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At the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, G7 officials announce that they have unveiled an international framework for Ukraine’s long-term security in a effort to boost their defense against Russia and deter them from any future aggression. The measures will include bilateral talks, military hardware, training, intelligence-sharing, and other plans to rebuild the country’s economy.
2023-07-12

Presidents Andrzej Duda of Poland, Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania, Egils Levits of Latvia, and Alar Karis of Estonia arrive in Kyiv and meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
2022-04-13

Germany deploys 130 troops and 60 armoured personnel carriers to Lithuania. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says that the German forces are authorized to defend the country from threats. More troops are expected to arrive later this week.
2022-02-17

Researchers at the American cybersecurity firm Mandiant report that the Belarusian government has ties to the hacker group Ghostwriter, which was accused of targeting various German politicians and ministries in September and has since been accused of launching misinformation campaigns against Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine.
2021-11-16

Taiwan announces that it will be opening a representative office in Vilnius, Lithuania. This comes amid warming relations between the two nations and the opening of a Lithuanian office in Taipei. The office will be known as the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, making it the first Taiwanese diplomatic mission in Europe to include Taiwan in its name.
2021-07-20

Lithuania suspends the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a precaution following three reports of suspected serious adverse thromboembolic reactions among vaccinated people in the country.
2021-03-16

Lithuania reports its first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a woman from Vilnius who tested positive for COVID-19 in early January.
2021-02-1

Pope Francis arrives in Vilnius, Lithuania, on his visit to the Baltic States.
2018-09-22

Hundreds of people take part in a two-hour march, "For Equality", in Vilnius at Lithuania's first gay pride, with police shooting tear gas and arresting at least 12 people who threw stones and fireworks at marchers.
2010-05-8

An appeals court in Lithuania overturns a ruling which had earlier, due to fears over homophobic violence, prevented the country's first gay pride parade going ahead in Vilnius tomorrow.
2010-05-7