2025 in Lithuania
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Events in the year 2025 in Lithuania.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Gitanas Nausėda
- Prime Minister: Gintautas Paluckas (until 4 August); Rimantas Šadžius (acting, since 4 August)
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- 8–9 February – Lithuania, along with Estonia and Latvia disconnect from the Russian electric grid and joins the Synchronous grid of Continental Europe.[1]
March
[edit]- 16 March – Jonava District Municipality mayoral by-election[2]
- 25 March – An armored vehicle falls into a swamp at Pabradė Training Area, killing four American soldiers participating in a training exercise.[3]
May
[edit]- 8 May – The Seimas votes 107–0 to withdraw Lithuania from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines.[4]
- 17 May – Lithuania's Katarsis finishes in 16th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Tavo akys".[5]
- 19 May – Lithuania files a case at the International Court of Justice against Belarus accusing it of organising the trafficking of migrants into its territory.[6]
June
[edit]- 30 June – Lithuania and the Philippines sign a defense cooperation agreement.[7]
July
[edit]- 6 July – Poland imposes temporary border controls on crossings with Germany in Lithuania as part of efforts to curb the flow irregular asylum-seekers.[8]
- 10 July – A Russian-made Gerbera drone enters Lithuanian airspace from Belarus and crashes near the Šumskas border checkpoint, about 1 km from the border with Belarus.[9]
- 28 July – A suspected Russian-made drone enters Lithuanian airspace from Belarus. It would be discovered four days later at the Gaižiūnai training grounds.[10]
- 31 July – Gintautas Paluckas resigns as prime minister amid an investigation into his business and financial activities.[11]
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of Lithuanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
- List of 2025 box office number-one films in Lithuania
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 16 February – Independence Day
- 11 March – Independence Restoration Day
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 4 May – Mother's Day
- 1 June – Father's Day
- 24 June – St. John's Day
- 6 July – Statehood Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid". BBC. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Pirmalaikiai Jonavos rajono savivaldybės mero rinkimai". Infogram (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ "Last US soldier found dead after Lithuania training accident. 3 others identified". AP News. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Lithuanian parliament votes overwhelmingly to leave landmine ban treaty". LRT. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Lithuania's Katarsis places 16th in Eurovision Song Contest". LRT. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over alleged smuggling of migrants". AP News. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Lithuania and Philippines sign a pact to build an alliance against aggression". AP News. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum-seekers". AP News. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Unmanned Russian Aircraft Violated Lithuanian Airspace from Belarus and Crashed, Prime Minister Paluckas Was Taken to Shelter". The Baltic Sentinel. 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Suspected Russian Drone Found at Military Training Site in Lithuania". The Moscow Times. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Lithuania's prime minister steps down after investigations and protests". AP News. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Lithuania Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Holidays and Observances in Lithuania in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
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