Vytis Jurkonis
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Political scientist says Lithuania should stay alert during PM’s visit to Belarus

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is visiting Belarus this week. While the visit is not exceptional in any way, Lithuania should stay alert and not consider Minsk a well-wishing neighbour, warns political scientist Vytis Jurkonis. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
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Lithuanian president to go to Ukraine in November

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will go to Ukraine next month. Her visit is scheduled for 24 November, the president’s press service confirmed it to BNS. […]

Photo courtesy of the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden
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Foreign affairs and security experts discussed 2014 NATO Summit decisions in Lithuania’s embassy in Stockholm

The Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm – NATO Contact Point Embassy in Sweden – in cooperation with Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and British Embassy in Stockholm organized the working dinner in order to discuss the implications of 2014 NATO Summit decisions in Cardiff for the Baltic Sea Region, for Europe and for the Trans-Atlantic Relations. […]

Lithuanian Diplomatic Star being awarded to Professor Snyder Photo Ludo Segers
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Lithuanian Diplomacy Star awarded to Yale professor and author Timothy Snyder

On Monday, 27 October, the bestselling author, historian and Yale professor Timothy Snyder was honoured with the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star during a ceremony at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC. […]

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Armenia’s Eurasian Union membership should not block EU ties, Lithuanian foreign minister says

Armenia‘s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union, which is being established by Russia, should not become an obstacle for Armenia to continue constructive cooperation with the European Union, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said during his visit to the Caucasian country on Friday. […]