In the wake of any shocking event, national governments and officials of the European Union invariably call for more cooperation between member states to prevent anything similar happening in the future. The response to the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels has been no different.
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Police across Europe have stepped up their efforts to prevent further ISIS attacks in European cities after the Brussels bombings, with 10 more suspects arrested in Belgium, Germany and France.
Belgian police are now hunting a fifth suspect in the Brussels bombings as the names and nationalities of the victims of the two attacks begin to trickle out.
Belgium’s Brussels Airlines, which suspended flights to Vilnius after Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels' Zaventem airport, is moving its flights to the airport of Liege, located approximately 80 kilometres east of the Belgian capital.
The Belgian police identified two suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui and are looking for a third suspect captured in CCTV footage.
The problem of terrorist attacks is not just an issue for the law enforcement authorities but for Western European society as a whole, said Lithuanian political scientist Laurynas Kasčiūnas.
The terrorism threat level in Lithuania will not be increased after the terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital Brussels, according to the Lithuanian Coordination Council of the security services.
The Lithuanian government has decided to call a national day of mourning in tribute of victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels.
Brussels was the scene of multiple explosions on March 22, highlighting the persistent vulnerability of soft targets to simple, effective attacks — as well as the willingness and capability of militants in Western Europe to undertake those attacks.
Lithuania's phone service operators Omnitel and TEO have offered free calls and SMS services from and to Belgium after Tuesday's blasts in Brussels.
A prime suspect in the bombing of Brussels airport yesterday has been arrested by Belgian police in the city's Anderlecht district, Belgian media are reporting.
The Lithuanian Court of Appeals has rejected the appeal of Belgian citizen Ibrahim Ahmadoun who is fighting extradition to the United States.
A Vilnius court on Friday ruled to extradite a Belgian citizen to the US to face charges of drugs trafficking.
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said that NATO jets patrolling airspace over the Baltic Countries scrambled 160 times to intercept Russian planes in 2015, up 14% on the previous year.
Someone recently described the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as designed in Syria and developed in Brussels. It may very well be. Meanwhile Moscow monitors and actively exploits every turn of the conflict.
Daugelį pastarojo meto terorizmo išpuolių vienija bendra ypatybė – juos surengė ar įvykdė giminaičiai. Dažniausiai – broliai.
The Embassy of Lithuania, together with the Embassies of Poland and Belarus, organised a concert in the Flemish town Heist-op-den-Berg (province of Antwerp), which was dedicated to celebrate the 250th birth anniversary of Michał Kleofas Ogiński.
Spalio 29 d. visą mėnesį Vilniuje trukusį III-ąjį tarptautinį M. K. Čiurlionio muzikos festivalį Valdovų rūmuose vainikuos pianizmo žvaigždė iš JAV Kevin Kenner. Kevin Kenner – pasaulio prestižiškiausių tarptautinių F. Šopeno Varšuvoje, P. Čaikovskio Maskvoje, G. Bachauer Solt Leik Sityje pianistų k...
Defence ministers and army commanders of Belgium and Luxembourg are coming to Lithuania on Thursday to observe the international military exercise Baltic Piranha.
International military war games The Baltic Piranha are kicking of in Lithuania on Thursday that will involve troops from Belgium, Luxembourg and the United States.