Lithuania’s Klaipėda Port lands $115m EIB loan to bolster defence role

Lithuania’s Klaipėda State Seaport has secured a €100m ($115m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade its defence and energy infrastructure as security concerns rise in the Baltic region following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The loan, …

Lithuania holds drills to rehearse transition to wartime footing

17 September 2026 10:31 Lithuania has launched military exercises to rehearse the transition from peacetime to a wartime footing, involving army headquarters, units, reservists and civilian authorities Rosbalt reports. The Perkūno griausmas — 2026 (“ …

Lithuania to Build CAESAR Maintenance and Repair Center

Lithuania will establish a center for the maintenance and repair of French CAESAR self-propelled howitzers. To that end, Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with French defense company KNDS France, LRT reported. Investment in the new …

Lithuania’s Orlen refinery has enough crude oil despite Saudi supply cuts

Lithuania Says Downed Drone Was Russian Gerbera

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda confirmed a Russian Gerbera drone entered the country’s airspace from Belarus before NATO fighter jets shot it down on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The drone was carrying an explosive device and was likely intended for an attack …

EPC Thought Leadership Forum with Sigitas Mitkus, Lithuania’s Minister for European Affairs

Ahead of Lithuania’s upcoming Council Presidency, this EPC Thought Leadership Forum with Sigitas Mitkus, Minister for European Affairs, will explore Europe’s evolving economic‑security agenda at a moment of intensifying geopolitical competition. The …

Lithuania records second largest hourly wage cost increases in EU in Q2 – Eurostat

The two main components of labour costs are wages and salaries and non-wage costs. In the euro area, in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter of the previous year the costs of hourly wages and salaries increased by 3.0% while the non- …

Lithuania’s President Signals Russia May Be Sending Drones to Destabilize NATO’s Eastern Flank

Russia may be deliberately directing drones into the airspace of Lithuania, other Baltic states, and Poland to destabilize Europe and keep society under continuous tension, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said during an interview on the LRT Televizija …

Lithuania Plans to Use Its Defense Industry to Supply Ukrainian Forces With Advanced Drones

Lithuania is planning to use its domestic defense manufacturing capacity to produce unmanned aerial vehicles for Ukraine in cooperation with Ukrainian partners. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced the initiative following a meeting of the State …

Drone Downed in Lithuania Was Russian and Likely Aimed at Ukraine, President Nausėda Says

A drone that was shot down by a NATO fighter jet in the skies above Lithuania for the first time was likely directed at Ukraine and veered off course, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Wednesday. “Most likely, it was a Russian drone intended for …