LRT journalists met volunteers of the Right Sector that remained untamed even after the Ukrainian Government incorporated into army structures other volunteer battalions, such as Azov or Donbas that played a crucial role in stopping Russian separatists advance three years ago.
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November142017
November102017
The iconic Vilnius symbol Gediminas Castle Hill keeps failing as the Government promises to assign all the necessary funding needed to preserve it.
October062017
Lithuanian cyber volunteer soldiers teamed up with professional militaries in a newly organized cyber unit during cyber exercise, held from Tuesday throughout the country.
August312017
The Unites States started NATO’s Baltic air police mission, on Wednesday, with an extra number of jet fighters aimed to patrol the skies over the Baltics, as Russia gears up for major military drills Zapad.
August102017
Lithuanian officers had doubts about the character and the route of the freight when the alleged casting moulds for plastic lids and covers came from Ecuador, in April, with a stopover in Colombia and the German port of Hamburg.
August092017
Georgia’s ex-President Saakashvili attended a protest nearby Russian embassy in Vilnius, on Tuesday, to commemorate the ninth anniversary of Russo-Georgian war.
July142017
Lithuania’s largest International Vilnius Airport will be closed on Thursday night for over a month in order to reconstruct its runway.
June262017
On 25 th June, Sunday, Teofilius Matulionis, Archbishop of the Soviet era, was beatified in the Vilnius Cathedral Square by Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from Vatican.
June212017
On Tuesday, 20 th June, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg observed a river crossing by Allied forces and then met troops taking part in Exercise Iron Wolf, in Lithuania, in Rukla.
June212017
Lithuania in co-operation with its NATO Allies carried out the first large-scale defensive drill on the border with Poland rehearsing for a possible scenario where Russia might try to cut-off the Baltics from the rest of NATO.
June022017
World Health Organization recently put Lithuania among the countries with the highest per capita consumption of alcohol in Europe and Lithuanian Parliament is determined to change the situation with a new wave of stricter measures.
June022017
Hacker group Tsar Team stole personal records and photos of patients from data system of Lithuanian clinic ‘Beauty Surgery’ and put them up for sale already in April, but then posted only several hundred victims’ data on Tor network.
June012017
Lithuanian Special Operation Forces, after forging close ties with their American colleagues in Afghanistan, today are country’s best strategic hope if Russia tries to destabilize their homeland.
May102017
U.S. Secretary of Defence did not comment on Patriot deployment in Lithuania during his visit in Vilnius, on Wednesday, confirming steadfast NATO’s contribution to the security of the Baltics States.
April252017
Ukrainian Foreign Minister met his Lithuanian counterpart in Vilnius on Monday amid a monitor’s death in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, and further highlighted security issues.
April112017
Lithuanian landmark Hill of Crosses was for a short time on fire, on Monday, but firemen quickly localised it.
April072017
‘Assad and Russia must know the red lines on what is allowed and what is not', said Dalia Grybauskaitė after reporter asked her if the attack would not develop into a broader conflict.
‘I think the opposite’, responded Grybauskaitė.
April042017
Lithuanian State Security Department said on Monday in Vilnius that Russia has developed the capacities to launch an attack on the Baltic States with as little as 24 hours' notice.
March302017
Lithuanian capital, on Wednesday, greeted first visitors from Georgia who arrived without visas after the EU launched a visa-free travel for its citizens.
March292017
Vilnius Santariškės children’s hospital alone last year had to treat about fifty children who tried to commit a suicide or self-harm. This year could be worse as Lithuanian police counts there can be around 100 children in capital Vilnius who do get involved in Blue Whale suicidal game.