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Three suggestions to UN on how to prevent future atrocities

October 25, 2017 Maria Christina Lundqvist 0

The names and places associated with the atrocities that stain the world’s recent history are only too well known: Guernica, Babi Yar, Sharpeville, Treblinka, Hiroshima, Halabja, Rwanda, Srebrenica and, more recently, Aleppo and Yemen, to name but a few. The memories of those who have suffered are as painful as the list is long in a joint article writes the Swedish Ambassador Maria Christina Lundqvist, and Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Viceminister Neris Germanas. […]

A. M. Brazauskas’ old guard and their true faces

October 19, 2017 Indre Makaraityte 0

What was and is the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party? A party, whose leader Gintautas Paluckas has just announced that with party veterans having withdrawn or being removed, an era has ended and his critics have […]

Lithuanian Foreign minister’s team leaves SocDems

October 17, 2017 BNS 0

Foreign vice-ministers Neris Germanas and Darius Skusevičius along with adviser to Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, Domas Petrulis, last Friday left the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, which has terminated the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. […]

Ministries to update recommendations on travels to Eastern neighbors

July 21, 2017 BNS EN 0

Following a scandal surrounding a trip to Russia by youth of Plungė, western Lithuania, a few ministries will update their recommendations on cooperation with Eastern neighbors to ensure due attention to the factor of hostile propaganda, a decision was made at a meeting of the parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee and relevant institutions. […]

Limping Lithuanian-Polish relations: doubts on the potential for change

March 14, 2017 Media Briefing 0

Act of Independence signatory Zbignevas Balcevičius admits, speaking of Lithuanian-Polish relations, that the signing of the Act demanded much forethought from representatives of ethnic minorities. With the beginning of national rebirth, various activists appeared. Not […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania

Deputy Foreign Ministers assigned to fields of operations

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Fields of operations and functions of Lithuania’s foreign vice-ministers Neris Germanas, Darius Skusevičius and Albinas Sananavičius were Thursday approved by decree signed by Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

Lithuanian formin didn’t attend Paris conf in diplomatic support for Israel

January 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania sent a deputy foreign minister to the Middle East peace conference in Paris, while its neighbors were represented by their top diplomats. […]

Three diplomats appointed Lithuania’s foreign vice-ministers

December 19, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has appointed diplomats Neris Germanas, Darius Skusevičius and Albinas Zananavičius as new deputy foreign ministers. […]

Social Democrats confirm vice minister appointees

December 18, 2016 DELFI 0

On December 17 the Social Democrat Party presidium confirmed the party‘s appointees to work as vice ministers in the ministries of economy, justice and foreign affairs. […]

Thailand may lift visas for Lithuanians by way of exception

October 14, 2016 BNS EN 0

Thailand may lift the visa requirement for Lithuanians even though the number of Lithuanian tourists traveling to the Southeast Asian country is too low. […]

Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summons Italian ambassador over dropped extradition case

December 4, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned Italian Ambassador to Lithuania Stefano Maria Taliani De Marchio over an Italian court‘s decision to drop the extradition case of a Russian citizen who is a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case in Lithuania. […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]

Citus experts: Housing demand surpasses the results of the past two years – buyers of the economic segment are returning

October 13, 2024 0

In the last quarter of the year, the number of new housing units (apartments and terraced houses) sold in Vilnius in the economy class was 50% higher than in April–June, according to preliminary data from […]