Lithuania's army, border guard train to protect underwater infrastructure in Baltic Sea

VILNIUS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- An exercise to step up national preparedness for the protection of underwater infrastructure was held in the Baltic Sea this week. The Lithuanian Armed Forces, which carried out the joint operation with the State Border Guard …

Head of Lithuania’s road authority sacked

Marius Švaikauskas, the head of Via Lietuva which manages Lithuania’s roads, was informed of his dismissal on Friday. According to LRT.lt sources, the board of the state road company made the decision because they lost “political confidence” in Švaikauskas …

Lithuania transfers M113 armoured vehicle and truck parts to Ukraine

Trucks and M113 armored personnel carrier parts for the Ukrainian army arrived in Ukraine from Lithuania in the middle of this week, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said. "Lithuania continues to provide unwavering military support to Ukraine. This …

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will be permanently disconnected from the Russian energy system

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will be permanently disconnected from the Russian energy system tomorrow. Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, wrote about this on the “X” social network. “Russia …

EU hails end of Russia ‘blackmail’ as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, cut power links

The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that the impending disconnection of Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from Russia’s power grid was a “victory for freedom”. The three EU and Nato countries are set to sever electricity ties …

Kormotech Starts Construction of $62 Million Factory in Lithuania

Ukraine’s largest pet food manufacturer the Kormotech Group has started construction of a second plant in the Lithuanian city of Kėdainiai aimed at strengthening its position in the European market. The total cost of the project is estimated to be €60 …

Lithuania hopes to woo Trump with its anti-China stance

It’s a “bold” policy “not quite aligned with other EU countries,” Raigirdas Boruta of Vilnius University’s Eastern Europe Studies Center told POLITICO. And a key objective of the policy is to keep the U.S. focused on European security. Essentially, …

Italy to deploy air defence systems for NATO’s exercise in Lithuania

Lithuania DPA's annual report highlights data breach impacts

Lithuania's State Data Protection Inspectorate's annual enforcement report indicated the agency received 273 personal data security breach notifications in 2024 that affected more than 1,467,368 individuals. The SDPI said it found 49% of data …

Minority shareholder confirms bid to buy Lithuania’s Achema Group