Lithuania's partners expressed doubts about withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, as Ministry of Defence has called for Lithuania's withdrawal and the start of consultations with its allies and the Baltic Sea countries

Repeated disruptions at Lithuanian airports caused by weather balloons drifting in from Belarus could prompt airlines to reconsider or suspend their flights to the country, the head of the Civil Aviation Association warned

A warning strike was organized by Lithuania's cultural community amid discontent that the Nemunas Dawn party was entrusted to delegate the minister of culture in the new Cabinet, despite Ignotas Adomavičius had already resigned as Culture Minister

15 people have been charged in Lithuania over an alleged plan for arson attacks through courier services backed by Russian military intelligence service GRU; suspects include citizens from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine

Construction of the long-delayed, 18.000-seat National Stadium in Vilnius is at pace after resuming in July, though questions remain over permits and transparency; the multipurpose complex will include football field, athletics stadium, kindergarten