On Thursday, at a meeting of the joint investigative group in Kyiv, Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė announced that suspects have been identified in the killing of Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravičius in Mariupol, Ukraine.
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The Migration Department said Wednesday false reports are circulating on social media claiming that foreign nationals living in Lithuania are receiving phone calls about imminent deportations.
The Ministry of National Defence suggests eliminating conscription exemptions for students so they could not postpone their military service. Yet there are the opposite initiatives in parliament. MP Artūras Žukauskas, chair of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, believes that university s...
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Italy, Latvia and Lithuania have taken concerted action against a large-scale money laundering business, centring around a Lithuanian financial institution. Since 2017, an estimated EUR 2 billion has been laundered by two main suspects via a worldwide web ...
Too few Lithuanian defence industry companies cooperate directly with the country’s military and defence institutions, a deputy minister for economy and innovation says.
Three migrants attempted to cross from Belarus to Lithuania illegally on Monday, 26 February, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).
Amber Grid, the operator of the Lithuanian natural gas transmission system, has applied to the bank for a guarantee from the GIPL pipeline contractor. Amber Grid is requiring the contractor to rectify identified deficiencies in the certification of some components. Failure to do so will result in th...
Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen said Monday MPs are not enthusiastic about changing the Constitution to abandon parliamentary funds, but political groups agreed to discuss that in their internal talks.
Fewer Belarusians arrived in Lithuania in recent months and one of the reasons behind this is tighter restrictions and changing priorities of Lithuanian employers, says Director of the Migration Department Evelina Gudzinskaitė.
As many as 75% of Ukrainian war refugees intend to return to Ukraine once it is safe to do so, a poll by the Lithuanian office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM Lithuania) shows.
In the event of a Russian attack, Lithuania must be ready to defend itself for at least two weeks, says a former commanding general of US Army Europe.
In May 2024, Curio Collection by Hilton hotel will open its doors at the former historical telegraph building near Vilnius Cathedral Square. Previously, Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius operated in the building.
The Free Russia Forum opens in Vilnius on Friday, with discussions dedicated to the anniversary of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will base one more aircraft in Kaunas Airport this summer and will open three new routes.
A number of properties managed by Turto Bankas, state-owned enterprise that centrally manages state real property for administrative purposes, will be included in the network of shelters in three months’ time, Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė said Thursday.
The Kremlin’s aim is to polarize the society and create distrust in the country’s institutions, the national defence minister said Thursday in comment on the recent activity of Russian special services in the region.
President Gitanas Nausėda says he is positive about the possibility of granting Lithuanian citizenship to American ice dancer Allison Reed.
In 2022, the share of renewable energy sources in transport in Lithuania reached 6.7%, while fossil fuels accounted for 93.3% of all the energy used in transport, said Eurostat, the European Union’s (EU) statistical office.
Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) reports that suspects have been detained in Estonia and Latvia who engaged in criminal activities on the instructions of Russia’s special services.
Europe is not ready to defend itself without the help of the United States, but European countries are making great efforts to strengthen their capabilities, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Arnoldas Pranckevičius says.