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A failure to compensate the losses suffered by the dairy and meat sectors due to Russia’s restrictions on the imports of food and farm products may shave more than 0.2 percentage points off the Lithuanian GDP growth, Agriculture Minister has said. […]

Minister Linkevičius suspicious of Russia’s “humanitarian aid” to Ukraine

Eastern Ukraine is in need of humanitarian aid but the international community cannot trust Russia which has announced recently it is sending 280 trucks of aid to eastern Ukraine, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said on Tuesday. […]

Mayor of Kaunas signs up for military volunteer training

Andrius Kupčinskas, the mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas, and several other municipal officials will undergo basic military skill training for volunteers over the next few weeks, according to the Kauno Diena daily. […]

Wild boar with ASF found near Idavang pig farm in Lithuania

A dead wild boar infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) was found near the Rupinskai pig complex in Ignalina district last weekend. […]

Lithuania and Iran fail to make full use of cooperation potential, says Lithuanian MP

Lithuania and Iran have failed to make full use of bilateral cooperation potential, says Lithuania’s Social Democratic MP Algirdas Sysas who is leading a group of Lithuanian lawmakers currently in Iran. […]

Lithuania’s former army chief to start as ambassador to Romania in October

Lithuania’s former Chief of Defence Arvydas Pocius is set to assume his new duties as the country’s ambassador to Romania in October, according to documents drawn up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

Lithuanian dairy products can be sold locally, says Food and Veterinary Service chief

With Russia having closed its market to most European food products, the first month will be the most difficult for Lithuanian producers, the director of the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service said on Monday. […]

Lithuanian ministries start working on plan to cope with Russian sanctions

Lithuanian ministries are starting work on an action plan to cope with Russia‘s sanctions against Lithuanian food products. […]

Observers do not question Turkish presidential vote, says Lithuanian MP who headed OSCE mission

International observers do not question the presidential elections in Turkey, held on Sunday, but reproach over the use of public funds for election campaign, Lithuanian lawmaker Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, who observed the election, told BNS on Monday. […]

Two Latvians detained in Lithuania following police shoot-out

Two Latvians were detained in Lithuania’s Rokiškis District near the Lithuanian-Latvian border on Sunday night after local police fired several shots to stop their vehicle. Nobody was injured in the incident. The Latvians are suspected of having injured a teenage cyclist, 15, in a hit-and-run. […]

Lithuania to open embassy in South Africa

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Lithuania plans to open an embassy in the Republic of South Africa in November. […]

Lithuania blocks Russia’s statement against Ukraine at UN Security Council

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Lithuania and the like-minded countries at the UN Security Council have blocked Russia‘s attempt to “push through” a statement accusing Ukraine and suppressing information on the responsibility of pro-Russian separatists, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. […]

Two Lithuanian trucks stopped at Kaliningrad border amid Russia’s imports embargo

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Two trucks carrying food products have been stopped at Lithuania’s border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after Moscow imposed an embargo on agricultural and food products from the EU, the Lithuanian Customs Department said on Friday. […]

Lithuania contributes EUR 30,000 to humanitarian aid in Gaza

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday it had allocated EUR 30,000 (103,000 litas) in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. […]

Lithuanian prime minister interrupts vacation over Russian sanctions

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will cut short his vacation by several days in order to come in earlier to address Russia‘s sanctions. […]

Foreign Ministry holds business meeting on new markets amid Russian embargo

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday held an inter-institutional meeting of ministerial representatives and representatives of business associations to discuss new export markets after Russia imposed import bans. […]

Lithuanian trucks stuck at border amid Russia’s food embargo

Several Lithuanian trucks are stuck at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border and the Latvian-Estonian border amid Russia‘s ban on the import of food products from the EU, the director of the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service has informed on Friday. […]

Lithuanian Genocide Centre published data on 620 former KGB agents

The Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre says it has published data of 620 former KGB agents over less than two years. […]

Russian sanctions to shave off 0.2 percent of Lithuanian GDP growth

The growth of the Lithuanian gross domestic product (GDP) may slow down by 0.2 percent in the wake of the Russian sanctions, Lithuania’s Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas said after meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday. […]

Juozas Lukša-Daumantas ir Kazimieras Pyplys-Audronis (pirmoje eilėje priklaupę) prieš žygį į Vakarus atsisveikina su Tauro apygardos partizanais. 1947 m. gruodžio 16 d. (Genocido aukų muziejaus nuotr.)

Lithuania thanks “forest brothers” 70 years after start of anti-Soviet guerilla war