In February 2025, compared with January 2025, average wholesale electricity prices increased in all three Baltic States, by 71% in Lithuania and by 65% in Estonia and Latvia.

The latest public opinion poll shows that the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is still at the top, while the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) is second with a narrow gap.

Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė stressed at a press conference on Friday that Lithuania should be well prepared to defend itself even though it is not under a threat of military invasion in the foreseeable future.

Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė told reporters Friday that Lithuania will soon adopt a decision regarding withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines, and it will likely be a regional move.

Algirdas Paleckis, former leader of the Socialist People’s Front (SLF), has been found guilty of defaming Lithuania’s partisans. He is already serving a prison sentence in another case for spying for Russia. The latest judgement was delivered on Thursday, 13 March, by Kaunas Regional Court.

Leader of the Liberal Movement has criticised MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ initiative to launch an audit of public broadcaster LRT and stated that the party decided not to vote on bills tabled by him altogether.

The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have proposed easing regulations for possession of automatic rifles in an effort to further boost Lithuania’s security amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yet Seimas Speaker Saulius Skvernelis and Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas oppose the ...

Lithuanian business associations have proposed increasing the value added tax (VAT) rate by 1% and introducing a nationwide tax on residential property or real estate. The funds raised by the additional taxes should be used exclusively to finance defence, their joint letter to the Government reads.

A Lithuanian volunteer fighting in Ukraine was wounded on 10 March, news website 15min.lt reported citing a source.

On Tuesday, 11 March, thousands of people took part in a parade in Vilnius city centre celebrating the 35th anniversary of restoration of Lithuania’s independence.

Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis is optimistic about the talks between Ukraine and the United States that were held in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. He says that Russia’s next steps may reveal its true intentions.

The Bank of Lithuania has published its latest economic forecast, projecting Lithuania’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 2.9% in 2025, and 3% both in 2026 and 2027.

International hotel network Hilton will operate a hotel in Palanga, Lithuania’s seaside resort on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The news was announced Wednesday by Palanga Mayor Šarūnas Vaitkus.

On 12 March, a new inter-agency initiative ’Academy on the integration of migrants and refugees in the Baltic countries 2025-2026’ will be launched for city administrations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Developed by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Council of Europe Intercultural Cities (CoE I...

For Giorgi Kokhreidze, basketball has always been his greatest passion. Born in Tbilisi, Sakartvelo, and raised in Kutaisi, he grew up in a basketball-loving family. "Both my mother and father played basketball, and I think it followed through my DNA," he says. His skills brought him to Lithuania, w...

MP Artūras Zuokas, leader of the party Freedom and Justice, has announced that he will strive to become the mayor of Vilnius in the next municipal election in two years.

The Ministry of Finance has presented the planned tax amendments to the coalition government. Proposals include a tax on sugary drinks, non-life insurance contracts, expanded real estate taxation and more progressive income taxes.

While Washington and Moscow leaders are negotiating the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a diplomatic end to the conflict is unlikely in the short term of up to six months, says the latest assessment of threats released by Lithuania’s intelligence agencies Friday.

French leader Emmanuel Macron has offered to send an adviser to Lithuania to elaborate his idea of using France’s nuclear deterrence force to defend the entire European Union (EU), President Gitanas Nausėda said Thursday.

Penktadienį Šiaulių Bankas on Friday announced a plan to change its name to Artea Bankas in an aim to bring all the group’s companies together under one brand, Artea.

The Informal Council of the European Union Transport, Telecommunications and Energy has unanimously passed a Warsaw Call declaration on cyber defence management as an effort to strengthen EU resilience to cyber threats with the rapidly evolving technologies in mind. This was the first meeting of the...

Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė says it is essential that Lithuania’s closest allies are investing adequately in their defence and military capabilities. Her statement comes in response to the Seimas speaker’s suggestion to make additional bilateral or regional agreements as a plan B f...

In February, the three airports of Lithuania served more than 431,000 passengers or nearly 16% more than a year ago, Lithuanian Airports (LTOU) said in a press release on Thursday.

Simas Bikauskas, previously the director of business development and sales at Robotex, the SBA group’s robotics and automation solutions company, is now in charge of Robotex. He replaced Andrius Skunčikas, who returned to the global information technology corporation Oracle, SBA said in a press rele...

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund said Thursday that, in partnership with other shareholders, it has completed the sale of InMedica Group, Lithuania’s largest private healthcare network, to Mehiläinen, Finland's largest social and healthcare provider with fast growing international presence.

An anonymous prankster has tricked MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis, leader of the Nemunas Dawn party, into believing that he was invited to meet with staff of the United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US and would be provided information about the US Agency for International Devel...

Petras Gražulis, member of the European Parliament, says he believes he has been targeted by the same anonymous person who tricked MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis into travelling to New York at an ’invitation’ of a US government official. The MEP said he will discuss the situation with the US Republicans.

Lithuania’s ambition to boost national defence spending and defence capabilities must not come at the expense of social policy, says President Gitanas Nausėda.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday terminated the public expenses case against Mindaugas Sinkevičius, former mayor of Jonava district who had been convicted by the court of first instance of abuse of office. The Supreme Court ruled that the actions of the social democratic politician should not have bee...

Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has confirmed that the Government is considering a raise of the reduced rate value added tax (VAT) from 9% to 12%.

On Wednesday, Vilnius City Municipal Council voted to increase all public transport fares starting 1 July 2025.

Leader of the Nemunas Dawn party, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who was hoping to visit the United States to meet with members of the US administration, has admitted that he was tricked by pranksters. It has transpired that an individual impersonating a representative of DOGE (the US Department of Governme...

The US move to halt military assistance to Ukraine reflects the continuation of Donald Trump’s policy, says a security adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda. The situation will be addressed in the European Council later this week, he said.

The United States’ 25% import tax on the European Union (EU) could lead to a 0.5 percentage-point drop in Lithuania’s gross domestic product (GDP), the head of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK) warns.

Lithuania may find it difficult to trust this strategic partner in the future after the United States paused its military aid to Ukraine, the Seimas speaker has said, urging Europe to take the lead in addressing security challenges.

Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas says Ukraine will not feel the impact of the US decision to halt military aid to Kyiv in the short term and has called on Lithuanian officials to avoid making "scathing statements" towards Washington on this issue.

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius Tech) will receive up to EUR 669,000 funding from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google. Vilnius Tech has been selected for this support and will continue to receive educational materials and guidance from emerging technology and policy nonprofit...

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Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.4% in February 2025, down from 2.5% in January according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

A Lithuanian man who had to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean from California to Queensland due to a tropical cyclone was rescued by an Australian Navy vessel and receiving treatment on board.