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European Union

Lithuania wants faster completion of TTIP negotiations between EU and US

November 26, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Tuesday, 25 November, at a conference The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: a Strategic Opportunity, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Chancellor of the Government Alminas Mačiulis stressed that it was very important to speed up implementation of decisions to conclude negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (US) as soon as possible, the prime minister’s press service informs. […]

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Cooperation with Sweden is Lithuania’s key priority – ForMin Linkevičius

November 24, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 20 November in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) Urban Ahlin and discussed bilateral and international policy issues, the ministry reports. […]

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Society

KTU Santaka Valley to host open lecture series on zooetics by World-Class Researchers

November 23, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Interdisciplinary art research platform Jutempus (Vilnius, Lithuania) launches Zooetics, a 5 year long exploration of future environmental fictions and models. ‘Zooetics’ is a notion in progress to explore new ways to engage human knowledge and research with other forms of life — from mammals to microbes to molluscs — and to imagine designs, prototypes and interfaces for future interspecies ecologies. […]

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Lithuania and all other EU Member States did not support Russia’s resolution at UN which attempts to manipulate history

November 22, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism and Other Contemporary Forms of Racism put forward by the Russian Federation was adopted by voting on 21 November 2014 at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 115 states voting for, 3 against, and 55 abstaining. Lithuania as well as other EU Member States have abstained in the vote and made a very strong Explanation of Vote. […]

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Defence

NATO watching Russian forces’ movement in eastern Ukraine – NATO chief in Lithuania

November 21, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

NATO is watching the movement of Russian armed forces and equipment into Ukraine and towards the agreed truce line in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Lithuania on Friday. […]

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Culture

Forever stylish: Lithuanian filmmaker explores the lives of New York’s elderly fashionistas

November 19, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

In Advanced Style, the documentary by Lithuanian filmmaker Lina Plioplytė, based on US photographer Ari Seth Cohen’s blog of the same name, a clutch of New York women ranging in age from 62 to 95 are celebrated for their unique style: furs, rhinestones, paisleys, florals, feathers, caftans, and hats, always hats. The documentary challenging accepted notions of beauty and fashion is coming to cinemas in Lithuania this December. […]

International expert panel discussed Sweden's security and defence cooperation

International expert panel discussed Sweden’s security and defence cooperation

November 19, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 17 November, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) organized the discussion “The Dynamics of Defence Cooperation: Possibilities and Limits in a Changing Europe”, which brought international expert perspectives on the possibilities and limits of Swedish defence cooperation. […]

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Society

Vilnius seminar series do address violence and modernity in Eastern Europe

November 18, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The ‘short 20th century’ — as opposed to ‘the long 19th century’ — was characterized by high levels of destruction. Wars, ideological conflicts, population mobilizations, massive displacements, and genocides lay at the heart of the emergence of modernity across the continent. These questions are addressed in a seminar series organized by Vilnius University and European Humanities University, “Violence and Social Change in Lithuania, Belarus, and Central-Eastern Europe in the 20th Century”. […]

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European Union

Lithuanian foreign minister: EU supports internal reforms in Ukraine

November 18, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 17 November in Brussels, the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting addressed the situation in Ukraine. The ministers discussed the tense security situation in eastern Ukraine, raised the question of extending EU sanctions on Russia and called for the immediate implementation of internal reforms in Ukraine, the Lithuanian MFA informs. […]