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Baltic presidents warn of Russian infrastructure attack plans

The warnings are the latest in a series of alarms from leaders along NATO's eastern flank who suggest Russia may be trying to test the alliance as the Ukraine war drags on after more than four years.

15/07/2026

Europe News

Lithuania seeks China reset while maintaining hard line on Russia

Lithuania's incoming government has pledged to maintain a hard line on Russia while moving to restore diplomatic ties with China.

08/07/2026

Travel News

One of Europe’s highest revolving restaurants just reopened

Open once again, the Milky Way restaurant in Vilnius is only serving up wines from vineyards above 165 metres above sea level – the same height diners reach while eating there.

06/07/2026

Europe News

On NATO's eastern flank: How Lithuania is strengthening its defences

Military exercises, a historic German deployment and sitting in Moscow's shadow: Lithuania's Chief of the Defence Staff tells Euronews why the country believes deterrence is its strongest defence.

30/06/2026

Europe News

Lithuania PM Ruginienė resigns after less than a year in office

Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė resigned on Tuesday together with her cabinet, ending a ten-month tenure. She is to return to government as social affairs minister in a new cabinet expected to be led by Mindaugas Sinkevičius — the third Social Democrat prime minister since the 2024 elections.

23/06/2026

Health news

Lithuania's plan to send junior doctors to rural areas sparks backlash

Lithuania — a Baltic country of 2,8 million — plans to tackle medical deserts by sending junior doctors to remote regions. Junior doctors oppose what they see as a “populist” move.

18/06/2026

Europe News

Social Democrats stitch together new Lithuanian coalition

Lithuania’s Social Democrats have formed a third coalition in just one and a half years, clearing the way for a new cabinet to be led by party leader Mindaugas Sinkevičius.

18/06/2026

Europe News

Sinkevičius says he will be Lithuania's new PM after reshuffle

The three-party coalition must still sign an agreement formalising the new alliance, expected to take place on 18 June, which will then be approved by the country's president.

16/06/2026

Europe News

Drone alert highlights Lithuania's poor access to air raid shelters

At the end of 2024, Lithuania had 6,344 shelters, which could protect 53% of the population, the country's National Audit Office said in a report last year.

03/06/2026

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Lithuania turns pink for giant cold soup festival

More than 100,000 people are expected to attend Vilnius’s Pink Soup Festival, a three-day celebration of Lithuania’s famous cold beet soup featuring races, costumes, foam slides and mass communal lunches.

01/06/2026

Europe News

Von der Leyen vows to fight drones, disinformation campaigns

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that recent drone incursions into EU airspace are “not isolated incidents”, as Baltic leaders and EU officials warn of escalating hybrid threats engineered by Russia along Europe’s eastern border.

26/05/2026

World

Lithuania warns mass data leak was work of foreign country

While no specific culprit has been named, Lithuania and the other Baltic states are on high alert for "hybrid warfare" tactics used by the Kremlin, including cyber attacks.

25/05/2026

Earth News

Lithuania has ‘fastest growing’ renewable electricity transition in EU

Lithuania’s rapid deployment of wind and solar power is helping the country strengthen its energy resilience and end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels.

22/05/2026

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Video shows Lithuanians sheltering in underground parking during drone alert

Footage showed residents sheltering in an underground parking area after Lithuanian authorities issued a drone alert in Vilnius and urged people to move to safe locations amid reported activity near the Belarus border.

20/05/2026

Europe News

NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea

Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

21/04/2026

Europe News

Trial of men accused of sending exploding parcels for Russia starts

Investigators found that two test parcels had been sent to the United States and Canada, while two others intended for those countries were found in Amsterdam.

17/04/2026

Europe Today

Hungary’s Ukraine pipeline claims are ‘nonsense,’ Lithuanian PM says

Speaking to Euronews' flagship morning programme Europe Today, Lithuania’s PM Inga Ruginienė has urged EU unity as Hungary vetoes new Russia sanctions and support to Ukraine.

27/02/2026

Lithuania

Lithuania wargames security incident on Russian train to Kaliningrad

Lithuania staged a drill on Monday involving a Russian train incident in Kaliningrad as tensions rise, while Polish K2 tank exercises boosted NATO’s eastern flank.

09/02/2026

Lithuania

No front line: Russia's hybrid pressure on German army in Lithuania

The German army brigade in Lithuania is not under fire, but it is under hybrid attack. Soldiers report mysterious phone calls, and drones appear to be spying on manoeuvres. How should the Bundeswehr and NATO respond?

07/02/2026

Lithuania

Lithuania charges six with terrorism over failed attack on Ukraine aid

The target of the botched 2024 attack was Lithuanian company TVC Solutions and mobile radio stations the firm manufactures for Ukrainian armed forces, according to prosecutors.

16/01/2026

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Thousands protest in Lithuania against changes to public broadcaster law

Around 10,000 people protested outside Lithuania's parliament against changes to the public broadcaster's law, fearing it threatens free speech and LRT's independence.

17/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania arrests 21 alleged smugglers using balloons from Belarus

Tuesday's operation involved more than 140 officers from the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Vilnius police and special anti-terrorism units.

16/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania declares state of emergency over balloons from Belarus

The Baltic state says the cigarette-laden balloons originating from Moscow-allied Belarus are a form of hybrid attack and a threat to its national security.

09/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuanian court convicts leader of a governing party of antisemitism

The district court in Vilnius found that Remigijus Žemaitaitis incited hatred against Jews and grossly downplayed Nazi Germany's crimes.

04/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania may close Belarus border again over contraband balloons

Lithuania may close its border with Belarus again after cigarette smuggling via balloons disrupted flights and spread to Latvia, warns Prime Minister Rugienenė.

25/11/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania convicts teen for IKEA arson attack on behalf of Russia

The perpetrator pleaded guilty to the crime. Prosecutors said he acted "in the interests of the military structures and security services of the Russian Federation."

25/11/2025