World News

EU and NATO vow action against 'hybrid threats' on Baltic visit

The visit of EU and NATO's top officials to Lithuania was dominated by the Belarus migrant crisis and Russia's military build-up near Ukraine.

28 November 2021

China

China downgrades relations with Lithuania over Taiwan 'embassy' spat

Beijing had earlier expelled the Lithuanian ambassador.

21 November 2021

Latvia

Latvia installs 'temporary' fence on Belarus border to stop migrants

Latvia and other Baltic states have been nervous about a potential influx of migrants from Belarus following the crisis on the Polish border.

18 November 2021

Belarus

Lukashenko and Merkel agree to EU talks over Belarus migrant crisis

The announcement for Belarus-EU negotiations comes a day after the bloc announced it would issue a fifth raft of sanctions over the border crisis.

17 November 2021

Lithuania

Poland-Belarus: Baltic leaders call on EU to tighten asylum policy

On Monday, hundreds of migrants found themselves trapped at a border crossing unable to go forward or backward between Poland and Belarus.

16 November 2021

Lithuania

Delegate's 2,500-km land trip to COP26 didn't go well. He'll fly home

Marijus Gailius' 2,500km trip from Vilnius to Glasgow by land and sea was expensive, exhausting and didn't even help save the world.

12 November 2021

Lithuania

Vilnius and police in row over whether to keep LGBT rainbow crossing

Vilnius city council wants to keep the artwork to support LGBT rights, but the police say it goes against traffic rules.

25 October 2021

No Comment

Endurance enthusiast from Lithuania spent more than 3 hours in ice-filled container

Endurance enthusiast from Lithuania spent more than 3 hours in ice-filled container

24 October 2021

The Cube

Lithuanian news outlets delete comments to combat COVID misinformation

Lithuanian news websites have said they will remove anonymous public comments on stories about COVID-19.

21 October 2021

Lithuania

Lithuania converts prison into migrant reception centre

At least 700 people will live in the so-called Kybartai Alien Registration Centre after it was renamed in late September.

11 October 2021

Lithuania

Full Metal Palate? Doctors find 1kg of nuts and bolts in man's stomach

Doctors at a hospital in Lithuania have found more than a kilogram of small metal objects inside a man’s stomach.

4 October 2021

Lithuania

In Lithuania, both anti-migrant rhetoric - and solutions - harden

Hungary and other states hostile to migrants and refugees are waiting to see whether the EU will act as Lithuania flaunts European law.

1 October 2021

Ocean

Europe starts cleaning up its act to save the Baltic Sea

In partnership with the European Commission

One of the world’s most polluted seas is in Europe. Decades of Chemical contamination, overfishing and climate change have undermined the health of the Baltic Sea, provoking a severe environmental, economic and social crisis, but measures are being taken to save this important body of water.

28 September 2021

Ocean

Stabilising ecosystems in the Baltic Sea, the key to saving fish stocks

In partnership with the European Commission

Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, explains that there is hope for the fishing industry in the Baltic Sea, but that starts with improving the water's health.

28 September 2021

Tech News

Lithuania wants to ban Chinese phones from its government departments

The Baltic state is doubling down after its defence ministry told consumers to "throw away" their Chinese-made smartphones last week.

28 September 2021

Tech News

Xiaomi slams Lithuania report that says its devices censor users

Lithuania advised people to throw away their Xiaomi smartphones after a report found one of their mobiles had built-in censorship capabilities.

23 September 2021

Tech News

'Throw away your Chinese phone,' says Lithuania in new report

A report by the country's cyber security agency found that one Chinese smartphone had built-in censorship tech that could detect terms like "Free Tibet".

22 September 2021

Russia

Putin observes war games with Belarus that worry EU neighbours

Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on Monday expressed concerns about the war games, saying Russia has not been transparent about them.

14 September 2021

Lithuania

In Lithuania, locals say Afghan refugees are welcome

Residents of Raseiniai make the distinction between the Afghans that were evacuated because they helped Lithuanian soldiers in Afghanistan and those that are currently trying to cross the border from Belarus.

10 September 2021

Lithuania

Lithuania must not push back Afghan refugees to Belarus, says court

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Lithuania not to push back five Afghan refugees stranded on the border with Belarus.

9 September 2021