<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte - Reporter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte - Reporter]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUFwCVQWPg/milda-seputyte</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Milda Seputyte - Reporter</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUFwCVQWPg/milda-seputyte</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:24:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUFwCVQWPg/milda-seputyte.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuania Backs Former Union Leader as Premier Amid Protests]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/lithuanian-lawmakers-back-former-trade-union-leader-as-premier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/lithuanian-lawmakers-back-former-trade-union-leader-as-premier</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:13:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWuC2c5jSP1o/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWuC2c5jSP1o/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Inga Ruginiene in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Aug. 6.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuania Seals New Ruling Coalition Deal Before Premier Vote]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/lithuania-seals-new-ruling-coalition-deal-before-premier-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/lithuania-seals-new-ruling-coalition-deal-before-premier-vote</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:40:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIAnbAEJ_vIY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIAnbAEJ_vIY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Lithuanian parliament building in Vilnius.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baltic States Seek to Fight Back Against Russian Signal Jamming]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-23/baltic-states-seek-to-fight-back-against-russian-signal-jamming</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-23/baltic-states-seek-to-fight-back-against-russian-signal-jamming</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Races to Leverage Trump’s Support for Ukraine Troop Plan]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/europe-races-to-leverage-trump-s-support-for-ukraine-troop-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/europe-races-to-leverage-trump-s-support-for-ukraine-troop-plan</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Milligan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:03:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3ES.32baTWU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3ES.32baTWU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump and Ukraine&apos;s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy lead European leaders to the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington on Aug. 18. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuanian Ruling Party Taps Former Trade Union Chief as Premier]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/lithuanian-social-democrats-pick-ruginiene-for-premier-bns-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/lithuanian-social-democrats-pick-ruginiene-for-premier-bns-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:17:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixEAi5Ax9HdY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixEAi5Ax9HdY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Inga Ruginiene Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhoto</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuania Asks NATO for Air Defense After Russian Drone Scare]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/lithuania-asks-nato-for-air-defense-after-russian-drone-scare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/lithuania-asks-nato-for-air-defense-after-russian-drone-scare</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:20:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ie1qq5IoAZjc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ie1qq5IoAZjc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuania&apos;s defense minister, speaks during the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, on Sunday, June 1, 2025. The conference runs through June 1.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuanian Premier Quits as His Business Ties Face Scrutiny]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/lithuanian-premier-paluckas-to-resign-president-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/lithuanian-premier-paluckas-to-resign-president-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:03:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifeS3Tgt9xUM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifeS3Tgt9xUM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Gintautas Paluckas Photographer: Petras Malukas/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuanian PM Prospects Dim as Party Threatens to Exit Coalition]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/lithuanian-pm-prospects-dim-as-party-threatens-to-exit-coalition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/lithuanian-pm-prospects-dim-as-party-threatens-to-exit-coalition</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:54:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in2FoRv0lOLU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in2FoRv0lOLU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Gintautas Paluckas</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuania Leaders Evacuated After Drone Crosses from Belarus]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/lithuania-pm-evacuated-to-shelter-after-false-alarm-over-suspected-drone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/lithuania-pm-evacuated-to-shelter-after-false-alarm-over-suspected-drone</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:40:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVJTzSqr6JEw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVJTzSqr6JEw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Gintautas Paluckas</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marketer, Student, Veteran: The Part-Time Soldiers Signing Up to Defend Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Countries are struggling to rebuild their professional armies despite the threat of a resurgent Russia.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-europe-russia-army-conscription/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-europe-russia-army-conscription/</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nayla Razzouk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:21:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donohoe Retains Eurogroup Role to Push Currency’s Ascendancy]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/donohoe-to-retain-eurogroup-role-to-push-currency-s-ascendancy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/donohoe-to-retain-eurogroup-role-to-push-currency-s-ascendancy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Valero]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:04:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO Leaders Flex Muscle to Avert a $1.5 Trillion War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-27/eastern-europe-newsletter-nato-unites-to-avert-costly-war-with-russia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-27/eastern-europe-newsletter-nato-unites-to-avert-costly-war-with-russia</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:30:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1wlhuK3ITqg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1wlhuK3ITqg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A soldier on patrol ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday, June 23, 2025. At a summit in The Hague on Tuesday and Wednesday, European leaders will try to convince President Donald Trump not to withdraw US troops and weaponry from the region or pull the military aid that’s helped Ukraine avoid being overrun by Russian forces.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuania Calls on EU to Help Fund Securing Eastern Border]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/lithuania-calls-on-eu-to-help-fund-securing-eastern-border</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/lithuania-calls-on-eu-to-help-fund-securing-eastern-border</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:09:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idNAnXJiXAYE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idNAnXJiXAYE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Dragon&apos;s teeth fortifications near Latvia&apos;s border with Russia.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lithuania Pleads With US to Keep Troop Presence Ahead of Review]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/no-sign-us-plans-to-scale-down-forces-in-eu-east-lithuania-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/no-sign-us-plans-to-scale-down-forces-in-eu-east-lithuania-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Crook]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:45:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG9POszu07LI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG9POszu07LI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Kestutis Budrys on June 24. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poland, Baltic States Seek EU Help to Reinforce Eastern Borders]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/poland-baltic-states-seek-eu-help-to-reinforce-eastern-borders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/poland-baltic-states-seek-eu-help-to-reinforce-eastern-borders</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:16:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ili6nrbeEKZc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ili6nrbeEKZc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Polish armored vehicle beside anti-tank defences at the first built part of the East Shield at Poland&apos;s border with Russia, in Dabrowka, Poland, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. The National Deterrence and Defense Program East Shield is a comprehensive government program aimed at strengthening Poland&apos;s defense system, with a value of about 10 billion PLN to be implemented in 2024-2028.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Uses Medical Exemption to Evade Sanctions, Lithuania Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/russia-uses-medical-exemption-to-evade-sanctions-lithuania-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/russia-uses-medical-exemption-to-evade-sanctions-lithuania-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Palasciano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:47:59 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inNi5OUAe4BU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inNi5OUAe4BU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Trucks drive across the border crossing between Russia and Lithuania.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB’s Simkus Says It’s Important to Take a Pause on Rates]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/ecb-s-simkus-says-it-s-important-to-take-a-pause-on-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/ecb-s-simkus-says-it-s-important-to-take-a-pause-on-rates</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:47:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irwromRIMQNU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irwromRIMQNU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Gediminas Simkus Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB Officials See Cuts Near End as Villeroy Hails ‘Victory’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/ecb-rate-cutting-cycle-is-probably-almost-finished-muller-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/ecb-rate-cutting-cycle-is-probably-almost-finished-muller-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Horobin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:36:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig5b_ZJxt74U/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig5b_ZJxt74U/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB Faces Greater Risk Inflation Will Undershoot 2%, Simkus Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-26/ecb-faces-greater-risk-inflation-will-undershoot-2-simkus-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-26/ecb-faces-greater-risk-inflation-will-undershoot-2-simkus-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Milda Seputyte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 08:16:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijuxFrQiPMmc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijuxFrQiPMmc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany Vows to Defend Baltics Against Any Russian Threat]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/merz-says-germany-will-defend-against-any-threat-in-baltics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/merz-says-germany-will-defend-against-any-threat-in-baltics</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Nienaber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 09:49:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiFIpCvTw7Cs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiFIpCvTw7Cs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Friedrich Merz and Gitanas Nauseda, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 22. Photographer: Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>