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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. […]
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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. […]
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Other politicians also raised Palestinian representation issue – Seimas speaker
The issue of Palestine‘s representation in the Baltic states was first raised more than three years ago, and those criticizing the proposal are carrying out a separate foreign policy, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
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Lithuanian children adopted by foreigners to keep Lithuanian citizenship
Lithuanian children adopted by foreigners will be able to keep their Lithuanian citizenship after the country’s parliament adopted necessary amendments. […]
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Borisovas proposed for Lithuania’s ambassador to Poland
Career diplomat Eduardas Borisovas has been proposed for Lithuania’s ambassador to Poland and would assume his new position on Dec. 3, according to a draft resolution. […]
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Lithuanian president says UK should decide what it wants in Brexit talks
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says the United Kingdom should decide what it wants to achieve in stalling Brexit negotiations. […]
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Lithuanians have better opinion about EU than other countries – EP survey
Lithuanians have a favorable opinion about the European Union and the country’s EU membership. But the majority of them are convinced that the situation in Lithuania is getting worse, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. […]
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Lithuania plans to open embassies in UAE, Australia, Indonesia
Lithuania plans to open embassies in the United Arab Emirates, Australia and Indonesia over the next three years, according to the explanatory note of the next year’s state budget bill. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president, EU leaders to discuss stalling Brexit in Brussels
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on Wednesday leaving for Brussels to meet with other EU leaders and discuss the United Kingdom’s stalling exit from the European Union. […]
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Seimas speaker invites Palestinians to open Baltic representation in Lithuania
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, invited Palestinians to set up a representative office for the Baltic countries in Vilnius and called for closer security cooperation between Lithuania and Israel. […]
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Four more refugees to be transferred to Lithuania from Turkey
Lithuania will have to accept another four refugees, implementing the international agreement, the public radio has announced. […]
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Putin-linked oligarch’s plane lands in Vilnius
A plane belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch having close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, landed in Vilnius on Thursday, the 15min.lt news website reports. […]
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Lithuanian PM to meet with Japanese counterpart
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo on Friday to discuss economic and political relations. […]
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Lithuanian PM honors memory of Jew rescuer Sugihara, Hiroshima victims
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, currently visiting Japan, on Thursday honored the memory of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who rescued Jews from the Holocaust, and also paid respect to victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. […]
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PACE calls on Belarus not to issue Astravyets NPP license
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called on the Belarus nuclear regulatory authority not to issue a license to the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction near Lithuania until the stress test recommendations are not implemented and the facility’s seismic resistance is not bolstered. […]
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Ušackas plans to seek establishment of US army base in Lithuania
Ambassador Vygaudas Ušackas, a presidential candidate, plans to seek the establishment of an American military base in Lithuania, aimed at deterring Russia. […]
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PM Skvernelis, in Japan, to honor WWII diplomat who rescued Jews in Lithuania
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, on a visit to Japan, will on Thursday travel to the city of Nagoya to pay tribute to Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust during the Second World War. […]
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Ex-KGB officer tells court they were in Vilnius in 1991 on Gorbachev’s orders
Mikhail Golovatov, a former KGB officer who is being tried in absentia for his role in the January 1991 bloody crackdown on protesters in Vilnius, says the Soviet army units came to Lithuania under a direct order from the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. […]