Vilnius-based technology company NTLAB has launched a legal challenge against the Lithuanian government after being declared a threat to national security.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on February 11 upheld the company’s complaint, overturning a November 2025 decision by the Regional Administrative Court which had rejected the case. “The court of first instance unreasonably refused to accept the applicant’s complaint as admissible,” the ruling stated.
NTLAB is now seeking to annul the government’s resolution and compel authorities to refer the matter back to the commission responsible for vetting transactions involving strategic enterprises.
The company is asking the court to require the commission to clearly identify the investor’s connections and provide a detailed assessment of the perceived threat, including the facts, intensity of the links, timeframe, and channels of impact. It also requests an analysis of less restrictive measures, such as risk-mitigation conditions, transitional arrangements, and other alternatives.
Last November, the Regional Administrative Court ruled that the dispute fell outside its jurisdiction, stating that it did not have the authority to examine complaints regarding government actions or decisions.
However, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania has clarified that cases concerning government resolutions and the findings of governmental commissions are indeed heard in administrative courts.
The dispute comes amid an ongoing investigation into allegations that Lithuanian-produced technology, developed with European Union funding, may have been used in Russian and Belarusian military industries. Charges were brought in December against five individuals and one company in connection with the probe.
NTLAB, which received EU support for its Vytis-AR project – a high-precision navigation device for agriculture – reportedly secured €745,400 of the €1.064 million project cost from EU funds.
According to 15min.lt, the company’s ownership changed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since July 2022, US citizen Daria Tcherniakovskaia became a shareholder, replacing Belarusian citizen Dmitri Tcherniakovski as the largest stakeholder.
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