Lithuania

EPSO-G Group, a group of energy transmission and exchange companies, has reported that its audited adjusted net profit for 2023 amounted to EUR 24 million and remained stable compared to EUR 24.7 million in 2022. The Group’s investment in projects to strengthen energy independence was a record of al...

Vilnius City District Court on Friday allowed tracking Šarūnas Stepukonis, former partner of BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, suspected of embezzling and gambling away about EUR 40 million of the fund’s money.

Over twenty organisations raising funds for Ukraine have voiced their support for MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, current chair of the Seimas security committee, as next defence minister. The move comes after a number of mostly human rights NGOs sent a letter to the president asking not to approve the nomina...

Public confidence in President Gitanas Nausėda fell by four percentage points in the first months of this year, the latest poll commissioned by ELTA finds. Despite that, Nausėda remains the most trusted public figure in the country, with a rating of 20.9%.

Members of parliament have decided to dismiss Secretary General of the Seimas Modestas Gelbūda.

Eight large business sectors saw a fall in staff numbers at the beginning of March this year, compared to March 2023. Meanwhile, the number of employees in enterprises and organisations was still 0.7% higher at the beginning of March this year, reports Scorify, Vilnius-based data analysis company.

Two Social Democrat MPs have criticized the ruling parties for paying little attention to shelters and other civil safety issues in their efforts to boost national defence.

Enefit Green erected the first 230-metre wind turbines in Kelmė I wind farm (80 MW) located in western Lithuania. A total of 14 wind turbines will be installed, which will start producing about 270 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy per year, Enefit Green said in a press release.

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) says 19 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past day, 19 March.

President Gitanas Nausėda will decide later this week on the candidacy of MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas for the defence minister’s post. Incumbent Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas announced his resignation last Friday.

Latvia’s national airline airBaltic announces a new destination to Norway’s Oslo Torp will be offered from Vilnius as of the next winter season. The first flight is scheduled for 29 October 2024.

Outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas on Saturday told President Gitanas Nausėda names of persons allegedly involved in illicit procurement, the president’s adviser says.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has put forth Laurynas Kasčiūnas, chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), to be Lithuania’s next national defence minister.

Minister of Education, Science and Sport Gintautas Jakštas last week tendered his resignation, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said Monday.

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas, who has announced his resignation, no longer rules out the idea of a reshuffle and heading a parliamentary committee instead. However, he still disapproves of any backdoor deals.

Lithuanian volunteer Tadas Tumas, who was killed in Ukraine in a Russian drone strike, was laid to rest in Vilnius on 16 March.

A joint allied training practice of fighter jets will take place across the skies above the cities of Šiauliai and Klaipėda on Monday, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said.

Belarus on Thursday announced that it is blocking a range of imports from Lithuania after the latter closed two more checkpoints on the border with Belarus, reports AFP.

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Director of the National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC) Vilmantas Vitkauskas describes the assault on Russian opposition representative Leonid Volkov in Vilnius as a well planned and professional operation. He told public radio LRT on Thursday that this was the first such case of political terroris...