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Lithuania vs Germany Game Player Stats and Box Score for Aug. 30 | 2025 EuroBasket

Lithuania vs Germany Game Player Stats and Box Score for Aug. 30 | 2025 EuroBasket

Germany, the reigning FIBA World Cup Champions, has taken control of Group B of the 2025 EuroBasket following a 107-88 win over Lithuania. The trio of Franz Wagner, Dennis Schroder and Daniel Theis was too much for Jonas Valanciunas and company....

Lithuania strengthens the border with Russia and Belarus with new barriers.

Lithuania strengthens the border with Russia and Belarus with new barriers.

Russian border sign on the border between Russia’s Kaliningrad and Lithuania, near Vistitis, October 28, 2022. Getty Images/Sean Gallup As reported by LRT In Lithuania, near border crossing points with the Russian Federation and Belarus, troops...

Lithuania sets up 'dragon teeth' barriers at borders with Belarus, Russia's Kaliningrad exclave

Lithuania sets up 'dragon teeth' barriers at borders with Belarus, Russia's Kaliningrad exclave

The Lithuanian military has installed obstacles to strengthen security at unused roads at border checkpoints with Russia and Belarus, LRT broadcaster reported on Aug. 30. The so-called "dragon teeth" — pyramid-shaped concrete anti-tank obstacles —...

Lithuania strengthens border security with Russia and Belarus by installing barriers on roads

Lithuania strengthens border security with Russia and Belarus by installing barriers on roads

Lithuanian flag. Stock photo: Getty Images The Lithuanian army has installed barriers to reinforce border security on unused roads near border crossing points with Russia and Belarus. Source: Lithuanian army on Saturday 30 August, reports...

Lithuania also calls for confiscation of frozen Russian assets: legal solutions available

Lithuania also calls for confiscation of frozen Russian assets: legal solutions available

Kęstutis Budrys. Photo: X / BudrysKestutis There are a number of legal mechanisms that could allow frozen Russian assets to be confiscated for the benefit of Ukraine, including transferring the assets into a dedicated special-purpose mechanism....

Clinical Germany overpower Lithuania; first to book spot at Final Phase

Clinical Germany overpower Lithuania; first to book spot at Final Phase

The official EuroBasket app Download Now TAMPERE (Finland) - Germany became the first team to secure their spot in the Round of 16 at FIBA EuroBasket 2025 after winning the unbeaten battle with Lithuania 107-88 in Tampere. The Germans improve to...

Dennis Schroder Stats: How did Germany guard fare against Lithuania in EuroBasket 2025 matchup? (Aug 30)

Dennis Schroder Stats: How did Germany guard fare against Lithuania in EuroBasket 2025 matchup? (Aug 30)

Dennis Schroder and Germany faced Jonas Valanciunas and Lithuania on Saturday, seeking their third win in Group B action of EuroBasket 2025. Germany has started its tournament strongly, winning its first two games against Montenegro and Sweden...

US Special Purpose Drone Flew Over Lithuania

US Special Purpose Drone Flew Over Lithuania

1 Global Hawk performed a reconnaissance mission along NATO's eastern flank. On Friday morning, a Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk FORTE10 unmanned NATO special operations reconnaissance drone flew over Lithuania at high altitude, writes...

Lithuania claim Division B crown; hosts Türkiye clinch final promotion spot

Lithuania claim Division B crown; hosts Türkiye clinch final promotion spot

ISTANBUL (Türkiye) - Lithuania were crowned FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket 2025, Division B champions while hosts Türkiye clinched the final promotion spot after emerging victorious in the Third Place Game on Friday. After securing promotion a day...

Lithuania Fines Bankera-Affiliated Firm Over Compliance Failures

Lithuania Fines Bankera-Affiliated Firm Over Compliance Failures

The Bank of Lithuania has fined Pervesk UAB, a company linked to the troubled Bankera cryptocurrency project, €130,000 ($151,525) for serious violations of anti–money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing rules. Following an inspection,...

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus regarding the upcoming visit of the President of the European Commission to Poland and Lithuania

29 August 2025 The Belarusian side welcomes the European Commission's attention to the situation at the external borders of the European Union. We are confident that the upcoming visit of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der...

Jokubaitis puts on a show with double-double in Lithuania win

Jokubaitis puts on a show with double-double in Lithuania win

The official EuroBasket app Download Now TAMPERE (Finland) - Rokas Jokubaitis flexed his muscles with a double-double to guide Lithuania to a 94-67 victory over Montenegro and improve to 2-0 in Tampere. The win also saw Lithuania set a tournament...

Lithuania, Bulgaria reach Final and claim promotion

Lithuania, Bulgaria reach Final and claim promotion

ISTANBUL (Türkiye) - Thursday's action at the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket, Division B saw the Semi-Finals play out with Lithuania and Bulgaria setting their Final bout, thus securing their Division A spots for next summer. Lithuania took down...

Lithuania has crowned Europe’s fastest and most stylish corgi: photo report from Corgi Race Vilnius

Batman, the King of Great Britain, a bunny in the hay, and a Labubu fan. These weren’t party guests but corgis in costumes – participants of the costume contest held in the central park of Vilnius as part of the 4th annual Corgi Race Vilnius. This...

How Lithuania became an aviation hub without its own national airline

How Lithuania became an aviation hub without its own national airline

The overall contribution to global GDP that is supported by aviation is 3.9%, according to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), released in June 2025. At first glance, countries without a national airline might seem to...

Lithuania To Join Upcoming EU Defense Ministers' Meeting

Lithuania To Join Upcoming EU Defense Ministers' Meeting

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 28. On August 28–29, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Dovilė Šakalienė will take part in the informal meeting of European Union defense ministers in Copenhagen, Trend reports. The...

Whose drone entered Lithuania? Political analyst Petrovsky’s version clashed with the official one

Whose drone entered Lithuania? Political analyst Petrovsky’s version clashed with the official one

Fake card Fake: The drone carrying explosives that entered Lithuanian territory in late July 2025 was Ukrainian. Fact: Lithuania never claimed the drone was Ukrainian. The country’s Defense Ministry said it resembled a Russian one. Fact-check of...

Montenegro vs Lithuania Preview and Prediction - August 29 | 2025 EuroBasket

Montenegro vs Lithuania Preview and Prediction - August 29 | 2025 EuroBasket

Montenegro will take on Lithuania in a Group B matchup of the 2025 EuroBasket. The Baltic Giants started their campaign strongly, securing an early win in their first match against Great Britain. Meanwhile, Montenegro was defeated in their...

Lithuania proposed to start technical negotiations on Ukraineʼs accession to the EU without Hungaryʼs consent

Lithuania proposed to start technical negotiations on Ukraineʼs accession to the EU without Hungaryʼs consent

Last week, Lithuania sent a letter to the European Union countries, proposing that at an informal ministerial meeting in Copenhagen on September 1-2, negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova begin without the consent of Hungary, which is blocking...

Lithuania proposes starting Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, bypassing Hungary’s veto

Lithuania proposes starting Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, bypassing Hungary’s veto

0 Lithuania is urging EU capitals to take decisive action to make Ukraine’s application for EU membership real and irreversible. The appeal comes just days before the informal meeting of European foreign ministers in Copenhagen, reports IPN,...

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