Latest Vilnius News

Lithuania signs a deal with a US defense company on ammo production

Sep. 23, 2024 07:15 AM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania signed a deal with U.S. ammunition producer Northrop Grumman on Monday as it seeks to increase defense capabilities in the shadow of Russia's war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and Steve O’Bryan, the company's vice president, met...

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Sep. 07, 2024 13:56 PM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network. Set to link the...

1 person dies as Latvia and Lithuania are hit by a powerful storm

Jul. 29, 2024 10:39 AM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person died and some 200,000 households were left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the Baltic nations overnight. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by...