The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) says it denied entry to 38 foreign nationals who attempted to cross into Lithuania from Belarus at unauthorised locations on Thursday, 23 March.
March242023
March242023
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will be visiting Kyiv on Friday, the Delfi news portal reports.
March242023
On Thursday and Friday, for the first time since the launch of NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic States in 2004, a live-fire training takes place conducted by the current detachment – French airmen with the Rafale fighter jets, the Lithuanian Armed Forces reports.
March232023
Lithuanian border guards have stopped a group of 51 illegal migrants in Varėna district on Wednesday. This is the largest group of illegal migrants in Lithuania this year. According to the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), a Belarusian citizen, a suspected guide of illegal migrants, has been detained.
March232023
President Gitanas Nausėda continues to criticise Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė after Lithuanian Railways (LTG) hired Agnė Belickaitė as the director for corporate affairs.
March232023
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on Thursday rejected the complaint of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LDK) against the Central Electoral Commission’s (VRK) decision to bring back Kęstutis Tubis of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens to Anykščiai mayoral race.
March232023
The Central Electoral Commission says there were problems on Thursday morning with the delivery of ballot papers from the Vilnius district as the municipality refused to provide transport and the police had to interfere.
March232023
MP Artūras Skardžius has joined the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSD) and its political group at the Seimas, Chair of the LSDP Political Group Orinta Leiputė told reporters Thursday.
March232023
Former MP Kristijonas Bartoševičius was aware before resigning from parliament that he would be indicted over suspected sexual abuse of minors, news website delfi.lt has reported.
March232023
Deputy Minister of the Economy and Innovation Vincas Jurgutis announced his resignation on Wednesday evening via Facebook not long after his spouse was hired by Lithuanian Railways (LTG).
March232023
On Wednesday, the next rotation of the Portuguese contingent was deployed to Lithuania to implement the NATO Assurance measures strengthening deterrence and ready to counter threats to the Allies, the Lithuanian Armed Forces reports.
March232023
Agnė Belickaitė has resigned as head for corporate affairs at Lithuanian Railways (LTG) amid a wave of criticism of her ties with the Freedom Party and suspected nepotism.
March222023
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) says it has launched Current Time Baltics on its Russian-language television and digital network Current Time as critical part of its strategy to counter Russian malign influence across Europe by providing new Russian-language audiences with trusted news and information.
March222023
Eerik Heldna, director of the Customs Department of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (MTA), and Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) Director General Elmar Vaher were detained Tuesday morning on suspicions of fraud and aiding fraud, respectively, brought by the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS), reports public broadcaster ERR.
March222023
On 21 March, election of the new director general of Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT took place but none of the six candidates received the majority of votes. Consequently, another competition for the position will be held.
March222023
Twelve foreign nationals attempted to cross into Lithuania from Belarus at unauthorised locations on Tuesday, 21 March, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said.
March212023
On 20 March 2023, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visited Germany to deliver his speech on the future of Europe. One year after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the European Union is at a historic turning point and its leaders need bold visions for getting back on track.
March212023
On Tuesday, the Seimas appointed Nortautas Statkus ombudsman for intelligence by secret ballot.
March212023
On Monday, Deputy National Defence Minister Žilvinas Tomkus attended a joint meeting of EU foreign and defence ministers which agreed to aim for the transfer of 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition of different calibres to Ukraine in one year.
March212023
On Monday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis took part in the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council and a joint session gathering of EU foreign affairs and defence ministers, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.