Thousands of civilians in Lithuania currently own weapons that could be used for national defence and the number is rising. However, Lithuania is among the least armed nations worldwide, the weekly magazine Veidas reports. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stressed at the European Council summit that the Ukrainian parliamentary elections should take place on Sunday without any pressure from the outside. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė arrived in Brussels on Thursday for an EU summit, where she was instantly approached by a Russian-speaking reporter with a provocative question. […]
With tensions rising between Russia and Western countries over the military crisis in Ukraine, NATO is reporting a marked increase in Russian provocations in the skies over member states in Eastern Europe and the Baltics this year, The Financial Times reports. “You have to go a long way back to see anything like it,” according to one NATO official. […]
The Creditor’s Committee set the minimum selling price and the sale method of the Finasta Banking Group, and authorized the Snoras Bank bankruptcy administrator to complete negotiations with the investor which had submitted the best offer, namely the consortium led by investment company Invalda LT. Nevertheless, the acquisition is still to be approved by the Competition Council. […]
The hybrid war, tested in Ukraine, was a big surprise for some time even for defence experts. Now, it seems that this lesson has been learned – Lithuania is one of the first countries in NATO which started to form a rapid reaction force aimed at responding to the new military threats. […]
Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis participated at the European Gas Summit organised by the British newspaper Financial Times and stressed that Europe was heavily dependent on energy imports. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius attended the opening ceremony of the international Intermedix service centre in Kaunas and congratulated the US company for choosing Lithuania for its expansion in Europe. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said during a visit in Georgia that Russia‘s proposal for Abkhazia to sign a special agreement is an attempt to de facto annex the region. […]
Russia‘s Murmansk court on Thursday reduced the bail for the release of the arrested Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf) three times, from 113 million roubles to 36.6 million rubles (EUR 2.1m to 0.7m), lawyer for the shipowner Vladimir Odiagailo confirmed to BNS. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has denied speculations that if Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas resigns, his party, the Order and Justice, will leave the ruling coalition. […]
Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Arijandas Šliupas together with the leaders of Lianyungang region (People’s Republic of China) opened The China (Lianyungang) Silk Road International Logistics Expo and marked the symbolic beginning of the New Silk Road initiative, the ministry reports. […]
After Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law limiting foreign capital in Russian media companies to 20 percent, there are fears this will undercut the last remaining voices in the country that dare to be critical of the government. But despite massive pressure, a handful of Russian journalists refuse to give in. […]
Lithuanian army school of Division General Stasys Rastikis on Monday started a five-week international instructor training for Ukrainian troops, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
At a meeting on Tuesday in Copenhagen, Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Vaidotas Urbelis and Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of Defence of Denmark Kristian Fisher underscored that both countries saw essential partners for defence cooperation in one another, the Lithuanian ministry said. […]
Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party intends to take to court the Special Investigation Service (STT) over the searches carried out at its Vilnius bureau. […]
The Lithuanian Gay League turned to court on Thursday, asking it to revoke the decision by the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics‘ that a social ad about LGBT people should be restricted under a controversial protection of minors law. […]
Uber, a company that offers passenger transport services and is worth more than 18 billion US dollars (48.99 billion litas), has a team in Lithuania which is set to expand in the near future. […]
Lithuania has proven that, despite being a small country, it can build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and to ensure its energy independence without anyone’s help, the president has said. […]
The European Parliament voted on the European Commission on Wednesday. […]
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