11 July 2026

Parliament has taken up a bill that would require Lithuania’s army chief to guard and defend the Seimas, government buildings and the presidential residence during wartime. Backers say the current legal framework does not clearly assign responsibility for keeping those three institutions operating and protecting their grounds once defence shifts under military command.

In Skopje, a Lithuanian athlete won gold at the European U20 wrestling championships. It is Lithuania’s strongest women’s result at that level since Danutė Domikaitytė’s silver in 2013, and the country sent nine wrestlers to this year’s event. Another Lithuanian entrant, Aidas Šarūnas, was due to compete today in the 86 kg class.

Vilnius has presented Launagiai, a new southern district planned to house about 13,000 to 15,000 residents over the next decade. Developer Darnu Group says it will invest at least 1 billion euros in the 71-hectare site between Eišiškių Road and P. Joniko Street, with about 5,500 homes, roughly 302,000 square metres of housing and 80,700 square metres of commercial and public space, and aims to start the first phase in 2026.

Doctors in Lithuania warned today that persistent loud snoring in children, especially with breathing pauses, choking sounds, morning headaches or daytime sleepiness, can signal obstructive sleep apnoea. Parents are being urged to contact a family doctor when snoring is recurrent rather than tied only to a cold or blocked nose. Algis Ramanauskas is still challenging a warning from Lithuania’s media watchdog in the Regional Administrative Court over a video posted last year, after prosecutors dropped a separate criminal probe and public broadcaster LRT had already cut ties with him. A Vilnius woman, Jolanta, also said she lost 30 kilograms in less than a year after changing her diet, walking more and cutting heavily processed food.

New data showed a heat wave killed thousands of people. Near Lithuania’s border, authorities found 27 illegal migrants hidden in a truck.