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Lithuania Tension Score

building record · 49 days on file

Live 0–100 tension reading for Lithuania, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.

20
Calm
7d -3 · 30d -6

Where Lithuania stands

#85 of 197 countries today, #25 of 49 in Europe (region score 53). Tension is easing this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Lithuania news pulse

13 headlines in 30 days · newest first
Chofetz Chaim’s yeshiva reopens for students in Belarus for first time since WWII
Times Israel · 31 October 2026 geopolitics
23 · Low
Norway Outlines Procurement Strategy for Up to 20 P1118 Standardized Vessels
Naval News · 21 October 2026 geopolitics
20 · Low
Lithuania says attempted Starlink arson was Russia-linked sabotage
Straits Times · 19 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
69 · High
Lithuania told residents to go to shelters after detecting a flying object
Straits Times · 18 October 2026 geopolitics
35 · Moderate
Lithuania PM confident of 'huge' NATO response if Russia attacks
Sky World · 9 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
49 · Moderate
EU pulls sponsorship from Disinfo2026 event in Lithuania
DW World · 9 October 2026 tradegeopolitics
23 · Low
Lithuania says it could pay for a permanent in-country US base
Breaking Def · 9 October 2026 geopolitics
23 · Low
Kremlin warns Lithuania that its move to lift a nuclear arms ban risks further escalation
Straits Times · 6 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
56 · High
Russia’s neighbor could lift its ban on nuclear weapons, prompting outcry from Moscow
CNBC World · 6 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
55 · High
Lithuania says it would pay the cost if US establishes military base
Defense News · 6 October 2026 geopolitics
32 · Low
Latvia's president supports PM Kulbergs to form government after election win
Straits Times · 6 October 2026 tradegeopolitics
23 · Low
Kremlin critic Kasparov says US and Lithuania warned him of assassination threat
Straits Times · 1 October 2026 conflict
50 · Moderate
Poland to extend German, Lithuanian border controls until March 2027
Straits Times · 1 October 2026 conflictgeopolitics
35 · Moderate

Every story the engine read that names Lithuania, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.

What is driving Lithuania’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 14 headlines in 30 days — 0.07% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (13).
  • 21% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 21% scored as high-tension stories.
  • Conflicts on the roster: none. Lithuania is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
  • Region: Europe reads 53 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Lithuania) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.

Lithuania tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
November 202622.2Calm005
October 202623.3Calm20331
September 202618.0Calm7413

Record for Lithuania began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Lithuania score is built

Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Europe region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.

Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.

No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.

Questions people ask about Lithuania

Is Lithuania in a war right now?

Not on our roster. Lithuania is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.

Is tension in Lithuania rising or falling?

Easing: down 3 points in 7 days.

How does Lithuania compare with the rest of Europe?

Below its region: Lithuania reads 20 against 53 for Europe, ranking #25 of 49 there.

Keep exploring

Lithuania and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

The Suwalki gap. Lithuania holds the thin land bridge between NATO’s Baltic members and Poland, hemmed in by Belarus and Kaliningrad. Any Russian move on the Baltics starts here.

What our engine watches in Lithuania

  • Border incidents and Kaliningrad transit rules
  • NATO deployments
  • Sabotage and cable incidents

Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress.