Linas Linkevičius
European Union

EU must maintain ambitious Eastern Partnership agenda, Lithuanian foreign minister insists

At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 16 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, while speaking about the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit on 21-22 May 2015, noted that it was important to set a strategic direction for Eastern Partnership and take a further step forward from the Warsaw and Vilnius Summits, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Alon Ushpiz and Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kačinskas
Foreign affairs

Israel and Lithuania have much to offer one another, says Lithuanian official

Opening of the Embassy of Israel in Vilnius and Political consultations between two foreign ministries, led by political directors Rolandas Kačinskas and Alon Ushpiz, are signs of solid and profound relations that Lithuania and Israel enjoy today, according to Lithuania’s MFA. […]

Global LT

Top young professionals returning to build Lithuania

Lithuania became a member of the European Union in 2004, and since that year almost 470,000 people have emigrated from the country. Now, many of the so-called “generation of independence” – the first generation of Lithuanians to be born after the collapse of the Soviet Union – are returning. And, with their degrees from prestigious universities and their experience working in international companies and organisations, they are having a big impact. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian foreign minister thanks Iceland for courage in 1991

At the bilateral meeting on 10 March in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius expressed his gratitude to Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson for his country’s courageous action – recognition of Lithuania’s independence on 11 February 1991. In June, this event will be commemorated in Vilnius by civic campaign Thank You, Iceland, Lithuanian MFA reports. […]

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Global LT

Lithuania’s independence 25th anniversary celebrated in Jonköping, Sweden

The series of the events commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania that started on 16th February in Stockholm was continued in Jonköping, Sweden, on 9 March. […]