Lithuania

Russia hits truck near Polish border in latest strike near NATO

Russia has begun targeting Ukraine's border crossings with its Western allies in recent weeks, part of a growing campaign by both sides to erode the other's economic infrastructure.

Police officers of the "Military Gendarmerie" stand guard in an area near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland, 30 July 2026, where a flying object hit the ground and exploded in the early hours of the day, the fire service reported.
The Malisoff family sits for a photo in 1907. Pavel Malisoff and his wife Michla sit in the center.

How a new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors

The old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, circa 1922

US antisemitism envoy pressures Lithuania to stop construction over Vilnius Jewish cemetery

A partisan bunker is seen in Rūdninkai Forest.

Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion


Lithuania urges EU to sanction Russian Patriarch Kirill over Ukraine war

Many Lithuanian Orthodox Christians are considering succession from the Moscow Patriarchate.

 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a service in Moscow

Ukrainian prime minister visits White House

The Biden administration announced the same day that there will be a new program for Ukrainians who are interested in immigrating to the United States.

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov shows the way to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting in Moscow last month.

Leaders of Poland and Baltic states head to Kyiv

The four join a growing number of European politicians to visit the Ukrainian capital since Russian forces were driven away from the country's north earlier this month.

Ukraine's President Zelenskiy and Prime Minister Shmygal attend a meeting with Czech Prime Minister Fiala, Slovenia's Prime Minister Jansa, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Kaczynski in Kyiv, Ukraine March 15, 2022.

Polish, Baltic PMs urge Big Tech to close Russian accounts in joint letter

The letter called for further actions against the Russian government-backed media platforms – namely, the complete and total removal of their accounts from prominent social media websites.

 Social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok

Despite China, COVID-19, Lithuania is open for business

Lithuania is keen to cooperate, trade and offer attractive incentives to Israeli investors.

 Arunas Karlonas

Lithuania's speaker talks on her first visit to Israel

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is also a chess grandmaster, talks about her first visit to Israel.

 Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy welcomes Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen to Jerusalem.

German troops arrive to reinforce Baltics amid tensions over Ukraine

The new deployments include artillery, reconnaissance troops and medics from units throughout Germany, with arrivals expected to continue throughout this week.

 Soldiers are seen during German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen's visit to German troops deployed as part of NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battle group in Rukla military base, Lithuania February 4, 2019.

Israel must take stand against Russia, Lithuanian parliament speaker says

“We hope for a very clear stance that supports Ukraine and that shows a solidarity of democracies against Russian aggression,” said Lithuanian parliament speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen.

 Lithuanian parliament speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen and Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era

The scene of horrific murders of Jews by locals during the Holocaust, Kaunas is at the center of an ongoing controversy over how perpetrators should be treated.

 A bicycle path passes on either side of a monument to Holocaust survivors buried in a mass grave in Šiauliai, Lithuania, pictured on Nov. 10, 2021.

Battle for 500-year-old Vilna Jewish cemetery turns a corner

“Save Vilna is currently in the process of putting together the Save Vilna Restoration Proposal, which we will be submitting to the government for consideration.”

 Demonstration outside Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.