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On Monday, 7 October, border guards detained a Latvian national who illegally crossed the state border from the Russian side in Skilbeni County, LETA was informed by the State Border Guard Service.

The EU, US, UK, and multiple other countries have already announced sanctions on individuals that have contributed to the Russian aggression in Ukraine over the past two years. Over 2,200 individuals have already been sanctioned by the EU. I would argue that the number of individuals who should be s...

Latvia’s Parliament, the Saeima, on Thursday adopted amendments to the Credit Institution Law, mandating that Latvian commercial banks shall no longer offer the Russian language option in ATMs, the parliamentary press service reports.

Another port has been found for unloading the Russian cargo of ammonium nitrate after the port of Klaipėda refused to admit it. However, it is yet to be decided whether the Maltese-flagged ship herself could be repaired in Klaipėda, says Algis Latakas, head of the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority.

President’s chief foreign affairs adviser Asta Skaisgirytė admits that Hungary’s decision to facilitate Schengen visa policy for Russian and Belarusian citizens is concerning. Therefore, she stressed that a decision on the EU level would have to be sought to prevent citizens of Russia and Belarus fr...

Latvian law enforcement has detained a person who allegedly defaced a monument to post-war partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas in Merkinė with red paint at the end of January, TV3 TV reported on Wednesday evening.

Disappointment with the government is not uncommon, even in a democratic country. Some people find certain solutions missing, others doubt the existing ones, and there are people who outright challenge every opinion of politicians. Given the situation, a question arises: what are the reasons for suc...

The President’s Office is critical of the education minister’s suggestion to phase out teaching in Russian in Lithuania, saying it would be more beneficial to consider possible ways of integrating national minorities into society.

The economy minister says Lithuania has exhausted all the means at its disposal to restrict the entry of European goods into Russia amid renewed public debate on the continued operations of the Vičiūnai Group in Russia.

Latvian security authorities have detained a Russian citizen on suspicion of espionage, dpa reports.

On 18 December, the European Union adopted a new package of sanctions, stepping up restrictive measures against Russia. The package imposes additional restrictions on Russia’s economy and 147 individuals and entities are added to the sanctions list, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia...

On Friday, German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which were brought from Ukraine for repairs in Lithuania, were showcased at Gaižiūnai training area, near Jonava, central Lithuania. The Ministry of National Defence announced that the tanks would soon return to Ukraine, which is fighting against Russian invad...

President Gitanas Nausėda calls to examine if Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s children might have helped the Kremlin to evade EU sanctions as investigative journalism centre Siena found out that two of Abramovich’s children have Lithuanian citizenship.

The National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC) has reported that Wednesday morning schools and other education establishments again received emails with bomb threats. The NKVC treats this as yet another information attack against Lithuania.

Ukraine hopes to start real negotiations for European Union accession early next year, says Oleh Nikolenko, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Institutional reform of the EU should not be a mandatory condition for EU enlargement, he said.

The Ministry of National Defence held a High-level Seminar for the Eastern Partners and their engagement in the EU Common Security and Defence Policy in Vilnius on 29-30 November. It was attended by senior officials on behalf of Lithuania, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, the ministry reports.

The Migration Department has been instructed to start the procedure for revoking Lithuanian citizenship of a Russian ballet dancer following her statements supporting Moscow's actions in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war which is being conducted by Russia, dozens of Ukrainian people have been forced to flee their homes, to save their lives. It is not an easy task for them to adapt in other European countries as they face difficulties such as foreign languages, inability to g...

Results of the Adult Education Survey (AES) compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) show that Latvian is mother tongue1 for more than a half (64.3%) of population aged 18–69.

Lithuania and Latvia were among the top three wine exporters to Russia in January-August this year, business news website Verslo žinios reports.