Russian businessman Sergei Shnaider, owner of the Mere discount retail chain operating in Lithuania and Latvia, has been added to the EU’s 21st sanctions package: the measures is forcing the chain to close all its supermarkets operating in Lithuania

The shortage of skilled workers in the agriculture sector has made job vacancies increasingly filled by foreigners; Employment Service reports that in the first half of 2026 658 employers registered in a total of 2.800 vacant jobs

Vehicles entering Lithuania from Russia and Belarus are no longer allowed to bring in more than 200 litres of fuel; as of May 8, nearly 30 vehicles had been denied entry to the country and others have been dumping fuel to cross the border

Around 30.000 people gathered in Cathedral Square in Vilnius demonstrating against ruling Social Democrats and President Nausėda over proposed changes to the law governing Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT that they consider a threat to free speech