- March 25, 2026
By Benas Gerdžiūnas, LRT.lt. People in Lithuania have noticed construction work taking place almost simultaneously on bridges close to the Belarusian border. The Lithuanian Armed Forces confirmed to LRT.lt that [..]
Finnish police have arrested two crew members of the Fitburg, a cargo ship seized Wednesday over damage to an Estonian–Finnish undersea communications cable. Finnish authorities detained the Fitburg on Wednesday [..]
Unusually heavy rainfall and thunderstorms have hit Dubai and other parts of the United Arab Emirates, leading to flooding on roads, traffic disruptions and repeated safety warnings from authorities. According [..]
By Benas Gerdžiūnas, LRT.lt. Lithuania’s civil society sector is organising protests against plans to politicise the public broadcaster, LRT. Here’s what’s been happening so far. Around 12,000 people – or [..]
The Riga Regional Court on Monday overturned a first-instance court ruling, convicting former Latvijas Dzelzceļš (Latvian Railways, LDz) CEO Uģis Magonis and Estonian businessman Oleg Ossinovski of bribery, and sentencing [..]
By Goda Malinauskaitė, Evaldas Labanauskas, LRT TV, LRT.lt. As Lithuanian trucking companies prepare a protest in Vilnius over thousands of vehicles stranded at the Belarus border, Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė [..]
According to LRT.lt, 29-year-old Benas Mikutavičius, suspected of killing two young women, was brought to Kaunas District Court on Sunday morning. The court approved the strictest preventive measure, ordering three [..]
BIOservicES, a project funded through the Horizon Europe programme (101112374), is publishing the results of a large-scale European survey analysing perceptions of the value and importance of soil ecosystem services [..]
The Criminal Police Division for the Investigation of Serious Crimes of the Kaunas County Police Headquarters (Kaunas County PHQ) is searching for Benas Mikutavičius (born 1996), who is suspected of [..]
By Jonas Deveikis, LRT.lt. Finnair is cancelling one of its evening flights from Helsinki to Vilnius, citing contraband balloons launched from Belarus and related operational challenges, Lithuanian Airports (LTOU) said [..]
By Reda Gilytė, Aistė Valiauskaitė, Goda Malinauskaitė, LRT TV, LRT.lt. The Lithuanian parliament last week opened debate on a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote [..]
The opening window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers delivered three very different stories for the Baltic national teams. Latvia struggled to find its rhythm early and paid the [..]
MEPs achieved increases for the 2026 EU budget and secured funds for Horizon Europe, transport and energy networks, civil protection and agriculture. On Saturday morning, negotiators from the European Parliament [..]
By Kristina Karlonė, Goda Malinauskaitė, Jovita Gaižauskaitė, LRT TV, LRT.lt. Several Lithuanian universities are protesting unannounced inspections by the Migration Department, saying that officers have entered lectures and dormitories without [..]
By Justina Ilkevičiūtė, Enrika Gecaitė, LRT TV, LRT.lt. Unions representing police officers, border guards, firefighters, and other uniformed personnel are calling on the government to honour its earlier pledge to [..]
More than 600 criminal proceedings are currently active in Latvia for violations of sanctions imposed on Russia, said Paulis Iljenkovs, Deputy Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for sanctions, [..]
The Competition Council has imposed a fine of EUR 1.873 million on retailer Maxima Latvija and set several legal obligations for engaging in unfair trading practices, according to the decision [..]
By Vilmantas Venckūnas, LRT.lt. Poland has decided to postpone plans to reopen its border crossings with Belarus after Lithuania moved to close its own, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė said [..]
As Lithuania completes the final four-lane section of the Via Baltica motorway to the Polish border, Transport Minister Juras Taminskas says the stretch from Kaunas to the Latvian border will [..]
At the local elections, electoral alliances received the highest number of votes nationwide, followed by the opposition Center and Isamaa parties. Electoral alliances received the highest number of votes nationwide [..]
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