One of the crew who was flying on the Swiftair cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius was critically injured, Santaros Clinics said Monday. Vilnius City Municipal Council declared an emergency at the crash site, which was visited by President Gitanas Nausėda in the afternoon.
On Monday morning, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė held a meeting with officials from the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Vilnius International Airport, the Fire and Rescue Department, the Police Department, and the Vilnius City Municipality to evaluate the situat...
President Gitanas Nausėda says he expects the cause and all the circumstances surrounding the cargo plane crash in the eastern part of Vilnius will be soon identified. He thanked emergency services for their prompt and professional response to the incident.
DHL Lietuva says it cannot disclose any more information about the cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius on Monday morning. The only thing that can be confirmed is that it was a Swiftair aircraft, a spokesperson said.
Any attempts to link the plane crash in Vilnius to any hostile external activity are premature even though a terrorist attack cannot be ruled out yet, says the chief of Lithuania’s intelligence agency.
A DHL cargo plane crashed on a two-storey home early Monday morning near Vilnius Airport, killing one pilot, according to preliminary data from the authorities. The fire broke out in the building and warehouses nearby.
Lithuania’s central bank has revoked the electronic money institution licence of Foxpay for gross and systemic violations of laws on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, protection of client funds and other legislation.
More than a dozen people rallied outside the European Commission’s office in Vilnius on Friday to "defend the honour and life" of Belarusian Vasiliy Veremeichik, pro-Ukraine fighter.
President’s chief national security adviser Kęstutis Budrys is expected to be nominated for the position of the foreign minister. Yet leader of the Liberal Movement Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, deputy speaker of the Seimas, wonders if "a cool-down period" should apply before Budrys making the switch f...
On Friday at the Presidential Palace, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Social Democratic MP Dovilė Šakalienė, the candidate for the defence minister’s position.
Newly-appointed Social Democratic Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has confirmed that Rimantas Šadžius will be nominated for the finance minister’s position.
On Friday, 22 November, President Gitanas Nausėda met with his chief adviser on national security Kęstutis Budrys, who is the candidate for the foreign minister’s position in the Social Democrat-led Government.
Acting Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas told journalists Friday that Lithuania together with NATO should plan a response with "civilian measures" if it transpires that telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea were deliberately damaged by a hostile country.
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian prime ministers on Friday agreed to compile a common regional list of controlled battlefield relevant items subject to export restrictions to Russia and Belarus.
Renowned Latvian psychologist and therapist Igor Narovski assembled a team of hospital clowns at the onset of the war in Ukraine to support the most vulnerable.
Several hundred people rallied outside the Seimas building on Thursday evening for the second time to protest against the Nemunas Dawn in the ruling coalition. The party is led by MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis standing trial for alleged antisemitic statements.
President Gitanas Nausėda has signed a decree appointing Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas new prime minister.
President Gitanas Nausėda by way of exception granted Lithuanian citizenship to American figure skater Allison Reed. The head of state signed the decree in question on Thursday, 21 November.
Social Democratic prime minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas vows that the new Government will not change Lithuania’s sanction policies towards Belarus. The politician admitted to have "discussed the situation" with a lawyer representing Birių krovinių terminalas (BKT), a bulk cargo terminal that h...
Social Democratic MP Dovilė Šakalienė, a potential candidate for the defence minister’s position, thinks that Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States again might push Europe to boost her own security.
The Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania, has officially approved Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas, leader of the centre-left coalition, as Lithuania’s next prime minister.
Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė has appealed to the Seimas for its agreement to lift Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ immunity from prosecution. The MP, who is standing trial in Vilnius Regional Court for inciting hatred against persons of Jewish nationality, has asked for a simplified procedure in the Sei...
Former MP Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius will strive to become the leader of the Freedom Party, replacing Aušrinė Armonaitė who has resigned from the position after parliamentary elections.
On Tuesday it was reported that two citizens of Spain intended to carry out a terrorist act in Lithuania in September. President’s chief adviser on national security Kęstutis Budrys assesses the incident as a provocation against Lithuania. The incident is linked to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukrai...
The Cabinet has decided to rename Vilnius International Airport to Vilnius International Čiurlionis Airport for a five-year period to honour Lithuania’s renowned composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, who would turn 150 in 2025.
Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė, following authorisation from Vilnius Regional Court, on Wednesday addressed the Seimas requesting to lift MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ immunity from prosecution.
The average purchase price of natural milk increased in Lithuania three months in a row and stood at EUR 512.92 per tonne in October, according to the Agricultural Data Centre.
Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas discussed short-term and long-term military assistance to Ukraine, EU defence capabilities and defence industry at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Defence in Brussels, reports the Ministry of National Defence.
Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė has opened a pre-trial investigation into terrorism after an undersea telecommunications cable between Lithuania and Sweden was severed last weekend.
The Parliament on Tuesday appointed Social Democrat MP Juozas Olekas as first deputy Seimas speaker.
Prime Minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas says he has always sought dialogue and consensus when working in the Seimas and intends to stick to that if appointed the head of the Government.
On Tuesday, as Ukraine marks 1,000 days since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression, President Gitanas Nausėda addressed all Ukrainians, urging them to remain strong and courageous, the presidency has said.
A pre-trial investigation has been opened into a planned terrorist act to set a firm’s buildings on fire in Šiauliai, the Prosecutor General’s Office has said.
Four new MPs Paulius Visockas, Vytautas Juozapaitis, Rūta Miliūtė and Rimas Jonas Jankūnas were sworn in on Tuesday, filling in the remainder of the 141 seats in the Seimas.
Prime minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas does not rule out that the telecommunications cable between Lithuania and Sweden in the Baltic Sea was damaged in an act of sabotage.
As Lithuania considers establishing the Ministry of Regions, prime minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas notes that this could happen in a couple of years.
On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone conversation with President-elect of the United States Donald Trump. Nausėda later told reporters that Trump praised Lithuania.
Lithuanian Airports (LTOU) has announced an open international architectural competition to choose the design for Vilnius Airport’s new arrivals terminal. The winning concept will shape the new terminal and its surrounding area, set for completion by the end of 2028. The competition is organised in ...
An undersea telecommunications cable between Lithuania and Sweden was damaged on Sunday morning, Telia has said.
Kęstutis Budrys, current chief security adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda, has been named as one of the candidates to become next foreign minister, 15min.lt reports.
