war in Ukraine

Good examples and works are inspiring. The young cadet, Kristijonas Kilcauskas, from the city of Raseiniai would definitely agree with that statement. Realizing his childhood dream, Kilcauskas manages to find a balance between the strict regime of a soldier and various activities that help him relax...

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

Vilnius University (VU) will terminate the employment contract with Andrey Desnitsky, a professor from Russia who supported a “referendum” on the status of Crimea and denied the occupation of the Baltic Stats, public radio LRT reported Thursday.

MP Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, claims that sanctioning of fertiliser manufacturer AB Lifosa is an example of extreme application of restrictions. The MP is concerned that Kėdainiai region may lose an important employer.

On Wednesday, members of the trade union Solidarumas and the trade union of fertiliser manufacturer Lifosa held a protested outside the Government building in Vilnius against the planned temporary conservation of the factory. Some 400 protesters demanded to safeguard the company against closure and ...

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.

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...

Lithuania has revoked 2,905 residence permits of Russian and Belarusian citizens since the start of the war in Ukraine until 14 July this year, the Migration Department told 15min news website on Wednesday.

A new crowdfunding campaign Dronų giesmės (Drone Songs) is taking place in Lithuania to collect hundreds of thousands of euros to purchase hundreds of kamikaze drones for Ukraine.

The two-day NATO summit in Vilnius starts on Tuesday. The first meeting of the Alliance Lithuania is hosting will see more than 40 foreign leaders, heads of diplomatic missions, defence ministers and other high-ranking officials gathering for talks on strengthening NATO’s collective defence, deterre...

Finland faced a moment of truth on February 24, 2022. In case Ukraine’s defense would have collapsed, Finland’s security policy of non-alignment would have been worth of nothing. The Finnish leaders had to make a choice almost by overnight either to give up non-alignment or to remain increasingly un...

The Ämari Air Base in Estonia will undergo reconstruction in 2024, during which the Baltic airspace will be secured from Latvia and Lithuania. After the reconstruction is completed, the allied fighter jets will return to Estonia, reports the Ministry of Defence of Estonia.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland in Vilnius to discuss regional security, preparations for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Russia’s war on Ukraine, the presidency announces.

Influential German politicians have acknowledged that the war in Ukraine, which has been going for over a year now, finally made them understand Russia and the threat it poses, and now they are ready to help Ukraine expeditiously. “Now, no one can blame us for being slow,” the guests said.

Lithuanian army analysts have noted a growing flow of disinformation, with Lithuania's proposal to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens and decisions EU defense ministers being one of the main topics of such reports, the Lithuanian army said on Monday.

Since the 24th of February, the war in Ukraine raised and highlighted multiple questions – how to define the real scope and participants of a shifting hybrid war, and especially, what could be the consequences on broader international relations? Who are the key actors of this situation?

President Gitanas Nausėda opened the Forum of Regions at the Presidential Palace on Thursday. He noted in his opening speech that the influence of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the energy sector would become a serious challenge for Lithuania and entire Europe.

Lithuania's Interior Ministry has proposed extending the existing state of emergency, declared in the country in response to Russia's military aggression in Ukraine, until mid-December.

Russian nationals have crossed the Lithuanian border 130,000 times since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in late February, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Thursday.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda attended the Baltic Sea Energy Security Summit in Copenhagen, where together with the leaders of Denmark, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, issues related to Europe’s energy security and independence...