Lithuania

Members of parliament have decided to dismiss Secretary General of the Seimas Modestas Gelbūda.

Eight large business sectors saw a fall in staff numbers at the beginning of March this year, compared to March 2023. Meanwhile, the number of employees in enterprises and organisations was still 0.7% higher at the beginning of March this year, reports Scorify, Vilnius-based data analysis company.

Two Social Democrat MPs have criticized the ruling parties for paying little attention to shelters and other civil safety issues in their efforts to boost national defence.

Enefit Green erected the first 230-metre wind turbines in Kelmė I wind farm (80 MW) located in western Lithuania. A total of 14 wind turbines will be installed, which will start producing about 270 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy per year, Enefit Green said in a press release.

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) says 19 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past day, 19 March.

President Gitanas Nausėda will decide later this week on the candidacy of MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas for the defence minister’s post. Incumbent Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas announced his resignation last Friday.

Latvia’s national airline airBaltic announces a new destination to Norway’s Oslo Torp will be offered from Vilnius as of the next winter season. The first flight is scheduled for 29 October 2024.

Outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas on Saturday told President Gitanas Nausėda names of persons allegedly involved in illicit procurement, the president’s adviser says.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has put forth Laurynas Kasčiūnas, chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), to be Lithuania’s next national defence minister.

Minister of Education, Science and Sport Gintautas Jakštas last week tendered his resignation, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said Monday.

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas, who has announced his resignation, no longer rules out the idea of a reshuffle and heading a parliamentary committee instead. However, he still disapproves of any backdoor deals.

Lithuanian volunteer Tadas Tumas, who was killed in Ukraine in a Russian drone strike, was laid to rest in Vilnius on 16 March.

A joint allied training practice of fighter jets will take place across the skies above the cities of Šiauliai and Klaipėda on Monday, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.

Belarus on Thursday announced that it is blocking a range of imports from Lithuania after the latter closed two more checkpoints on the border with Belarus, reports AFP.

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Director of the National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC) Vilmantas Vitkauskas describes the assault on Russian opposition representative Leonid Volkov in Vilnius as a well planned and professional operation. He told public radio LRT on Thursday that this was the first such case of political terroris...

Food product manufacturer Vičiūnai, linked to Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis, which had promised to withdraw from the Russian market, represented Russian food industry interests in meetings in Moscow, Lithuania’s public radio LRT reports.

On 13 March, Wednesday, Lithuanian border guards stopped 15 irregular migrants from entering the country via Belarus, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

A suspect has been detained for desecrating Lithuanian flags in Klaipėda, the country’s third largest city.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, who is paying a working visit to France, welcomes the idea of Western countries sending their troops to Ukraine, which is defending against Russia’s aggression.