Lithuanian Prime Minister: There Will Be No Concessions, We Will Close The Border With Belarus

6 Inga Ruginenė A clear signal was sent to the Belarusian regime. Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginenė said that if incidents of mass launching of smuggled balloons from Belarus continue, the country will completely close the border, LRT...

Baltic States sign semiconductor MoU to boost investment, research, and Europe’s tech independence

Three Baltic nations – Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia – today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between their national chip competence centres. By aligning national strategies and pooling expertise, the countries...

‘Did It For Instagram?’: Lithuanian Couple Slammed For Trying To Scale Poland’s Highest Peak With Infant

Last Updated:October 22, 2025, 12:33 IST A couple's appalling attitude in attempting to scale Poland's highest peak, Mount Rysy, with their nine-month-old baby, sparked outrage on social media. The couple wasn't even equipped for the climb. (Photo...

Louvre heist echoes: how Lithuanian museums protect collections

Millions of euros worth of jewels were stolen from the Louvre in Paris over the weekend, and hopes of recovering them intact are dwindling by the day; Lithuanian museum leaders say it highlights the need to invest in museum security. Lithuanian...

Germany slowdown weighs on Lithuania’s export-driven manufacturing sector

Germany’s manufacturing output is forecast to decline in November and remain only 3.7% above levels seen during the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, raising concern for Lithuania’s export-driven industrial base, Verslo Žinios reported on October 21,...

Everllence Supplies Motor Pipeline Compressor for Lithuanian Gas Transmission

MT Group, a European EPC contractor, contracted Everllence to deliver a 5-MW hermetically sealed motor pipeline compressor (MOPICO) system for the Jauniunai station in Lithuania, operated by AB Amber Grid. The new MOPICO system will compress...

With €30 million in funding, Vilnius-based nexos.ai sets its sights on AI adoption and the ‘Shadow AI’ challenge

nexos.ai, an all-in-one AI platform out of Lithuania, has closed a €30 million Series A to scale its platform’s abilities to remove blockers to enterprise AI adoption like security, observability, governance and cost control, allowing companies to...

This US city was named one of the happiest vacation destinations in the world, according to science

There’s little that lifts spirits more than taking a vacation — and one study showed that some destinations do it better than others. BookRetreats.com recently released its Holiday Happiness Index, which combined science and data to find the...

AI innovation drops under EU data regulations, researcher says

“There are trade-offs to having stringent data protection policies,” says Luis Alfonso Dau, Robert & Denise DiCenso faculty fellow and associate professor of international business and strategy at Northeastern. The European Union’s data privacy...

Brits are set to be poorer than Turks and Latvians by 2040s as new research finds UK plummeting down global economic rankings

Britons are set to be poorer than Turks and Latvians by the 2040s, according to new research that shows the UK plummeting down global economic rankings. New modelling by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) found Britain will be...

Lithuania: Vilnius to upgrade water services and boost climate resilience with €50 million EIB loan to utility Vilniaus vandenys

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB lends Lithuanian utility Vilniaus vandenys €50 million to upgrade water and wastewater networks in Vilnius region. Smart meters and digital tools to...

Course in Lithuania teaches children how to build and fly drones

Published on 17/10/2025 - 9:55 GMT+2 Lithuanian children are learning how to build, programme and fly drones in a course offered in several schools across Lithuania. The initiative comes in an effort by the country to prepare society to counter...

Even if it’s the End of the World at the Pranas Domšaitis Gallery

October 24, at 6 pm, the Pranas Domšaitis Gallery of the LNMA (Liepų St 33, Klaipėda) opens Even if it’s the End of the World: The Landscape in Lithuanian Photography, the first exhibition of the scale in the country featuring landscape...

UW-Eau Claire Holocaust research featured in new National Geographic documentary

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WQOW) - For nearly a decade, teams of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have been visiting Eastern Europe to map Holocaust graves. Now, their work can be seen on National Geographic. The National Geographic...

Lithuanian ambassador a man of many foreign words

Aurelijus Zykas’ curiosity in distant languages led him to buy a Japanese dictionary. What eventually followed was a brush with Japanese royalty and appointment to his country’s highest diplomatic post in Japan. Zykas, the Lithuanian ambassador to...

Finnair delays flights for 10,000 passengers for unusual safety reason

Finnair, Finland’s flagship airline, has taken eight of its A321 planes out of service this month after discovering that the seat covers were not cleaned correctly, according to a company statement. The airline explained that the ‘water washing’...

Study: AI misrepresents news content 45% of the time

Research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content, no matter which language, territory...

EU: Prioritise investment in free media to strengthen democratic resilience

The more than 100 undersigned organisations have come together to call for robust and strategic EU investment in free and independent media in response to the proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-2034. As debates...

The Lost Shtetl Museum opens in Lithuania

The Lost Shtetl Museum, a landmark institution dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jewish shtetls, opened in Seduva, Lithuania, on 20 September. The thoughtfully curated permanent exhibition and striking architectural design provide an...

Baltic Cities: Where Historical Architecture Meets Modern Design

To walk through the capital cities of the Baltics is to journey through time. In Tallinn, a medieval spire can be seen reflected in the glass façade of a modern high-rise. In Riga, an ornate Art Nouveau building stands just a short walk from a...