The Government has approved the draft Law on Temporary Solidarity Contribution prepared by the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Lithuania aimed to channel the part of unexpected net interest income of banks to finance military mobility and military transport infrastructure projects, said the Ministry of Finance.

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Leader of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Gabrielius Landsbergis does not exclude the possibility that the party may nominate Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas in 2024 presidential elections.

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Journalist Dovydas Pancerovas discovered and on 5 April revealed that President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda joined the Communist Party in 1988, at the time when Sąjūdis, the reform movement of Lithuania, was emerging and two years before Lithuania declared its independence from the USSR.

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The 1,300 troops and 230 units of military equipment deployed in Lithuania as the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group have been training defensive and offensive operations, first-aid medical treatment in field conditions and building up interoperability at Exercise Rising Bull since late March, the Lithuanian Armed Forces reports.

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On Thursday, ten foreign nationals were stopped at Lithuania-Belarus border as they attempted to enter Lithuania at unauthorised locations, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

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Latvia plans to reintroduce military service in response to the ongoing war Russia is waging in Ukraine, the Defence Ministry said.

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China cannot mediate peace in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Beijing’s position would deprive Kyiv of sovereignty, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in a recent talk with Bloomberg.

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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has decided to replace Minister of Agriculture Kęstutis Navickas, news website Lietuvos rytas, lrytas.lt, has learned from its sources.

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The Seimas Thursday unanimously passed a resolution on Lithuania’s position for the upcoming NATO Vilnius summit, urging the Alliance to officially invite Kyiv to join the bloc.

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The Lithuanian Parliament on 6 April appointed judge Gintaras Goda as the president of the Constitutional Court.

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President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda considers vetoing the Law on Imposing Restrictive Measures Regarding the Military Aggression Against Ukraine, which was adopted by the Seimas on 4 April, as he believes that sanctions on Russian and Belarusian citizens should be identical.

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The Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (LTSA) has transferred to the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) data on Cessna 172, a single-engine aircraft, which sought to fly from Lithuania to Russia in violation of international sanctions.

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President Gitanas Nausėda believes he is a target of “certain campaigns” carried out by political opponents who are after him, with the presidential election nearing.

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On Tuesday and Wednesday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis participated in a North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting at the level of Foreign Affairs Ministers in Brussels, the Foreign Ministry reports.

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Belarus’ exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya hails the Lithuanian Parliament’s decision to grant some exemptions for Belarusians in national restrictions for Russian and Belarusian nationals.

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On Tuesday, 4 April, Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Arvydas Anušauskas visited Kharkiv, Ukraine, where he met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov.

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Finland's NATO membership marks the death of the ideology of Finlandisation, says Professor Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first parliament speaker since the restoration of its independence.

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Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen met with President of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Grosu on Tuesday in Vilnius. She stressed that the EU candidate country status and accelerated integration have opened a historic opportunity for Moldova and its people, which Lithuania is ready to help achieve.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement on plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus must be taken seriously as nuclear weapons were used in the past, which means that everything possible must be done to stop the plan from being carried out, the Lithuanian presidency says.

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The Seimas has adopted legislation laying down restrictive measures for the nationals of Russia and Belarus.

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