6 April 2026

Česlovas Juršėnas said the Social Democrats are keeping Remigijus Žemaitaitis in the ruling coalition because losing him would cost them their fragile parliamentary majority. He said tensions around Nemuno Aušra are already complicating preparations for the budget and other key votes.

Lithuanian border guards turned back 33 irregular migrants at the Belarus border in the past 24 hours, bringing this year’s total to 285. Police in the Panevėžys district are searching for a 37-year-old man who allegedly threatened a 43-year-old woman with a weapon during a drinking session at a rural homestead and was due to begin serving a prison sentence. In Mažeikiai district, investigators opened a case over violence against a teenager, with suspicions falling on his peers. In Tauragė, a 34-year-old man died in hospital on March 5 after being admitted with a head injury whose origin police have not yet established.

Reports are increasing in Lithuania of home intrusions in which criminals pose as officials, couriers or investigators and demand cash. Stroke patient Adomas underwent surgery only after a day’s delay because the hospital lacked the necessary equipment.

Storm cyclone Rapuncel reached Lithuania on April 6, bringing rain, winds of 9-14 metres per second and gusts of up to 23 m/s on the coast. Forecasters said western Lithuania saw the heaviest rainfall and conditions should ease from April 8. As fuel prices rise, some residents are cutting back on car travel even as the car market remains active. State road company Via Lietuva has launched a road safety campaign urging drivers to choose safe speed over haste.

Lampedusa is back at the centre of Europe’s migration crisis after a boat capsized in the central Mediterranean. The vessel had left Libya with about 105 people on board, two died, 32 were rescued and more than 70 are missing, while UN migration data show at least 683 people have died or disappeared on sea crossings since the start of 2026.

Ukraine’s General Staff said on April 6 that Russian forces lost 940 troops in the previous 24 hours, taking Moscow’s total losses since the full-scale invasion to about 1.107 million. A Russian strike on a residential area in southern Ukraine killed three people, including a child. Casualties also rose after another Russian strike on Odesa, while more than 10,000 customers lost power in the Chernihiv region. A Ukrainian strike hit a major Russian oil terminal, raising the prospect of a halt to fuel shipments from the site. The New York Times reported that Russia plans to use hard spring ground and sparse foliage to improve vehicle movement and drone reconnaissance in its offensive.

Poland said attempts to cross its border illegally from Belarus had fallen by 96%, with Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak crediting reinforced barriers and tighter controls. Hungary reported explosives near a pipeline, and experts examining the case noted numerous calls from Russia. Inside Russia, the authorities are moving to give the FSB direct power to order telecom companies to cut mobile and internet access in specific areas or across the country.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had offered Russia a ceasefire through U.S. intermediaries. At the same time, Moscow and Ukrainian representatives confirmed a Ukrainian strike on a major oil terminal in southern Russia. Donald Trump said the current ceasefire proposal on Iran was not good enough and that all of Iran could be destroyed in one night, possibly as early as Tuesday.

Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates on April 5, with shrapnel wounding a Ghanaian man in Abu Dhabi after one missile was intercepted. Kuwait said energy and water sites were hit, and the UAE suspended operations at the Habshan gas-processing complex. On April 6, an Israeli strike in Tehran killed Majid Khademi, the intelligence chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and more than 25 people were killed in attacks across other Iranian cities. Israel’s military also said it killed the head of a covert special operations unit in the Quds Force and struck other IRGC-linked infrastructure inside Iran.

Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and demanded a permanent end to the war, although mediators from Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey had tied the plan to reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Washington and Tehran are meanwhile continuing secret intermediary talks on passage through Hormuz using pre-arranged routes and identification codes. Benjamin Netanyahu commented on a successful U.S. pilot rescue operation in Iran, adding another public sign of direct American involvement. Iran’s armed forces said the war with the United States and Israel would continue as long as necessary, while Israel’s defence minister reported a strike on Iran’s largest oil chemical facility.

NASA’s Artemis II mission reached the Moon’s gravitational sphere of influence, marking a fresh milestone in the crewed programme’s return toward lunar orbit. The crew later lost contact with Earth for a short period, and NASA said communications were subsequently restored.

After Iran rejected a ceasefire proposal, Donald Trump said the US could destroy all of Iran in one night. At the same time, Israel came under coordinated strikes from Iran, Yemen and Lebanon, while the IAEA called for attacks near Iran’s nuclear power plant to stop immediately.