2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (269+ words) Šiauliai will begin its traditional city festival, Šiauliai Days 790, on Thursday. According to the organisers, this year's programme, titled "The Power of the Sun. The Duke's Hat", highlights the city's historical development and cultural heritage. "Many generations have shaped the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (193+ words) Poland would be the first to help if the Baltic states were attacked, the country’s Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Thursday. “I, if I were defence minister at the time, would direct a request to the government, to the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (259+ words) The board of Lithuania’s electricity distribution operator ESO will consider Thursday whether to dismiss CEO Renaldas Radvila, nearly three weeks after a powerful storm disrupted power supplies across the country and prompted calls for the company’s leadership to take responsibility…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (344+ words) Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas, is opening its autumn session Thursday, with lawmakers set to review a draft agenda containing more than 550 legislative proposals and focus on security, defence and demographic challenges. The session will run through December 23 and include 46 sittings,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (146+ words) LRT Lithuania mulls building reserve of thousands of electricity generators Vilnius court extends detention in Al Quassem Brigades funding case Documents show Vilnius knew about waste crisis before Energesman deal – LRT Investigation Lithuania’s paramilitary force receive land for drone training…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (173+ words) The government on Wednesday decided to allocate a plot of land in the Varėna municipality in southeastern Lithuania to the country’s Riflemen's Union (LŠS) for drone training. The 51.97-hectare area will be used to train drone operators, develop drone capabilities…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (473+ words) Two Lithuanian lawmakers met with Chinese diplomats in Brussels to discuss ways of improving relations between Lithuania and China, drawing criticism from some members of the European Parliament. Ignas Vėgėlė and Rimas Jonas Jankūnas, members of Lithuania’s mixed parliamentary group,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (454+ words) Lithuania is discussing a joint response with Latvia and Estonia to efforts to transit Russian and Belarusian grain through the Baltic states, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said Tuesday. Sinkevičius said he discussed the issue by phone with his Latvian…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (500+ words) Lithuanian 15-year-olds performed above the average of OECD countries in mathematics, reading, science and information problem-solving in the latest PISA assessment, ranking ahead of more than two-thirds of participating countries, officials said Tuesday. The 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment, or…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (579+ words) Lithuania’s interior minister is calling for changes to the rules governing when law enforcement officers can use firearms, including removing the requirement that a danger be unavoidable and restoring the option of firing a warning shot. “The requirement should be…...