The State Security Department (VSD) says 1,415 foreign nationals were found as posing a threat to Lithuania’s national security last year, after screening more than 120 thousand foreigners living in the country or visiting.
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Some companies operating in Lithuania, clearly aware that they are helping Moscow to evade sanctions, are organising the export of equipment, technology and other products to Russia. Part of them engage in the schemes on their own initiative, the latest national threat assessment by intelligence age...
The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it has promptly taken measures to tighten the control of grain transported from Russia and other high-risk countries amid reports that Russia may be exporting grain seized in occupied territories of Ukraine through Baltic Sea ports.
Latvia is looking to invest some EUR 300 million over the next five years to strengthen its eastern border with Russia and Belarus, as per Defence Ministry plans approved by the government on Tuesday.
President Gitanas Nausėda welcomes the proposal of a group of MPs to ban the import of agricultural goods and feed originating in Russia or Belarus.
A group of MPs from various political groups proposes suspending imports to Lithuania of agricultural products and feed whose country of origin is Russia or Belarus.
President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda emphasises that the West is lagging behind Russia in terms of production of military equipment and ammunition. The president highlighted this during a visit to Paris on Monday evening, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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.
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.