Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
CORPORATE

Foreign policy on old rails

Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius spoke on the new government programme implementation plan‘s foreign policy priorities and explained that the main goals over the next four years will be national security and economic diplomacy. […]

Kęstutis Pūkas
Politics

Female MPs call for considering impeachment against MP Pūkas

The Group of Women at the Seimas has asked the Lithuanian parliament’s Ethics and Procedures Commission to look into the possibility of launching impeachment proceedings against Kęstutis Pūkas, an Order and Justice lawmaker, over sexual harassment allegations. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Govt must explain benefits of proposed forest reform – president

The Lithuanian government must explain the benefits of the proposed state forest management reform, which is opposed by some ruling and opposition lawmakers, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]

At the January 13 case court hearing
Society

Vilnius court suspends 1991 crackdown trial due to defendant’s illness

The Vilnius Regional Court has cancelled hearings, scheduled for this week, in a mass trial related to the bloody events of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius after Gennady Ivanov, one of the two defendants present in court, fell ill. […]

Lithuanian soldier
Defence

Three troops in hospital with hand, facial burns

Three soldiers of Lithuania’s professional army suffered burns of their hands and faces on Wednesday during preparation of simulation gear for exercises, the Defence Ministry said. […]