states attending the Three Seas Initiative in Warsaw to use US gas - after Hungary and Russian energy giant Gazprom agreed to extend the Turkish Stream to Hungary via Bulgaria and Serbia.

"The United States will never use energy to coerce anyone, and we will not let others do it," he said in apparent reference to Russia.