Belarus

Название Беларуси на литовском языке менять не надо, такое решение приняла временная политическая подкомиссия по языку при Государственной комиссии по литовскому языку.

Уровень свобод в Беларуси, по данным правозащитной организации Freedom House, заметно просел. Причина - подавление мирных протестов противников режима Лукашенко и продолжающиеся сейчас репрессии. Протест в Беларуси приобретает новые формы: футбольные и хоккейные болельщики отказываются посещать матч...

Оценив просьбу лидера белорусской оппозиции Светланы Тихановской закрепить в качестве официального названия страны в литовском языке Belarusia, Государственная комиссия по литовскому языку (ГКЛЯ) предлагает обсудить другие возможные варианты названия Беларуси: Gudija, Baltarusia или Baltoji Rusia (Г...

Swedbank has frozen the accounts of a sanatorium in Lithuania's southern town of Druskininkai, which belongs to the State of Belarus, citing the sanctions introduced by the European Union.

В минувшую среду редакция издания Vakaro žiniоs получила информацию о том, что банк Swedbank арестовал счета работающего в Друскининкай санатория Belarus.

The Lithuanian parliament voted on Thursday to award the annual Freedom Prize to Belarus' democratic opposition.

A victim of the Belarusian regime's force structures has asked Lithuanian prosecutors to launch a pre-trial investigation into torture and recognize it as a crime against humanity.

Vilnius University (VU) said on Friday it has launched a fundraising initiative to help Belarusian students and scientists persecuted by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have on Friday agreed to expand the existing sanctions for the Belarusian regime's officials and blacklisted the country's information and sports ministers and police officers.

A third package of EU sanctions against the Minsk regime is inevitable, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's chief foreign policy advisor has said.

Lithuania's Vytautas Magnus University says it is establishing a support fund and will accept 50 more students from Belarus.

Lithuania and Latvia will continue to carry out projects under the EU-funded cross-border cooperation program without Belarus, at least for now, Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene said.

Lithuania has on Tuesday handed in a diplomatic note to Minsk over plans to launch power production at the Astravyets nuclear power plant in early November, Asta Skaisgiryte, an adviser to the Lithuanian president, said today.

The Lithuanian Union of Journalists, the Lithuanian Society of Journalists and the family of MP Kazys Starkevicius, representing the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, have established a Hope and Freedom Prize, forth 1,000 euros, for Belarusian journalists.

A total of 507 Belarusian citizens have been allowed to come to Lithuania on humanitarian, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

Belarusian swimmer Alexandra Herasimenia is seeking to pool support in Vilnius for athletes who have been affected by Minsk's repressions, and also attract the international community's attention to the ongoing crackdown on athletes.

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has decided to recall some of its diplomats from Minsk, although not as many as demanded by Belarus’ authorities.

The Lithuanian government has suspended 5.8 million euros in payments to Belarus under EU-funded programs following Belarusian law enforcement's crackdown on peaceful protesters after the rigged presidential in the country, Lithuania's Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Friday it is recalling the country's ambassadors to Lithuania and Poland for consultations.

With the European Union’s (EU) leaders having agreed on sanctions against the Belarusian regime, a similar move may now be expected from the United States, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said.