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Lithuania turns pink for giant cold soup festival

More than 100,000 people are expected to attend Vilnius’s Pink Soup Festival, a three-day celebration of Lithuania’s famous cold beet soup featuring races, costumes, foam slides and mass communal lunches.

01/06/2026

Europe News

Von der Leyen vows to fight drones, disinformation campaigns

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that recent drone incursions into EU airspace are “not isolated incidents”, as Baltic leaders and EU officials warn of escalating hybrid threats engineered by Russia along Europe’s eastern border.

26/05/2026

World

Lithuania warns mass data leak was work of foreign country

While no specific culprit has been named, Lithuania and the other Baltic states are on high alert for "hybrid warfare" tactics used by the Kremlin, including cyber attacks.

25/05/2026

Earth News

Lithuania has ‘fastest growing’ renewable electricity transition in EU

Lithuania’s rapid deployment of wind and solar power is helping the country strengthen its energy resilience and end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels.

22/05/2026

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Video shows Lithuanians sheltering in underground parking during drone alert

Footage showed residents sheltering in an underground parking area after Lithuanian authorities issued a drone alert in Vilnius and urged people to move to safe locations amid reported activity near the Belarus border.

20/05/2026

Europe News

NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea

Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

21/04/2026

Europe News

Trial of men accused of sending exploding parcels for Russia starts

Investigators found that two test parcels had been sent to the United States and Canada, while two others intended for those countries were found in Amsterdam.

17/04/2026

Europe Today

Hungary’s Ukraine pipeline claims are ‘nonsense,’ Lithuanian PM says

Speaking to Euronews' flagship morning programme Europe Today, Lithuania’s PM Inga Ruginienė has urged EU unity as Hungary vetoes new Russia sanctions and support to Ukraine.

27/02/2026

Lithuania

Lithuania wargames security incident on Russian train to Kaliningrad

Lithuania staged a drill on Monday involving a Russian train incident in Kaliningrad as tensions rise, while Polish K2 tank exercises boosted NATO’s eastern flank.

09/02/2026

Lithuania

No front line: Russia's hybrid pressure on German army in Lithuania

The German army brigade in Lithuania is not under fire, but it is under hybrid attack. Soldiers report mysterious phone calls, and drones appear to be spying on manoeuvres. How should the Bundeswehr and NATO respond?

07/02/2026

Lithuania

Lithuania charges six with terrorism over failed attack on Ukraine aid

The target of the botched 2024 attack was Lithuanian company TVC Solutions and mobile radio stations the firm manufactures for Ukrainian armed forces, according to prosecutors.

16/01/2026

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Thousands protest in Lithuania against changes to public broadcaster law

Around 10,000 people protested outside Lithuania's parliament against changes to the public broadcaster's law, fearing it threatens free speech and LRT's independence.

17/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania arrests 21 alleged smugglers using balloons from Belarus

Tuesday's operation involved more than 140 officers from the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Vilnius police and special anti-terrorism units.

16/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania declares state of emergency over balloons from Belarus

The Baltic state says the cigarette-laden balloons originating from Moscow-allied Belarus are a form of hybrid attack and a threat to its national security.

09/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuanian court convicts leader of a governing party of antisemitism

The district court in Vilnius found that Remigijus Žemaitaitis incited hatred against Jews and grossly downplayed Nazi Germany's crimes.

04/12/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania may close Belarus border again over contraband balloons

Lithuania may close its border with Belarus again after cigarette smuggling via balloons disrupted flights and spread to Latvia, warns Prime Minister Rugienenė.

25/11/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania convicts teen for IKEA arson attack on behalf of Russia

The perpetrator pleaded guilty to the crime. Prosecutors said he acted "in the interests of the military structures and security services of the Russian Federation."

25/11/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania reopens border with Belarus after tensions over balloons

Vilnius decided to reopen the crossings at Medininkai and Šalčininkai on Thursday, but moved the decision forward by a day.

19/11/2025

Smart Regions

Diagnosing tuberculosis in four hours instead of three weeks

In partnership with the European Commission

In Lithuania, the number of people suffering from tuberculosis is among the highest in the European Union. Kaunas’ hospital has been modernised thanks to European funding and is aiming to curb the disease thanks in part to a new genetic test that can diagnose the disease in just four hours.

10/11/2025

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'Put money where the problem is': Lithuania urges eastern flank action

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys tells Euronews that defending the eastern flank is an existential question after a series of destabilising airspace incursions.

28/10/2025

Lithuania

Lithuania plans to close Belarus border after balloon incursions

Lithuania's two border crossings with Belarus, at Medininkai and Šalčininkai, were both closed for several hours as a result of the balloon incidents.

27/10/2025

Lithuania

Two Russian aircraft briefly enter Lithuania's airspace, military says

In a post on X, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nausėda slammed what he called a "blatant breach of international law and territorial integrity."

23/10/2025

Lithuania

Vilnius airport closed after cigarette-smuggling balloons spotted

The Lithuanian authorities have blamed Belarus for the incident, which disrupted the travel plans of 4,000 passengers.

22/10/2025

Lithuania

Road linking Baltics to Poland opens at time of tension with Russia

Poland and its Baltic neighbours have been on high alert since multiple alleged Russian drones entered Polish territory and Russian fighter jets crossed into Estonian air space in September.

20/10/2025

Tech News

Course in Lithuania teaches children how to build and fly drones

Through the course, Lithuania is aiming to prepare society for any future Russian threats and comes after a surge in drone incursions, allegedly Russian, reported in European airspace.

17/10/2025

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Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes closed Lithuania's main airport

Thousands of passengers' journeys were disrupted after the authorities closed Vilnius Airport for hours as a precaution.

07/10/2025