Juozas Olekas

Lithuania’s defence minister expresses support to Georgia’s NATO aspirations

“We support and will continue rendering political and practical support to Georgia‘s aspiration to become a member of NATO, we will spare no effort to ensure that Georgia gets prepared for NATO membership. We will continue providing bilateral assistance in the area of military training and will share our experience of integration and reform,” Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas underscored at a meeting with Minister of Defence of Georgia Tinatin Khidasheli on a visit in Lithuania on 14 September, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]

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Foreign affairs

Belgium opens honorary consulate in Lithuania

Belgium opened an honorary consulate in the Lithuanian capital on Monday, appointing businessman Jacques Barbier as honorary consul. […]

David Bakradze
Opinion

Opinion: Georgia as a member of the Euro-Atlantic community, the present of one generation to another

Georgia’s first “freedom generation” will soon lead the country, economically and politically. This generation has never known anything but a Western oriented Georgia. By implementing a series of reforms associated with the projects of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, the independence generation transformed Georgia to a degree once thought unthinkable. […]

International transport conference in Stockholm “Business Opportunities and Logistic. Scandinavian and Eastern Europe case”
Economy

International conference in Stockholm discusses transport opportunities for Scandinavia and Baltics

On September 10th an international transport and logistics conference took place in Stockholm. On the initiative of the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden, the conference was organized by Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications, JSC Lithuanian Railways, port of Klaipėda, Turkish-Swedish business association Sweturk and International Swedish Freight association. […]

Foreign affairs

WHO Regional Committee for Europe to convene in Vilnius

Vilnius is hosting the 65th annual session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe on Monday. […]

Chiune Sugihara
Society

Foreign minister of Lithuania pays tribute to Sugihara

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Friday attended an informal discussion at the Sugihara House in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, on educational projects, introducing Chiune Sugihara’s achievements, prospects for cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the need to raise general public awareness, in particular amongst young people, on the legacy of Sugihara and other diplomats who saved lives. […]

Rokas Masiulis
Energy

Energy minister: Lithuania’s N-plant project could be launched within three months

Lithuania’s stalled project on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, in the eastern part of the country, is at the most advanced stage, compared to similar projects in Europe, Lithuania’s Energy Minister has said, adding that the construction of the facility could be launched within three months if the Baltic countries agreed to do that. […]