Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction
Foreign affairs

Belarus’ N-plant fails to meet modern safety standards – Lithuanian experts

Belarus’ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) fails to meet modern safety standards, Lithuanian experts say after reviewing the neighbouring country’s stress tests report on the facility under construction some 50 kilometres from Vilnius. […]

border checkpoint
Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Magnitsky list made public, includes Chechnya’s leader Kadyrov

The Lithuanian Migration Department on Monday made public a list of 49 Russian nationals banned from entering the country over human rights violations and money laundering. […]

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Foreign affairs

Belarusian Culture Centre planned in historic wooden house in Lithuania’s capital

The Vilnius City Municipality is considering reconstructing a protected cultural value – a wooden building in an emergency condition in the Užupis neighbourhood that would accommodate a centre of cultural exchange with Belarus. […]

Pope Francis
Foreign affairs

Vatican minister: Pope’s visit would help understand Lithuania’s goals

A visit by Pope Francis to Lithuania would help the country to reinforce its society and provide it with a better understanding of its objectives, says Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states within the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, said during a visit in Lithuania. […]