2024 in Lithuania

Events in the year 2024 in Lithuania.

Incumbents

 * President: Gitanas Nausėda
 * Prime Minister: Ingrida Šimonytė

January

 * 8–14 January – 2024 European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas

March

 * 27 March – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: A Special Investigative committee of the Seimas releases its findings, accusing President Gitanas Nausėda of receiving illegal support from the head of the State Security Department and for recruiting members of the Belarusian and Russian security services for his election campaign. Nauseda rejects the findings, accusing them of being politically motivated.

April

 * 27 April–3 May – 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I B in Vilnius

May

 * 12 May –
 * 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: Lithuanians are called to the polls to elect the President of Lithuania. Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė advance to the run-off election.
 * 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum: A proposal to allow dual citizenship fails to pass due to insufficient turnout.
 * 26 May – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election (second round): President Gitanas Nausėda wins reelection with 74.46% of the vote.
 * 27 May – A court in Kaunas convicts Jonava District Municipality mayor Mindaugas Sinkevičius of abuse of office, falsification of documents, and misappropriation and imposes a 12,500 euro-fine on him as well as a ban on holding public office for three years.

June

 * 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The Homeland Union emerges as the largest party in the Lithuanian contingent to the European Parliament.
 * 26 June – The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats.

July

 * 16 July – The Baltic states announce their exit from the Russian and Belarusian electricity grids along with plans to synchronize their grid with the continental Europe grid effective 9 February 2025.
 * 17 July – Lithuania issues a ban on Belarus-registered passenger vehicles entering its territory.

Future and scheduled events

 * 13 October – 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election.

Art and entertainment

 * List of Lithuanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
 * List of 2024 box office number-one films in Lithuania

Environment

 * 7 February - 300 litres of crude oil spilled into the Baltic Sea near Būtingė oil terminal.

Holidays
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 * 1 January - New Year's Day
 * 16 February – Independence Day
 * 11 March - Independence Restoration Day
 * 31 March - Easter Sunday
 * 1 April - Easter Monday
 * 1 May - International Workers' Day
 * 5 May - Mother's Day
 * 2 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