EU – Baltic States, Internet, Legislation, Technology

Rasa Jakilaitiene, spokeswoman for Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, said the fake news story had been planted on a Polish online news site.

"The fake news appeared on Polanddaily.com. An article posted there included a comment from Minister Linkevicius claiming that a peace-keeping force needs to be sent to Belarus," the spokeswoman said.  

The article mentioned the Polish foreign minister, too, she said. 

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry issued a statement denying the fake news.  "It is highly likely that there is an ongoing cyber-information attack, which is currently under investigation by Lithuanian authorities," it said.