Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
According to Dutch news agency ANP, the Netherlands and Germany are willing to deploy a combined unit to form the backbone of NATO’s new military headquarters for the Baltic states in Estonia. The plans have not been officially confirmed yet […]
Just before the end of 2025, Lithuania has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of RBS-70 short-range air defence missile systems from Swedish SAAB. Moreover, it buys Carl-Gustaf M4 reusable and AT4 single-use anti-armour missile systems from the […]
Despite troublesome relations and EU sanctions against Belarus, for its support of Russia in the war against Ukraine, about 1,000 Belarusians crossed into the EU via Lithuania every day. This was before Lithuania closed its remaining two border crossings with […]
Dozens of weather balloons used by smugglers to get cigarettes from Belarus into Lithuania halted air traffic at Vilnius Airport on Tuesday 21 to Wednesday 22 October, for several hours. About 30 flights and 4,000 passengers were effected by delays. […]
As part of the beefing up of its country’s defences, the Lithuanian government has announced it will invest EUR 10 million into restoration of swamp lands to hinder a possible (Russian) invasion into its country. “We will identify where restoration […]
From 1 January 2026, foreigners living in Lithuania and working in service jobs are obligated to speak Lithuanian. The matter was already agreed upon by parliament (Sejm) in 2024, but with only a few months left, there are some worries […]
UPDATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 (additional paragraph at the end) | Lithuania has called upon NATO to improve the safety of its airspace, after two Russian drones invaded Lithuanian airspace in a few weeks time in July. The crash landing of […]
Lithuania is in the advance stages of introducing an offline card payment system in case the country’s banking system or internet goes down because of a technical reason, sabotage or cyberattack. Simonas Krėpšta, a board member of the Bank of […]
Smashed windows of cultural centres, damages to buildings of businesses and threat messages to Belarusians in Lithuania, often with spelling errors. A series of incidents in Lithuania in the past years are the works of Belarusian and Russian secret services, […]
Leader of the populistic Dawn of Nemunas (Nemuno Aušra) political party in Lithuania, and Member of Parliament, Remigijus Žemaitaitis has been denied access to classified state information, Lithuanian media reported on 24 April 2025. Such information access is normally granted, […]
The Lithuanian Navy is buying two Fast Multipurpose Attack Craft from the Finnish company Marine Alutech, both parties announced on 7 April 2025. The boats are based on the Watercat M18 design by Marine Alutech, which have a maximum speed […]
On 18 March 2025, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced they will leave the Ottawa Treaty that bans those who signed it to use anti-personnel mines. The ministers of defence of the four countries have issued a joint statement […]