Defence
Lithuania should not expect conventional attacks, foreign minister says
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius does not believe Lithuania could be openly attacked by a foreign country. […]
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Politics
Court asks for constitutional ruling in Lithuania’s Labour Party state grant case
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on Monday stopped the hearing of the Labour Party‘s state grant case and decided to turn to the Constitutional Court. […]
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Society
Art auction in Lithuania brings EUR 30,000 for injured Ukrainian soldiers
Lithuanians have collected 107,800 litas (over EUR 30.000) for injured Ukrainian troops during an art auction in Vilnius. […]
Economy
Defence
Economy
Lithuanian trucks avoid going to Russia
The situation at the Russian border remains virtually unchanged as trucks from Lithuania continue to be subjected to thorough checks, Algimantas Kondrusevičius, president of the national haulers’ association Linava, said on Monday, adding that the flow of Lithuanian trucks to Russia has declined sharply over the past week. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania to open consulate in Los Angeles this year
Lithuania’s consulate general to Los Angeles in the United States should open before the end of this month. […]
Economy
Lithuanian Interior Ministry wants bunkers in all new buildings
Lithuania’s Interior Ministry is considering a requirement for basements of new houses and underground parking areas to be adapted to sheltering people from explosions. […]
Society
Defence
NATO fighter-jets in Lithuania take off once last week
NATO air-policing jets took off once last week due to Russian aircrafts, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian expatriates lose their country retreat in UK
Set up by Lithuanian expatriates 60 years ago, the Headley Park Hotel Sodyba in Hampshire, not far from London, has been recently taken over for debts and closed and will be sold, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reports. […]
Economy
Society
World’s largest coin pyramid erected in Vilnius
The construction of the world’s largest pyramid made of one million Lithuanian cent coins was finished at the Bank of Lithuania‘s Money Museum in Vilnius on Saturday. […]
Society
Russian 13 January suspect Kotlerov can be tried in absentia, Lithuanian prosecutors say
The Prosecutor General‘s Office of Lithuania says it has taken all necessary actions for the extradition of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian citizen detained in Italy who is one of the suspects in the so-called 13 January case. It has been reported that Kotlerov disappeared in Italy. The Lithuanian prosecutors say they are looking into information about his whereabouts, adding that he could be tried in absentia. […]
European Union
British minister assures Lithuanian foreign minister about free movement within EU
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he has been assured by London that the immigration restrictions proposed by the British government will not undermine the EU principle of free movement of persons. […]
Economy
Lithuanian truck drivers in severe conditions at Russian border
Lithuanian transport companies fear that their trucks will have to wait at the border with Russia from several weeks up to a month, as the rate at which vehicles clear customs and are allowed to cross into Russia remains extremely low, the vice-president of the national road carriers association Linava said on Friday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army aims to enrol 1,000 privates annually
Lithuania’s Armed Forces should enrol about 1,000 new privates every year, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at a discussion in parliament on Friday. […]
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