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Mobile apps that appear to be Lithuanian were developed by a Belarusian company, raising risks that exiled activists could be surveilled by security agents from the authoritarian country.

Over the course of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Belarus has become an indispensable logistical and industrial stronghold for the Russian military. By providing infrastructure, training grounds, and capabilities for hybrid pressure on Europe, the Lukashenka regime is helping Russia prolong the conflict.

Lithuania closed the two border crossings with Belarus on 29 October after meteorological balloons flying from Belarus caused repeated disruption to air traffic.

Russian spies have been accused of orchestrating an arson attack on an Ikea furniture store in Lithuania last year.

As a second world war loomed, caretakers of a cathedral in Lithuania decided to hide its royal treasures.

One crew member dead and three injured after plane crashed into house on approach to landing at Vilnius