27 April 2026

Police in Marijampolė detained two residents today in a case linked to the killing of a person and an animal, and opened a pre-trial investigation. Investigators are establishing the sequence of events and whether either suspect will be kept in custody.

Social media posts said today that an influencer raised €59 million for children with cancer during a live stream lasting several hours. Aid groups now face the task of moving the money quickly into treatment, equipment and direct family support.

15min said over the past day that it had again ranked as Lithuania’s most-read news portal, drawing 565,632 readers in Gemius data. The newsroom said the biggest audience came from coverage of a crash in the Silute district, updates from the war in Ukraine and entertainment news.

Litgrid said renewable generation in April covered all of Lithuania’s electricity demand over a full day or week, setting a new system record. The grid operator linked the milestone to stronger wind and solar output and a bigger role for battery storage in balancing the system. The government also borrowed for almost five years at 3.165%, while road-repair amendments would allow broader private-sector involvement in the work.

Lithuania’s agenda also includes security investigations into Russia-linked agents who planned murders in the country and emerging details in a case involving an alleged plot to kill a Lithuanian backing Ukraine, with 13 suspects mentioned. In science and business, KAIST research highlighted by LRT yesterday showed a way to push colon cancer cells in mice back toward a more normal state, while Omberg Group said buyers in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda are increasingly choosing homes based on developer reputation and referrals.

Vinted completed an 880 million euro secondary share sale, valuing the company at 8 billion euros. Lithuania's Defence Ministry said NATO fighter jets were scrambled five times to identify and escort Russian aircraft.

Odesa was hit overnight by a Russian drone attack that wounded at least 13 people and set off fires in residential districts. Rescuers worked through the night in the Black Sea port, a critical logistics hub for southern Ukraine, to put out blazes and inspect damaged homes.

Ukraine’s navy said on Monday its maritime drones struck Russian ships and coastal infrastructure in the Black Sea, including a vessel moored in port. Kyiv is increasingly focusing on stationary or repair-docked targets because they are easier to hit than moving ships. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday submitted two bills to parliament to extend martial law and general mobilisation by 90 days, through Aug. 2.

Russia also sharpened its public messaging on the war, while Finnish President Alexander Stubb spoke publicly about the scale of Russian losses in Ukraine. Crimea came under a large overnight attack, and Ukraine reported intensified Russian assaults on other parts of the front.

In St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as U.S.-Iran talks on Gulf security remained deadlocked. U.S. media also reported that the Pentagon is weighing an Estonia-developed radar and software package to detect Iranian missile and drone launches earlier at bases across the Middle East. In sport, Latvia thrashed Norway to reach the World Junior Championship quarter-finals, while Poland remains one of the cheapest diesel markets in the region after weak fuel sales in 2025.

A Russian court banned the country’s largest LGBTQ rights group and labeled it extremist. Ukraine said it struck Russian ammunition depots, a Tornado-S system and command posts, while experts said the remnants of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet were continuing to be destroyed in the Black Sea.

Washington was jolted after shots rang out during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton, forcing Donald Trump and Melania Trump to be rushed from the room. Police exchanged fire with the suspect, who officials said had fired at security personnel and later claimed he was not aiming at Trump.

Mali’s defence minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, was killed in a coordinated assault by jihadists and separatists. The government said the attackers captured several towns and military bases, struck Bamako’s airport and sites in central and northern Mali, and wounded 16 people. JNIM and the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front claimed the operation jointly.

Odesa was hit overnight by Russian drones that damaged residential buildings and injured at least three people. Rescue crews were still assessing whether residents would have to leave damaged homes. In Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un opened a memorial museum for North Korean soldiers killed fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and, alongside Vyacheslav Volodin and Andrei Belousov, publicly reaffirmed support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Pakistan and Afghanistan, despite an earlier pledge in Beijing not to escalate, are still seeing deadly flare-ups along the frontier, with three people killed and dozens wounded in the latest violence. U.S. Southern Command said today that a strike hit a vessel in the Caribbean tied to groups it has designated as terrorist organizations, killing three people. Washington says the campaign has been running since September and now spans both the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, while the Pentagon has not publicly shown evidence that every target was carrying drugs. Japan was also shaken today by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.

The man accused of targeting Donald Trump in the shooting at a journalists’ dinner was charged with attempted murder, and prosecutors are preparing additional charges. The White House blamed a “leftist hate culture” for the attack.