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Wife asks Lithuania for help in freeing opposition figure husband detained in Azerbaijan
The wife of an Azeri opposition figure, who has been granted political asylum in Lithuania, is asking Lithuania for assistance after her husbands was detained in his homeland. […]
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IMF mission ends work in Lithuania
A mission from the International Monetary Fund ends its work in Lithuania on Monday. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuania ranks 137 out of 139 nations in CAF World Giving Index
Lithuania ranks 137th out of 139 nations in the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index 2017. […]
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Lithuanian ballet dancer among Baltic Assembly Prize laureates
The traditional Baltic Assembly Prizes were awarded in St Johns’ Church in Vilnius on Thursday, with Lithuanian ballet dancer Jurgita Dronina among the laureates. […]
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Lithuania faces public condemnation by Council of Europe over Paksas case
The Council of Europe may adopt a resolution in December, stating that Lithuania fails to meet its international obligation by not implementing the European Court of Human Rights‘ ruling on paving the way for Rolandas Paksas to stand as a candidate in elections. […]
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Lithuanian PM sees US pressure on Russia over nuclear weapons treaty as effective
The United States‘ threat to pull out of a bilateral treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles was a necessary step to warn Russia to respect the terms of the pact, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuania to take neighbors’ choice into account in deciding on permanent time zone – PM
In deciding whether to go for permanent summer or winter time, Lithuania will ask for the opinion of its specialists and the general public and will also take its neighbors’ choice into account, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuanian president receives WEF invitation
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been invited to the next year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, which will take place in January. […]
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UK citizen detained in Lithuania for illegally taking Iraqi family to Poland
Lithuanian border guards detained a UK citizen late on Tuesday, illegally taking an Iraqi family of four, who had asked for asylum in Lithuania, to Poland. […]
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Prosecutors have to provide answers in CIA story, Lithuania’s intelligence chief says
Prosecutors have to present the final conclusions over the European Court of Human Rights‘ accusations that there was a secret American prison in Lithuania more than ten years ago, Darius Jauniškis, head of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD), says. […]
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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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Lithuanian formin attends Warsaw Security Forum
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is attending the Warsaw Security Forum. […]
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Georgia to continue to seek integration with West after election – formin in Vilnius
Tbilisi will continue to seek integration into the West regardless of who wins next Sunday’s presidential election, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian formin expects US to make Russia keep to nuclear weapons treaty
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius expects that the United States will force Russia to adhere to a bilateral treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles after Washington last week threatened to withdraw from the pact. […]