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Foreign affairs

Deputy formin hopes US to keep foreign policy unchanged after Trump’s victory

Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister Raimundas Karoblis says that the US foreign policy should not undergo major changes after election of Republican candidate Donald Trump as its new president. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Official: SocDems name their candidates for ministers

Algirdas Butkevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), thinks that Linas Linkevicius should stay on as foreign minister in the country’s next government and proposes Mindaugas Sinkevičius, mayor of the central Lithuanian town of Jonava, for the post of economy minister, and Darius Petrošius or Julius Sabatauskas, both members of the Seimas, for the post of justice minister. […]

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Defence

Lithuanian recruits train with Polish troops

Lithuanian recruits and Polish rotational troops who arrived in Lithuania earlier this month for training completed an exercise in a training ground in Pabradė on Thursday and Friday. […]

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CORPORATE

Adamkus – any pandering to Russia would be political suicide for Trump

Donald Trump‘s victory in the US presidential elections left the world shocked. Few believed it and most were disappointed. British and other European media describes this as the greatest mistake of the American electorate in history because the real estate magnate is seen as a liar, bully, populist and has gone bankrupt a number of times. What can we expect after Trump‘s victory? LRT spoke with former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, first post-independence head of state and one of the leaders of the independence movement Prof Vytautas Landsbergis, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius. […]

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Uncategorized

Lithuanian leaders congratulate Poland on Independence day

Leaders of Lithuania have congratulated the people and top officials of the neighboring Poland on Independence Day. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

Karbauskis’ new doctrine – a return to the Supreme Council era? Analysis

The leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) Ramūnas Karbauskis appears to intend a serious rework of state domestic politics. The leader of the currently strongest party in Seimas has already spoken up about the need for key changes in the relationship between Seimas and the cabinet. What will R. Karbauskis’ new doctrine look like and what could it mean for Lithuania? […]

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Uncategorized

Lithuania supports Poland for UN Security Council

Lithuania has expressed support to Poland running for the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Ministry said on Thursday after consultations between UN departments of both countries. […]