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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė sent a message of greetings, on behalf of the Government and the people of Lithuania, to Singapore celebrating their National Day, said the Office of the Government.

On Tuesday, Commander of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) General Rustamas Liubajevas met with President Gitanas Nausėda. Afterwards, speaking about the planned closure of two border crossing points at the border with Belarus, Liubajevas told reporters that this would contribute to enhancing th...

Lithuania is considering closing two border crossing points on the border with Belarus due to Wagner Group presence in the neighbouring country. President’s adviser Darius Urbonas says the move would not have economic impact.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Suwałki to discuss the security situation on the border, the threats posed by the presence of the Wagner group in Belarus, the likelihood of provocations and the readiness to counter them, the presidency repo...

Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs on Monday met with Agriculture Minister Didzis Šmits to discuss current issues in the agricultural sector in Latvia and assistance to Ukraine, the presidency reports.

The Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in the European Union has reached an agreement on new sanctions against Belarus, says Lithuania’s Ambassador Arnoldas Pranckevičius.

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas says that Lithuania’s geopolitical situation has not changed after the arrival of Russia’s private military company Wagner to Belarus.

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas believes the West should adopt a firm stance on Russia as Moscow is blackmailing the West by demanding to lift sanctions in return for Russia engaging in talks over the Black Sea grain deal.

A number of cars worth more than half a billion euros in total left Lithuania for Belarus last year, presumably ending up in Russia, a report by the LRT Investigation Team shows.

The Armed Forces of Lithuania are closely monitoring the security situation in the region and are ready to respond to potential threats to national security after Russia’s private military company Wagner arrived in Belarus and started holding exercises with Belarusian forces at the border with Polan...

President Gitanas Nausėda says Lithuania is ready to open export channels to Ukraine in the Baltic Sea after the Kremlin announced on Monday the deal on Ukrainian grain exports had ended.

It has been reported that a vehicle column of Russia’s private military company Wagner has been spotted in Belarus. President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda says Wagner presence in Belarus affects regional security situation.

The Lithuanian police have opened an investigation into alleged data breach related to the NATO summit in Vilnius.

Мэр Вильнюса Валдас Бенкунскас заверил, что рекламные плакаты кампании Call Russia, вызвавшие возмущение в обществе, за свой счет заменили ее организаторы. По словам мэра, муниципалитету это ничего не стоило. Он заметил, что муниципалитет только выполнил роль координатора, пытаясь убедить организато...

В Вильнюсе было развешено большое количество плакатов Call Russia, которые вызвали волну возмущения в обществе: в социальных сетях стали писать, что в свете нынешних событий, когда война идет уже 1,5 года, и особенно сейчас, когда близится саммит НАТО, эта акция неуместна. Ответственность за эту кам...

Following an assessment of the security situation and consultations with the neighbouring countries and regional partners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia resumes a limited acceptance of visa applications from the citizens of Russia at Latvia’s diplomatic and consular missions abroad as fr...

President Gitanas Nausėda disagrees with assumptions that a weakened Putin regime may cause an even greater threat.

President Gitanas Nausėda will be in Brussels Thursday and Friday attending meetings of the European Council.

Evidence linking to an information attack against Lithuania has been traced among documents found in raids on the Wagner mercenary group’s office in St Petersburg, the State Security Department said (VSD) on Wednesday.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Monday took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg. The Council discussed latest developments in Russia, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the EU’s digital diplomacy, and the relations between the EU a...