Jevgenijus Denisovas at Nemenčinė forest
CORPORATE

ARAS warning after Nemenčinė incident: don’t play war games in Lithuanian forests

Sunday morning at the Nemenčinė forest, a 12-person group gathers. It could be noted that some men are wearing the Russian model masked uniforms and are armed with the Russian machine guns. After getting signals from worried citizens, the police responds immediately, anti-terrorist operations team ARAS fighters come and detain potentially dangerous individuals. […]

Minister of Interior in Šalčininkai
Defence

Drill scenario didn’t involve proclamation of Šalčininkai republic

The scenario of a recent exercise organized by the Lithuanian Interior Ministry did not envisage the use of training weapons and the proclamation of “the People’s Republic of Šalčininkai”, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian grammar
Society

PM hopes name spelling law to be adopted in autumn

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expressed hope on Tuesday a law on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents would be adopted in the fall upon receipt of conclusions of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]