Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Monday called on the European Union to exercise patience and consistency in relations with Russia and draw up new sanctions over the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]
Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas will ask the country’s swimming champion Rūta Meilutytė to become the face and ambassador of the International Children’s Games the city will host in 2017, Kaunas Mayor Andrius Kupčinskas told a press conference on Monday. […]
Institutions of the Lithuanian interior system, namely, the State Border Guard Service, the Public Security Service and the VIP Protection Department, will be more actively involved in the training organized by the Armed Forces. […]
Lithuanian customs officers on Friday detained a huge shipment of smuggling drugs in the port city of Klaipėda – three sacks containing a total of 116 kg of cocaine were discovered in a sea container. […]
The first shipment of Polish air defence system Grom will arrive in Lithuania by the end of the year, perhaps even next week, said Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas after a Government meeting on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice Party is summoning the State Security Department‘s chief Gediminas Grina before parliament to give an explanation about the US Central Intelligence Agency’s “violet” detention site near Vilnius mentioned in the US Senate’s report. […]
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is not working, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday after arriving in Brussels for a meeting of European Union (EU) diplomats. […]
With just slightly more than two weeks to go before Lithuania adopts the euro, different opinion polls show different results for how people feel about the new currency. […]
First Deputy Government Chancellor Remigijus Motuzas should be appointed as Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia as of 20 January 1015. […]
Fifty-three percent of the Lithuanian population are in favour of the upcoming euro adoption, according to a representative survey conducted in mid-November and released by the Bank of Lithuania on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party on Saturday re-elected MEP Rolandas Paksas as its leader for a two-year term. […]
The Baltic and Polish defence ministers held a meeting in Latvia and agreed on a joint response in deterring Russia, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Friday. […]
Nigel Farage, the leader of the Euro-sceptic United Kingdom‘s Independence Party (UKIP), is coming to Lithuania this weekend. […]
The number of violations related to dual display of prices in the litas and the euro has been decreasing, which shows that Lithuania has duly prepared for the currency changeover, Justice Minister has said. […]
More than 619,000 Lithuanians live abroad, show statistical data published by the Lithuanian Statistics Department on Friday. One in five of the expatriates live in the United Kingdom. […]
Mečys Laurinkus, who headed Lithuania’s State Security Department in 1998-2004, says that the institution assisted the United States in its counter-terrorism efforts during the period, but did not ask for a reward and did not violate laws or international commitments. […]
The European Parliament will next week discuss the report published by the United States Senate earlier this week about detention of suspected terrorists in secret CIA centres, including one allegedly on the Lithuanian soil. […]
Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, working for the national defence system, will be able to take part in international operations as part of NATO’s Rapid Response Force, an EU battle group or NATO and EU military commands, under a resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday. […]
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