Sanctions

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says the West must immediately tighten sanctions against Tehran after the weekend’s attack on Israel by Iran.

A pre-trial investigation has been opened into violation of international sanctions amid reports that a Vičiūnai Group company allegedly transported sanctioned goods and battlefield items to Russia.

Public broadcaster LRT has reported that Plungės kooperatinė prekyba, a company of Vičiūnai Group, more than ten times transported sanctioned goods from Lithuania to Vičiūnai-Rus factory in Sovetsk, Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast.

Following media reports that a company of Vičiūnai Group exported sanctioned goods to Russia, the Customs Department will launch an investigation.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda calls to ban Russian grain import to the European Union and to include Russia’s atomic energy corporation Rosatom, more banks and Russian aluminium in the EU’s 14th package of sanctions on Moscow.

On Monday, 11 March, when the ban on cars with Russian number plates took effect in Lithuania and the entire European Union, Lithuanian Customs officers stopped the first car with Russian number plates at Medininkai border checkpoint.

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 European Union on Friday adopted the 13th package of individual and economic sanctions against Russia, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry reports.

The Seimas of Lithuania will convene for an extraordinary session on 12-15 February following a written proposal of 50 legislators.

The Baltic States and Poland are calling on their European allies to start working on a 13th package of sanctions against Russia, says Lithuanian Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Arnoldas Pranckevičius.

Lithuania must reconsider its security concept as soon as possible in response to dramatic developments in the international arena, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis. The global structure created after the Cold War is crumbling right in our very eyes and yet Lithuania still avo...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that Lithuania should continue engaging with the European Union striving for tougher sanctions against Russia and Belarus. Lithuanian Railways (LTG) addressed law enforcement on Tuesday after it transpired that luxurious cars were being exp...

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

Минюст России внес в реестр "иностранных агентов" режиссера Виталия Манского, экономиста Сергея Алексашенко и политика Льва Шлосберга. Также в список попали журналистки Светлана Прокопьева и Юлия Парамонова.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, who on Wednesday met with other foreign ministers of Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) countries in Kaunas, says the war launched by Russia against Ukraine is not going great for Russia and Ukraine can de-occupy territories.

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is proposing sanctions for over 100 Belarusian officials responsible for vote-rigging and violence against peaceful protesters.

После того, как России удалось фактически спасти режим Асада в Сирии, ее влияние на Ближнем Востоке продолжает нарастать. Это отметили участники круглого стола в исследовательской организации "Атлантический Совет", которые 30 мая обсудили аспекты российского влияния в этом регионе. Многие из них кон...

Телеканал HBO снова призвал президента США Дональда Трампа не использовать стилистику и образы сериала "Игра престолов" в своих политических коллажах. Трамп делает это уже не в первый раз.

Влиятельные сенаторы из Республиканской и Демократической партий Линдси Грэм и Боб Менендес объявили, что в скором времени представят законопроект, предусматривающий введение дополнительных санкций против России. Об этом пишет NEWSru.com.

Latvia's travel agency Travel RSP has no right to operate in Lithuania, as it is not listed as a provider of travel services, the State Tourism Department concluded.