The attack on Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov in Vilnius was allegedly ordered by another Russian oppositionist, businessman Leonid Nevzlin, the investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has revealed lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Troops of the German brigade assigned to Lithuania will be temporarily accommodated in Rokantiškės and Nemenčinė next year, Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas has said lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, several dozen former interpreters and other locals fled to Lithuania. Three years later, LRT sat down with one of them for a catch-up lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Russian drones and missiles targeting Ukraine continue to violate NATO airspace, putting citizens in the Eastern regions of the alliance at risk. Experts propose possible NATO responses lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Several fires in Lithuania, two of them in one week, may have been caused by exploding electric scooters. Experts say batteries can combust if they are charged in the wrong way lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Lithuania should raise its national defence spending to 4 percent of GDP to be able to acquire long-range air defence systems and other military equipment, according to Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says he will recommend conducting a performance audit to the new leadership of the country’s Foreign Ministry lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

The Netherlands, which deployed its long-range Patriot air defence system to Lithuania for several weeks of training in July, wants to do it more frequently in the future, the country’s Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans has said lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

President Gitanas Nausėda has submitted to the Lithuanian parliament Seimas a proposal to denounce three treaties with Russia and Belarus related to economic cooperation lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Marking the beginning of the Lithuanian Season in France, the MO Museum in Vilnius signed a cooperation agreement with the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The agreement was accompanied by a historic donation from the owners of the MO Museum lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

On Tuesday, Ursula von der Leyen,  who was appointed to lead the European Commission for a second term, presented the new EU commissioners, with Lithuania’s Andrius Kubilius assigned the defence and space portfolio lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

The Bank of Lithuania on Tuesday condemned the International Monetary Fund’s decision to resume economic consultations with Russia lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Kazys Škirpa continues to be a controversial figure in Lithuania’s history. A new report by the state-funded Genocide and Resistance Research Centre (LGGRTC) claims Škirpa was not a Nazi collaborator, but historians are not so sure lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

After lengthy negotiations, EC President Ursula von der Leyen announced her new Commission this week. Lithuania’s former prime minister Andrius Kubilius is entrusted with the newly created portfolio of Commissioner for Defence and Space lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda proposes to establish a ministry that would be responsible for regional policymaking, increasing the autonomy of regional councils and local governments, and coordinating between ministries at the national level lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

YouTube on Wednesday removed 18 EU-sanctioned Belarusian radio and television accounts at the request of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans says the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine remains difficult, so he does not expect the war to end this year or next lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

As Latvia is moving to ban Russian instructions in ATMs, Lithuania is not considering similar measures. Banks say the Russian-language option is used by about 8 percent of their clients lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

The Lithuanian Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected the appeal of Jonava District Mayor Mindaugas Sinkevičius, upholding a lower court’s ruling that found him guilty of abuse of office in the so-called “receipt” case lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis described as “serious” the allegations made by the team of the late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny about the masterminds behind the attack on his close ally Leonid Volkov in Vilnius lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…