Lithuania

Intelligence chief assisted Nausėda in election campaign, president violated oath, parlt inquiry finds

Head of the State Security Department ( VSD ) Darius Jauniškis assisted President Gitanas Nausėda in his election campaign by collecting information on...

Nausėda had meetings with Belarusian fertiliser companies before election

Gitanas Nausėda started meeting with some Belarusian fertiliser companies months before he was elected president, a parliamentary inquiry finds. The...

Ten Lithuanian companies earned over EUR 100mn pre-tax profit in 2022

Ten Lithuanian companies each earned more than EUR 100 million pre-tax profit in 2022, reports business news website Verslo žinios (vz.lt).

New defmin takes oath in Seimas

Lithuania ’s new Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas took oath in parliament on Tuesday, 26 March.

President appoints Kasčiūnas as defence minister

President Gitanas Nausėda has appointed Laurynas Kasčiūnas , chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), as national...

New initiative calls to raise defence spending to 4% of GDP

EPSO-G Group directs record investment towards energy independence

NATO must send clear message that Russian missiles will be taken down – Landsbergis

Board of Seimas tightens rules for use of parlt expenses

Court orders Stepukonis to wear GPS tracking device

NGOs fundraising for Ukraine voice support for Kasčiūnas as next defmin

Public confidence in Nausėda slips by 4% in late February

Lithuania’s LGBT rights organisation bids to host EuroPride in Vilnius in 2027

MPs vote to sack Seimas secretary general

NGOs ask Nausėda not to appoint Kasčiūnas as defmin

Staff numbers down in over half of business sectors in past year – Scorify

SocDems say shelters would even fail to protect people from bomb shrapnel

First wind turbines were erected in Enefit Green’s largest wind farm in Lithuania

First troops from German brigade to arrive in Lithuania in April

Vilnius was visited by 1.2mn tourists in 2023

Border guards turn away 19 irregular migrants in past day

President to decide on MP’s ministerial candidacy later this week

airBaltic to offer Vilnius-Oslo Torp flights next winter

Defmin gave president names after hinting at corruption in public procurement – adviser

PM nominates Kasčiūnas as next defence minister

Education minister handed in resignation past week

Security situation will not improve after rigged election in Russia – Nausėda

Anušauskas no longer rules out heading parlt committee

Lithuanian volunteer who died in Ukraine laid to rest in Vilnius

Allied fighter jets to train over Šiauliai and Klaipėda on Monday