- March 5, 2026
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 [..]
The Baltic States are not among the countries most frequently affected by cyberattacks, Renate Strazdiņa of Microsoft’s NTO Europe North Multi-Country Cluster told LETA. However, Strazdiņa pointed out that attackers [..]
On October 16, the “Spotlight Latvia” conference, organised by the Latvian-American Chamber of Commerce (LACC), took place in Washington, D.C., as part of the Latvian business delegation’s trade mission to [..]
By LRT.lt. The Lithuanian government on Thursday approved the Finance Ministry’s draft budget for 2026, which includes a significant increase in spending and a record allocation for defence, before submitting [..]
Latvia has officially kicked off its trade mission to the United States this week with participation in the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, [..]
The situation on the Estonian-Russian border is under control and reports about a tense situation are exaggerated, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) after the closure of [..]
By Edvardas Špokas, LRT TV, LRT.lt. Starting next week, banks in Lithuania and across the eurozone will be required to verify whether a payment recipient’s name matches the account number, [..]
Several flights from the temporarily closed Vilnius Airport were diverted to Riga last night, according to data from the flight monitoring website Flightradar24. Information on the website shows that seven [..]
Prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with three defendants in a criminal case involving an international value-added tax (VAT) fraud scheme, which has been approved by the Economic Affairs Court. [..]
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