Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian foreign minister: Veto right is responsibility, not privilege

October 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 30 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in a high-level event, which was co-hosted by France and Mexico on the restraint of the veto in the Security Council in situations of mass atrocity, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Lithuania actively supports the initiative that was proposed by France and Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]

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Foreign affairs

Croatia to open embassy in Lithuania

October 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Croatia is to open an embassy in Vilnius by the end of this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. […]

Russia's airstrikes in Syria

Lithuanian PM sceptical about Russia’s sincerity in Syria

October 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is sceptical about Russia‘s airstrikes in Syria, saying that preliminary information suggests Moscow is not entirely honest when it says it is only targeting ISIS. […]

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Global LT

Lithuanians in Ireland celebrate 80th anniversary of Feliksas Vaitkus’ trans-Atlantic flight

September 30, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanians flooded the small Irish town of Ballinrobe, in the west of the country, on 25-27 September for the traditional event “We Still Need Wings”. The celebrations were meant to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the feat of a Lithuanian pilot who crossed the Atlantic in 1935. […]

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Lithuania must strengthen cooperation with Finland, foreign minister says

September 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 24 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini, who was visiting Lithuania, to discuss bilateral political and economic relations, regional cooperation and key issues on European agenda, including migration, the security situation in the region, relationship with Russia, the situation in Ukraine, cooperation in the fields of energy and transport, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

Some of the 18 Vilnius residents and visitors who attended this year’s inaugural meeting at the Jewish Cultural and Information Center on Mėsinių Street in the Old Town
Culture

Vilna Yiddish literary reading circle invites to its next meeting

September 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

After a successful experiment at the first session it was decided that each week’s session would start with an intriguing article from a different prewar Vilna Yiddish newspaper. In addition to reading from the photocopies provided, participants will be able to view the original newspaper. The session, which lasts an hour-and-a-half total, will then move on to the literary text being read. This Sunday the circle will start reading a humorous text by Der Túnkeler, “The Dark One,” pseudonym of Joseph Tunkel (1881 – 1949), a Litvak Yiddish humorist born in Bobruisk, now in Belarus. […]

Alisa Matsanyuk
Economy

TechCrunch names Alisa Matsanyuk as one of world’s most influential women in the tech industry

September 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

TechCrunch, one of the most popular technology portals, has named 30 women who have conquered the technology industry. Among them is Alisa Matsanyuk, the founder of leading mobile game developer Game Insight and recently opened maker space Green Garage. […]