Lithuanian companies have exported dual-use goods worth at least EUR 130 million to Russia from March 2022 to August 2023 by circumventing sanctions, the public broadcaster’s LRT Investigation Team reported on Tuesday.
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Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.4% in April 2024, stable compared to March according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Parliamentary ethics watchdogs concluded Tuesday that an ad hoc commission, which probed the case of the State Security Department’s (VSD) whistleblower and collection of information during the 2019 presidential campaign, had violated several laws and procedures. President Gitanas Nausėda claims tha...
Dictatorships in Russia and Belarus, then a full-scale war that Russia launched against Ukraine pushed millions of people to migrate abroad. The total number of foreigners in Lithuania crossed the record mark of 200,000 last year, according to official data from the Migration Department. How locals ...
If only businesses are obligated to finance additional defence needs, they may consider pulling out from the domestic market, the Lithuanian Business Confederation (LVK) has warned. Such a decision would not help draw new firms to the market either, it says.
Vilnius Airport on Monday closed its iconic ramp to the existing departures terminal for cars as it is getting ready to open a new terminal in February 2025.
Самые большие зарплаты в марте 2024 года своим работникам выплатила компания Live Nation Lietuva, занимающаяся организацией концертов. Четыре ее работника в среднем получили по 101 200 евро, сообщает агентство BNS со ссылкой на Фонд социального страхования ("Содру").
Lithuania’s former president Dalia Grybauskaitė believes that the 2024 US presidential election will be a challenge for the European Union.
On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with President of Poland Andrzej Duda. Poland recently stated that it is ready to host NATO nuclear weapons. The Lithuanian head of state believes that NATO’s decision to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland would contribute to deterrence and reflect European sec...
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Friday officially opened the Lithuanian embassy in South Korea during his visit to Seoul, the ministry reports.
The Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Yaroslav Khmyl, chargé d'affaires ad interim of Belarus, and handed him a diplomatic note, expressing a strong protest over the statements made on 25 April 2024 by Belarus’ KGB chief Ivan Tertel, the ministry said in a press release.
The president and the parliament speaker criticise Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė for stalling with the nomination of a new minister of education, science and sport following the resignation of Gintautas Jakštas.
The Seimas on Thursday voted to pass legislation extending national sanctions on citizens of Russia and Belarus for another year and tightening the checks of Belarusians arriving to the country.
MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis broke his oath with antisemitic statements and seriously violated the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled Thursday.
On Friday April 19 Lithuanian Delfi and the Nordic Council of Ministers in Lithuania hosted panel conference titled “Baltic Bridge to Alienating Societies: Discovering Shared Values to Ensure Regional Stability”. The conferences organisers invited a number of experts and professional from various sp...
Lately, social media has been actively circulating posts falsely claiming that Lithuanians should be grateful to Russia for certain invaluable gifts.
Eleven artillery shells were discovered in Šilutė district on Tuesday, according to the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD).
Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen believes that the Seimas did the right thing by rejecting a proposal of the Committee on National Security and Defence to limit Belarusian citizens’ journeys to their home country.
The average purchase price of raw milk in Lithuania stood at EUR 0.42 per kilogramme in March 2024, an increase of 10.8% year-on-year. Compared with February 2024, raw milk purchase price rose by 0.3%.
The Government on Wednesday gave the green light to the Energy Ministry’s roadmap for hydrogen development in Lithuania in 2024-2050. The ministry was obligated to implement the roadmap in cooperation with state institutions and social partners.