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A young Ukrainian national has been accused of an arson attack on an Ikea store in Vilnius last year, he was underage at the time, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday, announcing that the criminal case has been referred to court.

Police Commissioner General Arūnas Paulauskas has revealed that last year in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, there was an attempt to burn down military aid for Ukraine. He says this was a hybrid attack against Lithuania.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has expressed condolences over the truck attack in New Orleans, the USA, that claimed the lives of at least 15 people on the New Year’s night.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain confirmed on Friday that three Spanish tourists were killed in a shooting in Afghanistan. Three Afghans were killed in the same incident while four other foreigners were wounded.

Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to assess the president’s announcement of the arrest of people suspected of attacking a Russian opposition figure in Vilnius. President Gitanas Nausėda acted irresponsibly and may have violated the law, Bilotaitė says.

President Gitanas Nausėda says two individuals were detained in Poland as suspects in attacking Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov in Vilnius.

Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) believes that Tuesday’s attack on Russian citizen Leonid Volkov, former chairman of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), was likely organised and carried out by Russia. He was assaulted and beaten outside his home in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, suf...

Law enforcement says that a large police force responded to a report on Tuesday about an attack in Vilnius on Leonid Volkov, a colleague of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.