Gediminas Kirkilas
Foreign affairs

Lithuania supports German leadership in resolving conflict in Ukraine, MP tells ambassador

Lithuanian Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas, deputy speaker of the Seimas, chair of the Committee on European Affairs, has met with Jutta Schmitz, German ambassador to Lithuania. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president to attend Maidan memorial events in Ukraine

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will this week go to Ukraine to attend events to mark the anniversary of Euromaidan rallies. […]

Seduvos Bernai entertaining Washington audience   Photo Ludo Segers
Global LT

Lithuanian Shrove Tuesday event in Washington D.C.

On Tuesday, 17 February, the Embassy of Lithuania in Washington took on a bit of pagan festive charm, celebrating Užgavėnės (Shrove Tuesday) with an evening of music and typical food. The evening was organised by the Lithuanian Community of Washington. A surprising large crowd gathered as the US Capital appeared almost completely shut down after some heavy snowfall overnight. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Society

No Lithuanian nationals joining terrorist groups, interior minister says

Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country has not yet faced the phenomenon of foreign fighters and has no reports of a single Lithuanian citizen fighting on the side of terrorists. Nevertheless, in his words, Lithuania takes the threat very seriously and understands that well-trained and radical fighters, including citizens of the European Union (EU), returning from zones of armed conflicts may end up in Lithuania. […]

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Society

Lithuanians visit doctors 8 times per year

Statistics Lithuania announced that Lithuanians visited doctors on average 8.1 times in 2013, while the total number of visits stood at 24 million. […]