Foreign affairs
Russian activist en route to Lithuania detained at Moscow airport
A Russian activist traveling to a discussion in Vilnius was apprehended at the Moscow airport on Thursday. […]
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Politics
Politicians have ‘written off countryside’ and ‘worship free market’, says ex-presidential adviser
Social ills plaguing Lithuania’s regions – alcoholism, suicide, domestic violence, abuse of children and massive emigration – are as a result of “free market worship” and the government’s failure to address widening inequalities between the country’s thriving economic centres and periphery, said former adviser to the Lithuanian president Virginija Būdienė. […]
Politics
Presidential adviser names top events in Lithuania in 2014
Energy, national security and welfare, scientific achievements were the highlights of 2014 in Lithuania, says Virginija Būdienė, chief advisor on domestic policy for Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Lithuanian president’s office vague about reported armaments supply to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a news conference with visiting Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that it was agreed on “supplies of concrete elements of concrete armaments” to Ukraine, but Lithuanian president’s office does not specify what exactly was promised. […]
Defence
Presidential adviser: Lithuania more secure after NATO summit in Wales
Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Būdienė says that Lithuania’s security increased after the NATO Summit in Wales. […]
Foreign affairs
President’s adviser: Forcing Lithuanians to serve in Soviet army was a war crime
Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Budienė says that Lithuanian citizens who left or refused to serve in the Soviet army after Lithuania declared independence from the USSR in March 1990 did not commit a crime. […]
Politics
Disinformation needs swift response – Lithuanian presidential adviser
Disinformation and any incitement to breach Lithuania’s sovereignty needs rapid response, Virginija Budienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on internal policy issue, said on Friday, presenting amendments, drafted by the president, to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public. […]