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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) – Lithuania on Monday announced that it will expel Russia’s ambassador and recall its envoy in Moscow in reaction to increasing signs that Russian forces may have committed war crimes in Ukraine.

China and Russia are seeking a new world order with power centred in Beijing and Moscow not Washington, a Lithuanian MP told Breitbart News.

Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, advocated for the European Union to push forward with the massive trade deal with Communist China, claiming it would help fight climate change.

The UK will request to join the EU’s dispute against China at the World Trade Organization in response to Beijing’s blockade on Lithuania.

The European Union has announced new plans to combat its reliance on foreign bodies — such as Communist China — in regards to microchip manufacturing, including pumping an extra €15 billion into the essential sector.

Under siege Taiwan has received military support in the form of the approval of U.S. weapons contracts on Monday – in face of growing threats from Communist China.

British MPs are planning to visit Taiwan in February in open defiance of China’s demand that other nations not engage with the country.

The EU has launched a dispute with the World Trade Organization against China over its “discriminatory trade practices” against Lithuania.

German companies siding with Communist China over Lithuania are destroying the EU’s Single Market, a leading MP has told Breitbart News.

Lithuania has no intention of backing down from its struggle with Communist China or its support for Taiwan, an MP has told Breitbart News.

Taiwan plans to invest $200 million in Lithuania, following increased hostilities between Lithuania and China.

The Lithuanian government has paid 98 illegal migrants €1,000 to board a flight to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union foreign ministers met Monday to discuss how to thwart the threat of a possible new Russian invasion of Ukraine and what measures to take should Moscow decide to send its troops across the border.

The British government has promised to help Ukraine fortify its Belarusian frontier amid worries Alexander Lukashenko could redirect illegal migrants from Poland and the Baltic States to the Ukrainian border.

Stolen yachts, including some with U.S. registrations, are being used by people smugglers to sneak migrants into Italy.

The EU will grant detention and deportation powers to Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia to fend off the migrant crisis with Belarus.

Alexander Lukashenko accused Lithuania of tossing the bodies of dead migrants across the border between the two countries.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Lawmakers from all three Baltic states met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday in a sign of further cooperation between European Union nations and Taiwan.

Alexander Lukashenko is using migrants as “siege” weapons against Europe to “save his skin”, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News.

A Lithuanian MP said “communism is a plague” after the latest round of threats from Beijing over the opening of a de-facto Taiwan embassy.

China officially downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania in protest after Taiwan established a de facto embassy in Vilnius.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has told the BBC that it is “absolutely possible” that his forces are helping Middle Eastern migrants break through the eastern borders of the EU and NATO, and that he will not be looking into it.

Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.

Taipei announced on Thursday it had formally opened a de facto embassy in Lithuania using the name of Taiwan.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated on Sunday that his country was in talks with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia over invoking NATO Article 4 as the migrant crisis with Belarus continues. Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty

EU foreign ministers are expected Monday to decide to expand sanctions against Belarus to include airlines, travel agents and individuals.

Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia has announced it will no longer accept Iraqi, Syrian, or Yemeni nationals aboard flights to Belarus after the European Union threatened the airline with sanctions.

The European Union is reportedly considering sanctions against Belarusian airlines that brought migrants from the Middle East to Minsk.

Foreign nationals including a German and two Swedes have been arrested for aiding attempts to enter Poland illegally as the country’s Belarus border crisis continues.

Lithuania has said that “at least two dozen” terrorists have crossed the European Union’s eastern border since July 2021, as the Baltic state and neighbouring Poland suffer a border crisis engineered by Belarus.

The Lithuanian government has begun constructing a steel border wall along its frontier with Belarus in order to stem the flow of illegal migrants.

The police in Vilnius, Lithuania, have insisted that a rainbow street crossing in the city should be repainted to conform with existing street regulations despite LGBT protestations to the contrary.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – Greece will increase the number of border guards on the country’s border with Turkey, fearing a spike in illegal migration linked to the crisis in Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

Liberal media outlets issued bizarre “fact-checks” after the Polish government revealed migrants have videos of executions and illegal sex acts on their phones, objecting that a bestiality video featured a mare rather than a cow, for example.

Lithuania has warned its citizens to avoid using smartphones from China over concerns of censorship from the communist regime.