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Life Must Go On: The Remarkable Story of Sol Lurie, the Kovno Ghetto and the Tragic Fate of Lithuania’s Jews by Bea Lurie and Steven Leonard Jacobs
As time passes, the number of new Holocaust memoirs has inevitably dwindled. The latest is cowritten by the daughter of a survivor and a historian who provides context. Sol Lurie was 11 when the Nazis seized Lithuania and his middle-class...

Lithuania’s offshore wind tender fails due to lack of bidders
EuropeOffshoreRenewables DNV Lithuanian authorities have stated that the second tender for the development of an offshore wind farm has failed. According to Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council, the tender failed due to only one...
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Preview: Lithuania vs Poland - prediction, team news, lineups
Sports Mole previews Sunday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Lithuania and Poland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Still pursuing automatic qualification for World Cup 2026, Poland will visit Lithuania in Kaunas...
Commission mobilises €50 million in emergency support to farmers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania
European Commission Press release Brussels, 10 Oct 2025 The Commission today adopted a proposal to provide nearly €50 million from the agricultural reserve to support fruit, nuts and vegetable farmers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,...

VICE PRIME MINISTER FOR REINTEGRATION DISCUSSED TRANSNISTRIAN ISSUES WITH THE AMBASSADORS OF FRANCE AND LITHUANIA
The situation in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova and the promotion of an effective reintegration policy for the country were the main topics of discussion at a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Roman Rosca...

Fighting Belarusians Is Absurd: Lithuanians on the “Zapad” Military Drills
At one point, she even asked suspiciously, “Whose Crimea is it, anyway?” — perhaps because I’d just used the argument of last resort: “Well, he’s not insane!” That was in early February 2022. Two months before the Russia–Belarus joint Zapad 2025...

The 13th Baltic Pitching Forum crowns projects from Lithuania, Estonia and Hungary
10/10/2025 - This year’s edition celebrated Baltic and Hungarian talent, reaffirming Vilnius as the key hub for short-film development in the region The winners of the 13th Baltic Pitching Forum (© Tautvydas Stukas) The 13th edition of the Baltic...

Dangerous animal disease detected in Lithuania – Latvia tightens surveillance
The first cases of bluetongue disease (also known as infectious catarrhal fever) have been confirmed in five dairy cattle farms in southwestern Lithuania, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) reports. According to the Lithuanian Food and...

Lithuania’s second offshore wind tender declared invalid
Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has declared the country’s second offshore wind tender invalid after attracting only one bidder. The tender, for the development of a 700MW wind project, did not meet the minimum requirement of...

Lithuanian Cybersecurity Startup CBRX Raises €540K Pre-Seed
Lithuanian cybersecurity company CBRX has closed a €540,000 pre-seed funding round to accelerate its European expansion and cloud platform development. The round was led by venture capital fund Coinvest Capital, which contributed €270,000, with...

Japan to send SDF personnel to Lithuania for demining in war-hit Ukraine
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan plans to send two Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to Lithuania to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to remove land mines...

Lithuanian Taurus Not Related to Paramount Products and Infringes Copyright
The South African company Paramount Group has accused Lithuanian Aurida of copyright infringement and illegal copying of the design of the Marauder armored vehicle. It is about the Taurus model, which Aurida presented as its own development,...

Lithuania’s second offshore wind tender declared invalid
Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has declared the second offshore wind tender invalid due to receiving only one bid, failing to meet the legal requirement of at least two participants under the Law on Renewable Energy. The...

Lithuania expands energy storage support scheme, aims for speedy turnaround
The ministry said the call will fund projects both from new applicants and those that applied previously but had yet to receive commitments through the existing scheme. However, those with prior applications would have to cancel those and reapply....

Lithuanian cybersecurity startup CBRX raises €540k to accelerate European expansion
Vilnius-based cybersecurity startup CBRX has raised €540k in pre-seed funding to further develop its cloud-based cybersecurity platform and expand across the European Union. The funding round included participation from venture capital fund...
Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear plant to dismantle reactor cores by 2042
VILNIUS, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania's shut-down Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), which is carrying out multi-billion-euro decommissioning projects, plans to start dismantling the cores of its two reactors in 2031 and finish the work by 2042,...

Lithuania responds to overwhelming interest with new €45 million energy storage call
Amid overwhelming interest in the energy storage procurement earlier this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy has approved an additional €45 million in funding to support the development of high-capacity electricity storage facilities. This...

Lithuania Will Limit The Amount Of Fuel In The Tanks Of Cars Traveling From Belarus
1 Vilnius wants to fight smuggling. Lithuania is considering the possibility of limiting the fuel that can be imported into the country in the tanks of cars coming from Belarus. It is said about the limit of 200 liters. This was told by Finance...

Finland defeats Lithuania in 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Helsinki - Saba: The Finnish national team defeated its guest, Lithuania, 2-1, on Thursday, in the seventh round of European qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Finland, which maintained its hopes of qualifying for the world finals with its third...

Second-Half Turnaround Sees Finland Secure Crucial Win Over Lithuania
Finland’s hopes of qualifying for their first-ever FIFA World Cup (WC) remain intact following a hugely important 2-1 victory over Lithuania in Helsinki. With both sides in poor form heading into this game, it was perhaps no surprise that the...