Leaders of NFU federations meet in Vilnius
Foreign affairs

Nordic fencing federations seek closer cooperation

On October 20-21 Vilnius hosted one of the biggest fencing tournaments in the region – Open Nordic Youth Fencing Championships, which attracted nearly 500 participants. The event was attended by young fencers from Nordic and Baltic countries, forming Nordic Fencing Union (NFU), as well as guests from Poland and Belarus. As sportsmen were preparing for their competition, leaders of the federations met for annual Congress of NFU. […]

Lithuanian Liberty League protest
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Parlt speakers doubt Baltic countries could be compensated for Soviet occupation damage

The Baltic parliamentary speakers doubt that their countries could obtain compensation from Russia for damages incurred during the Soviet occupation. […]

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Latvian, Estonian parliamentary speakers to visit Vilnius

Parliamentary speakers Eiki Nestor of Estonia and Inara Murniece of Latvia are to arrive in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Athens
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Conflict between Athens and Fanar: another threat to Orthodox unity

“We love the Patriarch and the Patriarchate, we respect it. But we should emphasize that we love the Church and our country more than all”. This very recent holy statement of Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, after the cancellation of the two leaders’ meeting in the Greek capital, reflects the new “cold war” between the two main ecclesiastical poles of the Hellenic Orthodoxy – the autocephalous Church of Greece and the ecumenical Fanar. […]

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German Field Army commander receives Lithuanian state award

President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday awarded Lieutenant General Joerg Kurt Willy Vollmer, commander of the German Field Army, with the Cross of Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. […]