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NordBalt to provide more energy security for 6m people in Baltics

October 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Two months remain until the completion of the biggest joint Swedish and Lithuanian project NordBalt. In December the electricity produced in Scandinavia will be transmitted directly to Lithuania for the first time in history. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden along with the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė evaluated the NordBalt implementation progress while visiting the construction site of the NordBalt high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Klaipėda. […]

Ethnic minority representatives to hold protest action

October 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Representatives of Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community, backed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) political party, are planning a protest action this week over ethnic minority education and the planned reforms of the Labour Code, lzinios.lt reports. […]

Lithuanian army officer injured in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

October 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A Lithuanian army officer was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Sunday, DELFI reports. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister OK with EU lifting sanctions on Belarus

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he is in favour of the European Union lifting sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. […]

President Grybauskaitė and Swedish royal couple visit Lithuanian seaside

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden are visiting the Lithuanian seaside on Friday. The third day of the Swedish royal state visit is dedicated to the Curonian Spit, the environmental initiatives launched in Lithuania and our historical heritage, the presidential press service said. […]

Šeduva unveils monument for town’s Jewish population

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian town of Šeduva, Radviliškis District, unveiled a monument to all the Jewish residents who used to live in the town, BNS reports. […]

Lithuanian deputy foreign minister attends events for Chiune Sugihara

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 7 October, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended events marking the 75th anniversary of Visas for Life, which were organised by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Olekas: Deployment of UK troops to Baltics is reactions to Moscow’s actions, not vice versa

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that the UK‘s decision to send army units to the Baltic states and Poland is a reaction to Russia‘s actions in the region, therefore Moscow’s statements about reciprocal steps are misleading. […]

Girnius: With Russia in Syria, danger to Baltic states is gone

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Kęstutis Girnius, associate professor at Vilnius University’s Institute of International Relations and Political Science, says Russia‘s intervention in Syria means that Moscow does not have any plans to attack Lithuania or other Baltic states. […]

Sweden’s foreign minister in Vilnius: NATO membership would diminish defence cooperation with Finland

October 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Sweden‘s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom says she does not support the idea of joining NATO, since that would diminish the significance of Sweden’s common security policy with Finland, BNS reports. […]

President Grybauskaitė: Conscription might remain a necessity

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Having a decent army reserve is very important for Lithuania, therefore conscription must remain in effect even after five years when the military draft programme, introduced this year, expires, according to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

UK announces persistent deployment of troops to Baltic states

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At Thursday’s NATO Defence Ministerial meeting in Brussels, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that the UK would deploy a persistent military presence to the Baltic states. […]

London Lithuanians’ charity ball to raise funds for suicide prevention

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Refuting the myth that Lithuanian expatriates in the United Kingdom care little about social problems at their home country, some members of the Lithuanian community wish to bring focus on what they think is the biggest social sore in Lithuania, suicide. […]

Lithuanian PM: We need to ‘motivate’ refugees to choose Lithuania

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

As the Lithuanian delegation visiting Greece has so far struggled to find a refugee family willing to seek asylum in Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the country must to more to inform refugees about itself and “motivate” them to come. […]

Unique Art Deco furniture and design on display in Kaunas

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The exhibition “Art Deco Kaunas 1919-1940: Feeling of Home” at Kaunas Garrison Officers Club is dedicated exclusively to the Interwar period Kaunas furniture craft and interior design. Most of the exhibits from the private collections are on display for the first time. […]

British defence secretary wants to send a strong message to Russia about Baltic defence

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

NATO should step up pressure on Russia to use its influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as to give a more resolute response to Moscow’s “testing” of the Alliance’s flank in the Baltics, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian and Swedish foreign ministers discuss economic partnership and joint initiatives

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom to discuss bilateral partnership, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia, regional security, cooperation in the region, as well as in the fields of strategic communication, energy and transport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Lithuanian president: Swedish royal visit is consolidation of bonds between the countries

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a three-day state visit in Lithuania. During their meeting, the president and the Swedish royal couple discussed the results and prospects of long-standing and close bilateral cooperation. This is the second state visit by the King and Queen of Sweden in our country after 23 years, the presidential press service said. […]

Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Silvia

Sweden’s royal couple starting state visit in Lithuania

October 7, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Silvia are arriving in Vilnius on Wednesday for a state visit. […]

Lithuanian president: Russia’s involvement in Syria will make refugee crisis worse

October 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russia‘s recent involvement in the war in Syria will only worsen the plight of refugees who are making their way to Europe in thousands, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]