2026 in Lithuania
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Events in the year 2026 in Lithuania.
Incumbents
- President: Gitanas Nausėda
- Prime Minister: Inga Ruginienė (until 14 June); Mindaugas Sinkevičius (since 14 July)
Events
January
- 18 January–8 February – UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 in Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia.[1][2]
March
- 2 March – Lithuanian National Radio and Television says it will not air the opening ceremony of the upcoming 2026 Winter Paralympics, citing the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus.[3]
- 6 March – Lithuania boycotts the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy in protest over Russian athletes being allowed to compete under the Russian flag after the lifting of sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[4]
April
- 27 April – Authorities announce the arrest of nine people involved in an international plot to assassinate two-anti Russian activists based in Lithuania.[5]
May
- 16 May – Lithuania's Lion Ceccah finishes 22nd at Eurovision 2026 in Austria with their single "Sólo quiero más".[6]
- 25 May – Adrijus Jusas resigns as head of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers following a data leak involving more than 600,000 entries from national data registers blamed on a foreign state.[7]
June
- 23 June – Inga Ruginienė resigns as prime minister along with her cabinet after the LSDP ends its coalition agreement with Dawn of Nemunas.[8]
July
- 14 July – Mindaugas Sinkevičius is sworn in as prime minister after the LSDP reaches a coalition agreement with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" and the Lithuanian Farmers, Greens and Christian Families Union.[9]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 16 February – Independence Day
- 11 March – Independence Restoration Day
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 3 May – Mother's Day
- 7 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
Deaths
- 12 January – Benjaminas Zelkevičius, 81, football player (Žalgiris Vilnius, Shakhtar Donetsk) and manager (national team)[12]
- 20 March – Linas Banys, 27, biathlete[13]
- 28 May – Jevgenij Shuklin, 40, Olympic canoeist (2012) and MP (since 2024)[14]
- 10 June – Vladas Garastas, 94, basketball coach (Žalgiris, Soviet Union national team, national team)[15]
- 3 July – Viliumas Malinauskas, 81, art museum founder (Grūtas Park)[16]
- 30 July – Kazimira Prunskienė, 83, prime minister (1990–1991), MP (1996–2008), and minister of agriculture (2004–2008)[17]
See also
References
- ↑ "Latvia and Lithuania selected to host Futsal EURO 2026". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023.
- ↑ "Slovenia joins Latvia and Lithuania as Futsal EURO 2026 host". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "LRT to boycott Paralympics opening ceremony over Russian, Belarusian participation". LRT. BNS. 2026-03-02. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
- ↑ "Russian flag returns as Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics open amid Iran war and boycott". AP News. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ↑ "Lithuania says it foiled an international plot to kill 2 activists". AP News. April 28, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
- ↑ "Lithuania's Lion Ceccah finishes Eurovision performance in 22nd place". LRT. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Lithuania suspects foreign involvement in data leak of over 600,000 national register entries". AP News. May 25, 2026. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
- ↑ Dapkus, Liudas (23 June 2026). "Lithuanian government steps down after coalition reshuffle". AP News. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Skėrytė, Jūratė (2026-07-14). "Seimas approves Sinkevičius' government program, new cabinet sworn in". LRT. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "Lithuania Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ↑ "Holidays and Observances in Lithuania in 2026". Time and Date. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ↑ "Mirė legendinis Lietuvos futbolo treneris Benjaminas Zelkevičius". Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 12 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
- ↑ Bagamolovas, Matas (20 March 2026). "In Memoriam. Lietuvos biatlonininkai gedi komandos draugo Banio: visada liksi mūsų širdyse". LRT. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Sukrečianti žinia: mirė Seimo narys, kanojininkas, 40-metis J. Šuklinas". Lrytas. 28 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "'He was our father': Lithuanian basketball legend Garastas dies aged 95". LRT. 2026-06-10. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ "Mirė Grūto parko įkūrėjas Viliumas Malinauskas 95". LRT. 2026-07-03. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ "Lithuania's first post-independence prime minister Kazimira Prunskienė dies at 83". Lithuanian National Radio and Television. 2026-07-30. Retrieved 2026-07-30.