Lithuania

The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the pension accumulation law restricted the ability to withdraw money from pension funds and thus violated the Constitution.

February 16th is a national holiday in Lithuania commemorating the Act of Independence which was signed in 1918. For every civic-minded Lithuanian, the State Restoration Day is the occasion to celebrate and rejoice in the most precious values of freedom and independence. This is how Lithuanians expl...

Some companies operating in Lithuania, clearly aware that they are helping Moscow to evade sanctions, are organising the export of equipment, technology and other products to Russia. Part of them engage in the schemes on their own initiative, the latest national threat assessment by intelligence age...

The risk-sharing partnership model, which was introduced by Lithuanian Airports and successfully connected Vilnius Airport with London City airport last year, is continuing. Lithuanian airports and the airline airBaltic have signed a joint investment agreement, under which regular flights will opera...

Chief of Defence of Lithuania General Valdemaras Rupšys stresses that Lithuania does not face a threat of war in the near future. Yet he admits that the possibility of an armed conflict exists, but Lithuania is ready to minimise the threat together with NATO allies.

The new Board of Directors of AB Lietuvos oro uostai (Lithuanian Airports) will start its work on 23 March, the authority said on Wednesday. It will consist of four independent board members and one civil servant of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

LTG Link, the passenger transport company of the Lithuanian Railways (LTG Group), has signed a partnership agreement with Distribusion Technologies GmbH to allow selling train tickets via the Google Maps platform.

Over 10,000 active reserve soldiers will receive their call-up notices for training in April and May, the military said Tuesday. More than 2,500 cadets are expected to be called up to the spring exercise Thunder Storm 2024, the largest national exercise organised since Lithuania regained its indepen...

On 26 February-3 March, NATO Air Policing Mission fighter aircraft were scrambled five times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, reports the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania.

Lithuanian Airports said Tuesday that Lufthansa has cancelled all flights between Vilnius Airport and Frankfurt scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk insists that the solidarity between Vilnius and Warsaw is not in question. His statement comes amid a recent public debate in Lithuania on the legal possibility for Polish troops to come to the neighbouring country’s aid in the event of an attack.

President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday called for concrete solutions to respond to the geopolitical reality rather than ‘apocalyptic statements.'

Самая большая средняя зарплата в Литве в январе 2024 года составила почти 40 000 евро, а зарплату больше 10 000 евро "на бумаге" платили больше 30 компаний, таковы данные "Содры". В пятерку компаний, которые платили самые высокие зарплаты - это компании, работающие в сфере энергетики и логистики.

Didžiausia vidutinė alga Lietuvoje sausį siekė beveik 40 tūkst. eurų, o didesnį nei 10 tūkst. eurų vidutinį atlyginimą „popieriuje“ mokėjo daugiau kaip 30 įmonių, rodo naujausi „Sodros“ duomenys. Į aukščiausią penketą patenka energetikos, logistikos bendrovės.

A group of MPs from various political groups proposes suspending imports to Lithuania of agricultural products and feed whose country of origin is Russia or Belarus.

The Russian war in Ukraine is a threat to the Euro-Atlantic security, therefore additional allied capabilities reinforcing the eastern flank of NATO remain. NATO allies stand ready to defend every inch of NATO territory and their military presence on the ground in Lithuania deters potential adverse ...

Polish farmers, discontent over the European Green Deal and cheap Ukrainian grain imports, on Friday started a partial blockade of a motorway between Budzisko village in Poland and Kalvarija city in Lithuania. Polish farmers’ protest campaign is expected to last for a week and they intend to check h...

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.

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...