Economy

Transhipment of Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta grows

During March 2015, Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta reloaded 354,000 tons of petroleum products into its storage tanks of oil terminal and Subačius fuel base (SFB), i.e., by 15.5 percent more compared to March 2014, when 306,000 tons were reloaded. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian foreign minister expresses condolences over death of former British ambassador Michael Peart

“I am deeply saddened by the news of Michael Peart passing. He was a true friend of Lithuania and the first Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lithuania. We shall always remember Michael with great respect, with gratitude. He will remain in our hearts forever as a true friend of Lithuania,” reads the letter of condolences sent by Linas Linkevičius to the wife and son of the deceased on 3 April, the MFA reports. […]

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Defence

US presence in Lithuania is a message that we are not alone, defence minister says

On April 2 Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with a delegation of US congressmen led by US Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mac Thornberry, conducting visit in Lithuania, the Ministry reports. […]

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Dutch politician suggests “second Yalta conference” to confirm Russia’s gains in Ukraine and Baltic sovereignty

Former Dutch EU commissioner and former leader of the liberal VVD party Frits Bolkestein thinks that Europe, the United States and Russia should organize a second Yalta conference to discuss a settlement in Ukraine and even the sovereignty of the Baltic states. […]

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Society

Archaeologists discover thousand-year-old grave in Lithuania

A grave thought to be a couple of thousand years old has been found in Lithuania’s western district of Klaipėda during the building of a gas main. It contains a unique urn. […]