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Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs has urged Western democracies to supply more weapons to Kyiv, as the defeat of Ukraine could provoke Russia’s attack on other countries.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that Lithuania should continue engaging with the European Union striving for tougher sanctions against Russia and Belarus. Lithuanian Railways (LTG) addressed law enforcement on Tuesday after it transpired that luxurious cars were being exp...

On Tuesday, Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas and Lithuania’s Chief of Defence General Valdemaras Rupšys visited the Rokantiškės military base near Vilnius. The minister says that German troops deployed in Lithuania would live not only in Rukla and Rūdninkai but also in Vilnius.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Wednesday attended an event to mark the launch of all four battery storage parks with a combined capacity of 200 MW in Lithuania.

All four battery storage parks with a combined capacity of 200 MW in Lithuania become officially operational on Wednesday, a key step towards increasing energy independence from Russia, the energy minister says.

On 10 October, an Informal video conference of EU ministers of foreign affairs on the situation in Israel and the Middle East region took place in Oman following the attack on Israel by Hamas, reports the Foreign Ministry.

President Gitanas Nausėda participates in a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain. On Thursday, the leaders of the European Union and partner countries discussed issues of security, strengthening resilience to global threats, and effective multilateralism, said the president’...

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says Poland’s recent statement on arms deliveries to Ukraine is paving way for a win for Russia only, but she expected Kyiv and Warsaw will eventually resolve the dispute over Ukrainian grain exports.

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met on Wednesday with the under-secretary-general for political affairs of the United Nations, Rosemary A. DiCarlo, to discuss the role of the UN in pursuing Russia’s accountability for aggression against Ukraine, the ministry said in a press release.

Political emigrant Anastasia Shevchenko speaks about Alexei Navalny, war, and children's destiny in Russia.

On 11 September, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reyenders to discuss Russia’s responsibility for the crimes committed against Ukraine, as well as the priorities of the Latvian presidency of the Council of Europe. The meeting took place in the margins...

Addressing the participants of the international economic conference Vilnius 700: Creating a Better Future in a Turbulent World on Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda highlighted Lithuania’s readiness to take part in the creation of a unified, open, competitive, and peaceful Europe, where each country...

National Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas is not surprised that Russia has cancelled this year’s large-scale military exercise Zapad (West). Moscow had already lacked the necessary capacity to hold the drills as it was mobilising its full military power for the war in Ukraine, he says.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda says Pope Francis’ statements about the heritage of “great Mother Russia” were ill-considered and hurt many people.

President Gitanas Nausėda expects authorities to improve the protection of the border with Russia after a father kidnapped his child and fled to Kaliningrad region by crossing a river in a rubber boat last week.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania will summon the apostolic nuncio after Pope Francis’ statements about “great Mother Russia”, which caused international outcry amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On Sunday, a father kidnapped a daughter from a mother and fled from Lithuania to Russia across a river in a rubber boat. Russia has refused to return the kidnapped toddler to Lithuania. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says authorities are working actively to have the child returned.

Speaking at the International Crimea Platform Summit in Kyiv on Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda emphasised that the consequences of Russia’s illegal occupation and annexation of the Crimean Peninsula are still painfully felt today and that lasting peace is impossible without the return of contr...

President Gitanas Nausėda will decide on revoking the citizenship of figure skater Margarita Drobiazko, who lives in Russia, after hearing all the sides, a chief adviser to the president says.

National Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas says he expects Lithuania to withdraw from the convention banning cluster munitions in the future. The politician shared this on his Facebook account on Sunday, in response to a question about Lithuania’s potential acquisition of cluster bombs.