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.
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Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis hinted Lithuanian soldiers could be deployed to Gotland, Sweden’s largest island in the Baltic Sea, to protect it from Russia.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday visited Sweden, where he met with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, Defence Minister Pål Jonson and members of the Riksdag (Parliament), the ministry reports.
Almost a third of Lithuanian residents support the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow individual Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics as neutrals, a poll commissioned by the LRT public broadcaster finds.
President Gitanas Nausėda thinks that Russia will be focused on the war in Ukraine for two more years but ultimately the Kremlin is willing to challenge NATO.
The Baltic States have decided to build a common defence line to prepare for a possible war, and this move should not be interpreted as calling Western commitments in doubt, says Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
Water purification technologies have been travelling from Kaunas to Russia via foreign intermediary companies after Moscow launched a full-scale war on Ukraine, the LRT public broadcaster’s investigation team reported on Monday.
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas does not reveal if President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited Lithuania last week, asked for help with repatriation of Ukrainian men who would be mobilised to fight against Russian invaders. However, he admitted that information may be provid...
On Wednesday night, in Vilnius train station, two Belarusians got off the transit train travelling from Kaliningrad to Saint Petersburg via Lithuania and Belarus.
German newspaper Bild has reported that the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) are preparing for a potential conflict with Russia on NATO’s eastern flank, in the Baltic States. Commenting about the Bild article, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania stated that, as intense fighting continues i...
We will overcome one obstacle after another, be it technical, political or otherwise, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, referring to Ukraine's EU membership, which was opposed by European leaders. With experts talking about declining Western arms support for the war-torn country, Ukrain...
The discussion concerning the fate of frozen Russian assets is becoming more intensive as the Western powers are expected to take on this issue later in January. Most of the experts and now also many policymakers insist that Ukraine needs money to stay in the war, and Russia should be held accounta...
On Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius and expressed strong protest over Russia’s recent missile and drone attacks against Ukraine.
Investigative journalism centre Siena reports that Arkadiy Abramovich, a son of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, had his Lithuanian passport renewed last autumn, already after his father was included on the EU sanctions list. This was confirmed to reporters by the director of the Migration Depa...
By the end of 2023, two different trends have emerged quite clearly as it comes to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
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.
On 18 December, the European Union adopted a new package of sanctions, stepping up restrictive measures against Russia. The package imposes additional restrictions on Russia’s economy and 147 individuals and entities are added to the sanctions list, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia...
MP Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, proposes holding an advisory referendum regarding potential changes and funding of the national defence system.
Vilnius is hosting Ukraine Green Recovery Conference on 28 November-1 December. On Tuesday, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries, and Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine’s minister of environmental protection and natural resources, spoke at the conference. The com...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that Lithuania has to step up its national security and defence efforts soon as Russia, aided by its partner Belarus, is bound to continue posing a threat.