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The Lithuanian parliament Thursday passed the law on national budget for 2015, the first year of the country’s eurozone membership, by a vote of 79 to 33, with 23 abstentions. […]

Eight foreign ministers met with Crimean Tatar leader in Basel

On Lithuania’s initiative, the foreign ministers of eight countries on Thursday met with Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of Crimean Tatars, and Andrey Yurov, head of the Ukrainian-Russian human rights mission in Crimea, in Switzerland. […]

Ukraine’s Lithuanian minister: President Poroshenko promised me best conditions to implement my ideas

Lithuanian businessman Aivaras Abromavičius says he has agreed to become Ukraine‘s economy minister because he wants to help the country in a difficult situation and share his experience gained in the West. […]

The Economist: Lithuania lags behind Baltic states in terms of business conditions

Lithuania lags behind Estonia, Poland and Latvia in terms of business conditions, according to a new rating by the Economist Intelligence Unit. […]

Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summons Italian ambassador over dropped extradition case

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned Italian Ambassador to Lithuania Stefano Maria Taliani De Marchio over an Italian court‘s decision to drop the extradition case of a Russian citizen who is a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case in Lithuania. […]

Lithuania’s energy minister concerned about gas market liberalization in Latvia

Lithuania is already in a position to supply gas to Latvia and Estonia, however, Latvia’s stance, which remains unclear, raises concerns about free supply of gas to the Baltic countries, energy minister has said, adding that Latvia has assured that it will guarantee the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Third Energy Package. […]

Lithuanian government backs recall of four ambassadors

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed the recall of four ambassadors – to Russia, Ukraine, Spain and the Czech Republic – after their terms end. […]

The Economist forecasts lower GDP growth for Lithuania than government estimates

Next year Lithuania’s economy should grow 2.7 percent, a lower indicator than projected by the Finance Ministry but more than the majority of other European countries, says the Economist Intelligence Unit of the British business daily, The Economist. […]

Lithuanian army paramedic charged with spying

A Lithuanian national, who served as a paramedic in the country’s Armed Forces, has been charged with spying against the state. The criminal case was handed to court on Wednesday, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said. […]

Lithuania edges up in corruption perception index

Lithuania ranks 39th among 175 countries in this year’s Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International. Last year, Lithuania was 43rd among 177 rated countries. […]

Ball in Latvia’s court after Lithuania’s LNG terminal officially launched operations

Lithuania’s 500-million-litas (EUR 145m) liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, which is the country’s first alternative to Russian gas supplies and which the government believes could become a regional terminal, is officially launching operations on Wednesday, but Latvia and Estonia will have to wait until they are able to make use of its full potential. […]

Lithuania’s LNG terminal officially launches operations

Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaiėeda, which took a year and a half to build and cost around 500 million litas (EUR 145m), is officially launching operations on Wednesday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Lithuanian president: Jets near Baltic air-space are sign of Russian stupidity, not power

The increasingly frequent Russian provocations by flying its military jets close to the Baltic air-space shows “stupidity, not power,” says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Lithuania’s Linkevičius confronts Italian foreign minister over mishandled extradition of 1991 coup suspect

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday told his Italian counterpart about his regret over Italy‘s permission to allow detained Russian citizen Vasily Kotlerov, who is wanted by Lithuania in the 1991 coup case, to leave the country and escape extradition to Lithuania. […]

Kerry says US to continue “increased presence” in Baltic states

The United States will continue its increased military presence in the Baltic states in response to Russia‘s actions in Ukraine, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. […]

Lithuania’s Grybauskaitė stresses importance of defence and energy cooperation in meeting with Baltic-Polish presidents

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Latvian, Estonian and Polish counterparts in Tallinn on Tuesday, where she discussed the importance of long-term collective defence instruments and energy projects. […]

Lithuania to join NATO logistics coordination centre

Lithuania will join the NATO Multinational Joint Logistics Coordination Centre. […]

Lithuania warns NATO against giving impression that Russia can veto Ukraine’s membership

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the West would create a dangerous precedent by making an impression that Russia may block Ukraine‘s NATO membership. […]

Lithuanian government regrets Italy’s termination of 1991 coup suspect’s handover

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over Italy‘s decision to terminate the handover of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian national who is wanted in Lithuania for his alleged involvement in 13 January 1991 attempted coup and killings. […]

Lithuanian PM says NPP decommissioning contractors lawful amidst anxiety over Russian capital