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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian foreign minister to pay formal visit to Brazil

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius, will leave for a formal visit to Brazil on Monday, 6 April. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian foreign minister expresses condolences over death of former British ambassador Michael Peart

“I am deeply saddened by the news of Michael Peart passing. He was a true friend of Lithuania and the first Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lithuania. We shall always remember Michael with great respect, with gratitude. He will remain in our hearts forever as a true friend of Lithuania,” reads the letter of condolences sent by Linas Linkevičius to the wife and son of the deceased on 3 April, the MFA reports. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Gen. Vytautas Jonas Žukas
Defence

Army founding new brigade in western Lithuania

Lithuania’s Armed Forces intend to establish a new motorized infantry brigade in western Lithuania, with the brigade staff to be set up next year. […]

Vytautas Jonas Žukas, Juozas Olekas, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Algirdas Butkevičius, Loreta Graužinienė
Defence

Lithuanian State Defence Council wants additional EUR 150m in defence spending

Lithuania’s State Defence Council has proposed raising the 2016 defence budget by further 150 million euros. […]

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Energy

Final stretch of NordBalt cable to be laid under Baltic Sea

On Thursday, the works on laying the NordBalt cable resumed in the Baltic Sea. The last 150 kilometres will be laid by the end of this summer, the Ministry of Energy reports. […]