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Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas believes the West should adopt a firm stance on Russia as Moscow is blackmailing the West by demanding to lift sanctions in return for Russia engaging in talks over the Black Sea grain deal.

A number of cars worth more than half a billion euros in total left Lithuania for Belarus last year, presumably ending up in Russia, a report by the LRT Investigation Team shows.

The Armed Forces of Lithuania are closely monitoring the security situation in the region and are ready to respond to potential threats to national security after Russia’s private military company Wagner arrived in Belarus and started holding exercises with Belarusian forces at the border with Polan...

President Gitanas Nausėda says Lithuania is ready to open export channels to Ukraine in the Baltic Sea after the Kremlin announced on Monday the deal on Ukrainian grain exports had ended.

It has been reported that a vehicle column of Russia’s private military company Wagner has been spotted in Belarus. President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda says Wagner presence in Belarus affects regional security situation.

The Lithuanian police have opened an investigation into alleged data breach related to the NATO summit in Vilnius.

Мэр Вильнюса Валдас Бенкунскас заверил, что рекламные плакаты кампании Call Russia, вызвавшие возмущение в обществе, за свой счет заменили ее организаторы. По словам мэра, муниципалитету это ничего не стоило. Он заметил, что муниципалитет только выполнил роль координатора, пытаясь убедить организато...

В Вильнюсе было развешено большое количество плакатов Call Russia, которые вызвали волну возмущения в обществе: в социальных сетях стали писать, что в свете нынешних событий, когда война идет уже 1,5 года, и особенно сейчас, когда близится саммит НАТО, эта акция неуместна. Ответственность за эту кам...

Following an assessment of the security situation and consultations with the neighbouring countries and regional partners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia resumes a limited acceptance of visa applications from the citizens of Russia at Latvia’s diplomatic and consular missions abroad as fr...

President Gitanas Nausėda disagrees with assumptions that a weakened Putin regime may cause an even greater threat.

President Gitanas Nausėda will be in Brussels Thursday and Friday attending meetings of the European Council.

Evidence linking to an information attack against Lithuania has been traced among documents found in raids on the Wagner mercenary group’s office in St Petersburg, the State Security Department said (VSD) on Wednesday.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Monday took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg. The Council discussed latest developments in Russia, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the EU’s digital diplomacy, and the relations between the EU a...

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Monday met with the Permanent Representatives on the North Atlantic Council for talks on the regional security and preparations for the upcoming summit in Vilnius, the Government said.

Former president Dalia Grybauskaitė says NATO is late in implementing its deterrence strategy, which makes it essential for the Alliance and all its members to boost their defences.

President Gitanas Nausėda has extended congratulations to Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the people of this country on its national day, the Official Birthday of the Grand Duke, the presidency reports.

On Wednesday, 14 June, security and international relations experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Nordic and Central European countries gathered in Vilnius to discuss the future of Europe’s security architecture, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

Finland faced a moment of truth on February 24, 2022. In case Ukraine’s defense would have collapsed, Finland’s security policy of non-alignment would have been worth of nothing. The Finnish leaders had to make a choice almost by overnight either to give up non-alignment or to remain increasingly un...

Russia may have blocked Global Positioning System (GPS) network signals used by civil aircraft in Lithuania in late May and early June, says Oro navigacija, main air navigation service provider in the country.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk. The meeting discussed the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius, Ukraine’s aspirations for EU membership, Ukraine’s reconstruction and Russia’s accountability, the presidency reports.