Five things to know about the International Skating Union Grand Prix

Some of the top figure skaters across Canada and the world will be in Saskatoon for a weekend competition. They will be competing in the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix at the SaskTel Centre, with some Canadians vying for a chance to...

Lithuania suspends air traffic over capital due to balloons

Belarus has repeatedly launched such balloons, ostensibly to smuggle cigarettes across its border with Lithuania. The stunts have drawn international outrage and caused Lithuania to close its border with its unruly eastern neighbor for a month...

IAUP at 60: Presidents seek common ground on HE in AI era

GLOBAL Six months before the turn of the millennium, Donald Gerth, then president of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), speaking at the 12th triennial meeting of the organisation founded in 1965, drew a distinction...

Vilnius Airport closed again over ‘unknown objects’ — dispatchers

MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Vilnius International Airport is closed again for aircraft reception and release "due to unknown objects" in the airspace, a source in the airport's air traffic control service told TASS. "The airport is closed,...

Latvia: President must reverse parliament’s appalling and dangerous decision to leave Istanbul Convention 

Responding to the Latvian parliament’s vote to leave the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, Amnesty International’s Senior Campaigner on...

Stadler unveils first FLIRT train for Lithuania in Vilnius

LTG Link and Stadler have unveiled the first new FLIRT electric train at the railway station in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Stadler believes that this marks “a new stage in the history of Lithuanian railways”, claiming that its trains will...

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ruginienė pays a visit to Latvia

Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė was on a familiarization visit to Latvia on Thursday, October 30th, which took in visits to the Saeima (parliament), talks with her Latvian counterpart, Evika Siliņa, and meetings with business...

Lithuania Has Closed Its Border With Belarus For At Least A Month

16 Vilnius responded to the Lukashenko regime's hybrid attacks. The Lithuanian government has decided to close checkpoints Miadininkai (Kamenny Loh) and Šalčinkai (Beniakoni) on the border with Belarus for a month. As the LRT TV channel reported,...

Lithuania shuts Vilnius airport again due to weather balloons

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s Vilnius airport temporarily closed on Thursday due to weather balloons flying in its vicinity, the airport said in a post on Facebook, the sixth such incident this month. Lithuania has said the balloons are sent by...

Government submits energy sector development plan to Riigikogu

The government has submitted the draft Energy Economy Development Plan 2035 (ENMAK) to the Riigikogu for debate. The plan aims to guarantee energy security, increase Estonia's competitiveness and contribute to the transition to a clean energy...

Representatives of Ukrainian and Lithuanian defense companies discussed joint projects within the SAFE mechanism

A delegation of representatives from Ukrainian defense enterprises, led by Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense Serhiy Boiev, held talks with the Lithuanian side on implementing joint projects in the defense industry. Following a working visit to...

Lithuania vows to intercept Belarus balloons after airspace disruptions

Lithuania is not going to accept any enigmatic balloons entering its airspace from Belarus. On Monday, Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene declared that her administration would shoot down any alien balloons entering Lithuanian airspace after a flurry...

Lithuania To Close Border With Belarus For 1 Month

(MENAFN- IANS) Vilnius, Oct 29 (IANS) Lithuania's government decided on Wednesday to close the country's border with Belarus for one month, while allowing certain exceptions, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported. The Cabinet decided to fully...

Verdi opera livestream in Kyiv and Kharkiv, symbolizing Ukraine–Lithuania–Europe unity

Photo: Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications The Ukrainian House in Kyiv hosted a live broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Macbeth" staged by the Vilnius City Opera and the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. A parallel screening was...

A conference about YIVO takes place in its birthplace — Vilnius

(New York Jewish Week) — Tracey Wells didn’t necessarily want to see Andrew Cuomo resign in disgrace as New York’s governor in 2021. “But I firmly believe that you believe women,” Wells, the owner of a recruitment firm, said, noting at the time,...

Zelensky signs laws extending martial law and general mobilization until February 3

President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed two laws extending the duration of martial law in Ukraine and the period of general mobilization. According to Ukrinform, the draft law “On Approval of the Decree of the President of Ukraine ‘On Extension of...

Construction of new radioactive waste repository starts in Lithuania

VILNIUS, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- A symbolic capsule was buried Thursday near the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, marking the launch of construction of a repository for short-lived low- and medium-level radioactive waste, the Baltic News...

Tsikhanouskaya supports Lithuania's border closure amid Belarusian 'hybrid attacks'

Published on 30/10/2025 - 7:30 GMT+1 •Updated 9:31 Lithuanian authorities have extended the closure of border crossings with Belarus until the end of November in response to a series of airspace violations involving balloons used to smuggle...

Turkmenistan, Lithuania discuss issues of cooperation

AKIPRESS.COM - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov held a meeting with Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vidmantas Verbickas on October 29, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reported. During the...

Romanian Foreign Minister Says NATO Members To Fill Void Left By Departing US Forces

BUCHAREST -- Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US soldiers from Romania, the country's Foreign Minister Oana Toiu told RFE/RL, leaving the alliance with a “stronger" presence. Speaking to RFE/RL’s...