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In 2023 and 2024, Lithuania exported high-technology and parts to Russia which used them in artillery units, LRT radio reports citing a joint Ukrainian-British study. Lithuania was found to be among the top three European Union (EU) war technology exporters to Russia, below Germany and Italy.

Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Finance Valentin Gavrilov recently stated that he would continue celebrating Victory Day, Allied victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War, on 9 May, like Russia does, rather than a day earlier. The Office of the President finds the deputy minister’s viewpoint ...

Lithuania has sufficient resources to counter hybrid and kinetic attacks by hostile states in its territorial waters, says the chair of the Seimas security committee.

Russia has decided to rename a memorial museum in Kaliningrad Oblast dedicated to Prussian Lithuanian poet Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714-1780). President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda has condemned the move.

Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas vows to change the previous government’s decision to impose more severe restrictions on exports to third countries which came into force in January. The Cabinet will also cooperate with Ukrainian authorities in efforts to restrict companies whose components are used...

The preceding Government had imposed restrictions on export of dual use goods to third countries, which took effect on 1 January 2025. The move was adopted as Russia may evade sanctions and use the goods for military purposes. The new Government does not intend to lift the ban but will aim to mitiga...

Many draw parallels between Nicolae Ceaușescu and the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, hoping for the latter to meet the same fate as the Romanian. But is there any basis for such comparisons? Delfi asked the world-renowned political scientist, University of Maryland professor, and former head of th...

The inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States opens new possibilities to halt Russia, says Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine, in this year-end interview with Delfi. As 2024 draws to a close, it marks the third consecutive year of a major war oc...

The movement of Russian "shadow fleet" ships in the Baltic Sea must be stopped, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) said in an interview with the British broadcaster BBC on Sunday.

A ’mercenary’ from Lithuania has been placed on the international wanted list, Russia’s news agency TASS said, citing a statement from the regional prosecutor’s office in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), a region occupied by Russia.

Minister of Agriculture Ignas Hofmanas and his Ukrainian counterpart Vitaliy Koval on Friday signed an agreement on checks for grain transported by Russia from the occupied territories of Ukraine via Lithuania.

A private plane registered in Lithuania was detained at Helsinki Airport en route to Russia two weeks ago over alleged evasion of sanctions, LRT public broadcaster’s news website reports.

European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Monday adopted a 15th set of sanctions against Russia. For the first time, EU operators have been called on to wind down their business in Russia and not open any new businesses there, the Foreign Ministry has said.

Russia’s kinetic attacks and acts of sabotage are becoming increasingly dangerous, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said on Sunday, as he addressed a debate organised by the Czech Republic.

Судя по спутниковым снимкам, Россия свозит военную технику к авиабазе Хмеймим, где ее разбирают на части и помещают в грузовые самолеты.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda believes that the European Union should have clearer policies concerning Russia, which had started the war against Ukraine. According to the head of state, this will be possible only when the West takes a principled stance on its economic ties with the aggresso...

A member of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) is suspected of having spied for Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, prosecutors have found.

Acting Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, while on a working visit to the United States of America, testified at the US Helsinki Commission Congressional Hearing on 5 December, in Washington, D., convened to examine the role of Belarus in Russia’s crimes, the ministry has said in a press relea...

The Internal Security Bureau (IDB) has urged the Prosecutor’s Office to initiate criminal proceedings against an official of the Office for Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) for forgery, the IDB informed LETA.

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.