Foreign affairs

Israeli Knesset’s director general to come to Lithuania

The Israeli Knesset’s Director General Ronen Plot will pay a visit to the Seimas of Lithuania this week. […]

Economy

Chinese delegation to evaluate Lithuania’s readiness to export cattle

A delegation of experts from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People’s Republic of China will be visiting Lithuania for two weeks starting Tuesday. They will evaluate how animal health, wellbeing and serious transmissible diseases are controlled in Lithuania. One of the key goals of the visit is to begin exporting cattle from Lithuania to China. […]

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Lithuanian foreign minister speaks of “coordinated efforts” to undermine Ukraine truce

Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s visit to Crimea and recent escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine appear to be coordinated efforts to undermine the truce reached in February, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]

Eimantas Stanionis
Sports

Lithuanian leaders congratulate boxer Stanionis on winning gold

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius have congratulated boxer Eimantas Stanionis on winning gold in the welterweight category (under 69 kg) in the EUBC European Confederation Continental Championships 2015 held in Bulgaria. […]

Ramūnas Bogdanas
Opinion

Opinion: Information offensives aim at pillars of Lithuanian statehood

City authorities recently removed four groups of Soviet-era statues from the Green Bridge in central Vilnius. Columnist Ramūnas Bogdanas argues that it was a move in the information war that Russia has launched against the West, including Lithuania. The retaliation that followed targeted crucial moments and figures in the nation’s twentieth-century history. […]