Linas Linkevičius
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Russia deploying Iskander at Lithuanian border to get concessions from West

Russia is deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius confirmed on Saturday. […]

Skvernelis during the last TV debate on LRT
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS. Analysis. Social policy debate – another victory for the “Peasants”

The “Peasants” (LVŽS) are celebrating their second consecutive debate victory, shows a survey of experts done by LRT.lt after the social policy debate. The “Peasant’s” performance was once again voted as the best, however the lead over the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who were left in second place is only one point. Furthermore most experts agree that G. Landsbergis’ (TS-LKD) closing statement was the strongest, while S. Skvernelis’ (LVŽS) speech was decent, but reading off a paper made for a bad image. […]

Vilnius University Prof. Dr. Virginijus Šikšnys
Society

Biochemist Šikšnys awarded elite Warren Alpert Prize

Professor Virginijus Šikšnys, biochemist of the Vilnius University’s Institute of Biotechnology, has been awarded the elite Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for his remarkable contribution to the understanding of the CRISPR bacterial defence system and the revolutionary discovery that it can be adapted for genome editing. […]

Dutch-led criminal investigators delivering their verdict on MH-17 plain catastrophe
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Lithuanian, Estonian formins expect MH17 findings ‘to open eyes of some colleagues’

The Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers expect that international investigators’ findings on the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014 “will open the eyes of some colleagues”. […]