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These days mark two and a half years since the start of Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine – and almost the same time has passed since the introduction of restrictive measures against Russia that had soon turned it into the world’s most san­ctioned nation.

In August, the Customs Department announced that an unnamed Lithuanian company was fined EUR 13.6 million for violating sanctions and exporting 60 lorries to Russia, investigative journalist centre Siena reported.

National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas says he is familiar with the case of Kęstutis Kvietkus amid reports that the man is fighting alongside Russians in Ukraine.

The Migration Department has dismissed its Klaipėda-based employee who concealed the fact that she had gained the Russian citizenship.

This year, 129 Russian-owned companies operating in Lithuania saw their turnover falling by nearly 40 percent as compared to the period before the war started in Ukraine in 2022, Verslo žinios business news website reports.

Six people have lost their Lithuanian citizenship after they were revealed to have acquired Russian citizenship and concealed that, the Migration Department said Wednesday.

The Ministry of National Defence has registered a proposal for the Government to withdraw from a convention banning the use of cluster munitions. The draft legislation is currently being coordinated with responsible authorities, it said.

I am writing this while I am in Ukraine again. Fifth or so time after the full scale Russian invasion. I was traveling here to support, to share expertise, to seek investment opportunities now, not waiting until the war ends.

President Gitanas Nausėda, together with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Poland, has addressed President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel in a letter urging the European Union (EU) to protect its borders with Russia and Belarus, ...

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it had blocked access to dozens of European Union (EU) media outlets, including three Lithuanian news websites lrt.lt, 15min.lt and lrytas.lt.

President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs participated in the Summit on Peace in Ukraine in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, on 15-16 June, reports the presidency.

The Government on Wednesday approved the list of over 2,800 prohibited agricultural and feed products of Russian and Belarusian origin.

At a meeting in Palanga on Wednesday ministers of defence of the Baltic States agreed that in the face of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, it was critical to continue the trilateral cooperation thus strengthening collective deterrence and defence, while the Baltic solidarity had to be stronger tha...

Russia’s actions are seen as a deliberate, targeted, escalatory provocation to intimidate neighbouring countries and their societies, the Foreign Ministry has said in a statement amid media reports of Russia’s intention to redraw its sea borders with Lithuania and Finland.

President Gitanas Nausėda says Russia’s plans to unilaterally extend its maritime border into Lithuanian and Finnish waters may be part of a wider-scale action against NATO. Lithuania’s ambassador to NATO has already expressed Vilnius’ concern about the unfolding situation to his colleagues in the A...

Белорусский новостной портал опубликовал в соцсети Threads новость со ссылкой на Министерство иностранных дел России о том, что якобы в Финляндии из-за русофобской политики останавливаются промышленные предприятия, и рушится экономика. Разбираем, почему это – манипуляция.

Authorities have obliged Yuri Borisov to uncover the possibly illegal underground structure in his estate in Trakai district. Russian citizen Borisov is a former donor and adviser to then president Rolandas Paksas who was impeached and removed from office for granting him Lithuanian citizenship.

Vilnius-registered firm Tersis participated in an annual international logistics fair in Moscow at the end of March, Delfi news website reports.

On Friday, the Foreign Ministry held the 9th meeting of the so-called Core Group in Vilnius to create a special international tribunal to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine. This is the first time the international law experts have met in Vilnius, the ministry reports.

Russian hackers forced several Ukrainian and Latvian television channels to unintentionally broadcast parts of the annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow’s Red Square, the DPA news agency reports.