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Lithuanian envoy at UN: Human rights violations in Ukraine must be investigated
The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations together with non-governmental organizations in the margins of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 December held a round-table discussion on the role of the International Criminal Court in ensuring accountability for the ongoing human rights violations in Ukraine. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian and US officials discuss bilateral cooperation in Vilnius
On 11 December, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, who is visiting Lithuania. […]
Society
Šemeta on fighting corruption in Ukraine: businesses previously had nowhere to turn
Algirdas Šemeta, Lithuania’s former European commissioner and finance minister who has been appointed as Ukraine‘s new anti-corruption ombudsman, says that Ukrainian entrepreneurs had no tools to fight corruption until now. […]
Poland notes unprecedented Russian military activity in Baltic Sea region
Poland‘s Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak says that there has been “unprecedented” activity by Russia‘s navy and air force in the Baltic Sea region in recent days, AP reports. […]
Defence
International winter survival exercise at Lithuania’s Hussar Battalion
An international winter survival exercise involving roughly 90 soldiers from Canada, Lithuania, and Hungary is currently running in the King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion, city of Panevėžys and the surrounding area, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Former Lithuanian EU commissioner Šemeta appointed to head anti-corruption effort in Ukraine
Former EU commissioner and one-time Lithuanian finance minister Algirdas Šemeta is to become Ukraine‘s new anti-corruption boss, Reuters reports. […]
Defence
Defence Ministry denies false claims that US soldier died of Ebola in Lithuania
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has denied the information that a US soldier died of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Lithuania. The false statement was disseminated to media outlets under the guise of the European Association for the Defence of Human Rights (AEDH). […]
Lithuanian transport policy presented at conference in Sweden
Ambassador of Lithuania in Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas participated in the conference “The Baltic trade and transport”, held on 4-5 November in Karlshamn, south-eastern Sweden. […]
Culture
Vilnius International Film Festival invites submissions from Lithuanian filmmakers
The 20th Vilnius IFF invites all Lithuanians in the country and abroad to submit their films for the festival’s program by 15 December 2014. Selected films will be screened during the festival that will open on 19 March 2015. […]
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Society
Seminar to look into Lithuanian-Jewish experiences as deportees and displaced persons
Colloquium Vilnense invites you to a session at Vilnius University on the survival of Lithuanian Jews in the GULag and their way to Displaced Persons Camps after the end of the war. Violeta Davoliūtė (Vilnius) and Markus Nesselrodt (Berlin) will present their ongoing research. […]
Society
New skating rink opened in Vilnius
Vilnius city residents and guests will be able to try a new ice rink in the Lukiškių Square, Vilnius City Council said. […]
Defence
Russian military planes continue circling Baltic airspace
On 6 December a group of warships of the Russian Federation (22 vessels) was spotted in the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The group was accompanied by military aircraft flying over the neutral waters, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Society
Lithuanians increasingly knowledgeable how to defend their rights
More than half of Lithuanians know where to turn in case their rights are violated, a recent survey has revealed. […]
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Grybauskaitė congratulates Finland on national day
On 6 December, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Sauli Niinisto of the Republic of Finland on the occasion of the country’s national holiday – Independence Day, the presidential press service said. […]
Economy