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Lithuania’s government on Wednesday gave its approval to the designation of diplomat Ina Marčiulionytė as the country’s new ambassador to China. […]

PM wants pensions to be raised sooner

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that pensions may be raised somewhat next January, rather than in July as planned earlier, adding that the size of the increase will depend on the country’s economic situation. […]

NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic states

Hungarian airmen coming on 1st air-policing mission to Lithuania

Troops of the Hungarian Air Forces with their JAS-39 Gripen fighter-jets are coming to Lithuania on Thursday for their 1st shift in NATO’s Baltic air-policing mission, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said. […]

Diplomat to represent Lithuania in military parade in China

Charge d’affaires of the Lithuanian Embassy to China will represent the country in a military parade in Beijing next week, the Foreign Ministry said. […]

Politics

Lithuania to resettle 70 refugees from Turkey

Lithuania intends to resettle 70 persons from refugee camps in Turkey. “We have an embassy in Turkey, which will make it easier for us to handle the documents and communicate with the people, carry out selection and checks,” Interior Vice-Minister Elvinas Jankevičius told BNS in his explanation of the reasons behind the choice of the country. […]

Jewish rabbis inquire about Vilnius’ Sports Palace project

Jewish Orthodox rabbis visiting Lithuania on August 26 have inquired about the government’s and the Vilnius municipality’s plans of renovating the former Sports Palace building in the territory of a Jewish cemetery ( the old Jewish cemetery known as Piramont – TLT). […]

Grybauskaitė gets invitation to Davos Economic Forum

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has received an invitation to the next year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the President’s Office confirmed to BNS on August 25. […]

Lithuania, Poland join forces in crackdown on illegal immigration

Lithuanian and Polish border guards have carried out a two-stage operation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants and their smugglers, the State Border Guard Service said on August 25. […]

Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Lithuania

New Polish defence attaché to be accredited to Lithuania

Poland’s new Defence Attaché to Lithuania Colonel Miroslaw Wojcik to be accredited on 25 August. […]

Court starts bankruptcy proceedings for Air Lituanica

A court on August 25 opened bankruptcy proceedings for Air Lituanica, a defunct airline that is indirectly owned by the city of Vilnius. […]

40 troops to work at NATO command unit in Vilnius

Around 40 troops will work at a NATO command unit that will soon be opened in Lithuania. Under the plan, representative of more than 10 NATO countries will work there, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on 25 August. […]

Arvydas Sabonis, Horacio Muratore, Loreta Graužinienė, Edis Urbanavičius ir Mindaugas Špokas (A. Petrulevičiaus nuotr.)

I’ve come to see Lithuanian phenomenon – FIBA president in Vilnius

President Horacio Muratore, who is currently in Lithuania on his first visit, says he’s come to see himself the phenomenon of basketball success in Lithuania and will suggest this experience to other countries. […]

Grybauskaitė doubts milk producers can get aid from EU

President Dalia Grybauskaitė doubts that Lithuania will receive tens of millions of euros in aid from the European Commission for its milk producers hit by low milk prices and Russia’s ban on EU food imports. […]

On the military training in the Lithuanian Army

Lithuania’s 1st recruits starting service in Klaipėda

The first 495 recruits are starting their mandatory initial military service at the Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion in Klaipėda on August 24 after the country reintroduced the nine-month service. […]

At Ukraine's Independence Day rally in Vilnius

Grybauskaitė congratulates Ukraine on Independence Day

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated her Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, on his country’s Independence Day. […]

LRT drops idea of exposing Kremlin’s propaganda

Lithuania’s national radio and television LRT will not feature a new broadcast dedicated to analysing the Kremlin propaganda. […]

Baltic PMs discuss joint projects, security, migration

The informal meeting of the three Baltic prime ministers in the Lithuanian seaside resort of Palanga over the weekend focused on joint transport and energy projects, regional security, illegal migration and other issues. […]

Linkevičius calls for changes in EU stance on Belarus after opposition figures freed