Monday evening, President Gitanas Nausėda participated in an international conference of European leaders in Paris at the invitation of President of France Emmanuel Macron to discuss ways of strengthening support for Ukraine, said the Office of the President.
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The Ministry of Agriculture said Monday it is tightening control of grain imports from Russia and other higher risk countries. The new measures will also apply to the products in transit through the port of Klaipėda.
In the event of a Russian attack, Lithuania must be ready to defend itself for at least two weeks, says a former commanding general of US Army Europe.
The European Union on Friday adopted the 13th package of individual and economic sanctions against Russia, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry reports.
The Kremlin’s aim is to polarize the society and create distrust in the country’s institutions, the national defence minister said Thursday in comment on the recent activity of Russian special services in the region.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that in 2022, when Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the world became more dangerous for NATO allies as well. However, according to him, NATO took action – activated its defence plans and sent more troops to the east of the Allianc...
NATO countries do not face a direct military threat, whereas the Alliance’s defence capabilities have increased enough to convince Moscow that it would not achieve victory in an armed conflict, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg told the news website delfi.lt in an exclusive interview.
Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) reports that suspects have been detained in Estonia and Latvia who engaged in criminal activities on the instructions of Russia’s special services.
The war, brutal violence against civilians, terrorist attacks, and other atrocities that the world has endured in recent years – they affect everyone, and taking care of your emotional health in times of such global turbulences is essential. It is especially crucial for young people, who are concern...
On 12-18 February, NATO Air Policing Mission Detachment fighter aircraft were scrambled three times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, reports the Ministry of National Defence.
The Citizenship Commission has issued a recommendation to the president that Russian ballerina Ilzė Liepa should lose Lithuanian citizenship, which was granted by exception, as she poses a threat to national security.
On 14 February, a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and handed in a diplomatic note expressing a strong protest over the decisions of the Russian Federation to include politicians, civil servants and othe...
On 3 February, the Armed Forces noticed a suspicious login into a user account of its ILIAS distant learning system. The military confirmed this to the public broadcaster LRT.
Russia declares Estonian PM, Lithuanian culture min, 100 other politicians and officials as ‘wanted’
Russia has declared numerous politicians and officials from the Baltic States and Eastern Europe as “wanted”.
До 1 января 2022 года израильский Национальный институт памяти мучеников и героев Катастрофы европейского еврейства (Яд Вашем) присвоил 924 гражданам Литвы почетное звание Праведников народов мира Righteous Among the Nations Lithuania 2022). Признанные получают именную медаль и Почетную грамоту, а и...
The Citizenship Commission convened on Friday and proposed that President Gitanas Nausėda would strip Russian businessman and former KGB employee Yury Kudimov of Lithuanian citizenship that was granted by exception.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says Moscow’s latest accusation levelled at the Baltic States is yet another sign that Lithuania must boost its security.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on 2-3 February attended an informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) in Brussels to discuss further EU support, including military aid and sanctions, to help Ukraine fight the full-scale Russian aggression, the ministry said.
In an exclusive interview with Estonian Delfi, Andrei Illarionov shares with publisher Hans H. Luik about his experience working with Vladimir Putin, the real motives of the leader of the country that attacked Ukraine, and the behind-the-scenes relationship between the United States and Ukraine. A. ...
A Lithuanian man has been detained in Leningrad Oblast on suspicion of illegally crossing the Estonian-Russian border, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Tuesday, citing the press service of the FSB’s regional border directorate.