Lithuania might have to accept more than 250 refugees in an effort to help ease the Mediterranean migrant crisis, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
The government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed the amendments, initiated by the Ministry of Justice, on legalizing heterosexual partnerships. The bill will now go to the parliament. […]
The Catholic Church of Lithuania plans to receive and accommodate 19 Iraqis in Vilnius. […]
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania has not established any gross violations by the Russian-language TV channel NTV Mir Lithuania and will not impose any sanctions as the key problematic show is no longer aired, commission chairman Edmundas Vaitekūnas said on Wednesday. […]
Latvia has officially handed over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) to Luxembourg. […]
The coming weekend will bring hot weather to Lithuania, meteorologists say. […]
Lithuania says to have received the NATO supreme commander’s pledge to seek that training in Eastern Europe takes place “without major intervals”. However, no specific decisions on the so-called Baltic brigade have been made yet. […]
The Latvian presidency reached a provisional deal on the last day before the end of its term, according to which mobile phone roaming fees in the European Union will be abolished and open internet access will be safeguarded as of 15 June 2017. […]
Fans of the Lithuanian national basketball team will be pleased to find out Spanish legend Juan Carlos Navarro has been ruled out from the upcoming EuroBasket tournament. […]
Diplomats cannot be “faceless” and personalities should represent Lithuania, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said during a Wednesday meeting with Lithuanian ambassadors residing in foreign countries. […]
A Stockholm arbitration court on Wednesday starts hearing Lithuania’s case against Russia’s gas supplier Gazprom in which the government seeks a compensation of more than a billion euros for overcharging for gas. […]
Vilnius Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced a former Soviet police (militia) officer to five years in prison for the deportation of civilians during the Soviet times. […]
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has postponed her planned visit to Vilnius this week due to negotiations on Iran‘s nuclear programme, the spokesman for the Lithuanian foreign minister has confirmed. […]
Around 80 troops from the US 4th Infantry Division’s Mission Command Element, stationed in Germany, will come to Lithuania Wednesday for a week-long joint training, led by Brigadier General Michael J. Tarsa. […]
Presidential adviser Jovita Neliupšienė will be appointed Lithuania’s ambassador to the European Union, replacing outgoing Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis. […]
Russia‘s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened an investigation into the legitimacy of the independence of the Baltic states. The office is to look into whether a decision, made by the State Council of the USSR in 1991, to recognize the three breakaway states as independent nations was legal, newsru.com reports. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has no doubt that the original name spelling issue, postponed by the Seimas of Lithuania earlier in the day, will eventually be resolved. He adds that the issue is, first of all, important for the country’s domestic, and not foreign policy. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania decided on Tuesday to classify information about former KGB collaborators for 75 years after 80 MPs voted in favour, 12 were against and 17 abstained. […]
Outgoing Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, who was presented with an honorary doctorate by Kaunas-based Vytautas Magnus University on Tuesday, underlined his ties with Lithuania. […]
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