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Lithuanian prime minister: H. Consul’s murder shows Ukraine is at war

August 24, 2014 BNS 0

The murder of Lithuania’s honorary consul in Luhansk has shown that what is happening in Ukraine is a war and that pro-Russian separatists are not choosing their victims, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Saturday. […]

Lithuanian honorary consul kidnapped and killed in Luhansk

August 23, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Honorary Consul in the Ukrainian region of Luhansk Mykola Zelenec was kidnapped and found dead after 12 days, Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas told BNS on Friday. […]

Ambassador to Ukraine says Malaysian crash is part of “Russian war on Ukraine”

July 18, 2014 BNS 0

The disaster of Malaysia Airlines jetliner is the consequence of Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine, and “the plane that has been shot down is full responsibility of Russia,” says Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas. […]

Trucks stuck, balloons from Belarus continue to fly: “Lithuania has shot itself in the foot”

November 26, 2025 0

The border with Belarus was opened at midnight on Thursday, but Lithuanian carriers are still not allowed to leave, Aurimas Perednis states on Žinių Radijas programme. According to the leaders of the National Carriers Association […]

Mačiulis on the growing threat: “It may not bring down the world, but it will cause personal concerns”

November 14, 2025 0

In April this year, US President Donald Trump declared a global trade war. However, like any war, this one also has consequences. The global economic climate is also being disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI). Although […]

After saying goodbye to Šakalienė, Ruginienė revealed 3 reasons why her trust had been broken

October 22, 2025 0

Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė no longer wants Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė on her team. On Wednesday morning, after meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, Ruginienė confirmed that she would accept the minister’s resignation request and had […]

Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad

Antanaitis: ‘The Russians will want to test us’

September 16, 2025 0

“First of all, these exercises are intended to demonstrate their power. The Russians are beginning to appear to the world and NATO as a weak link, a weak state. The Russians need to flex their […]

At the border – “Dragon Teeth,” above their heads – smuggling balloons: they told how Lithuania is preparing

September 8, 2025 0

With the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad military exercises approaching, the Lithuanian army and border guards are preparing for all possible scenarios. It becomes clear when visiting towns in the Vilnius district near the border with Belarus, […]