Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Foreign Minister Linkevičius on new European Commission president, symbolic gestures in politics and tweeting

EN.DELFI has interviewed the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius. We spoke about the next European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, significance of the European Union association and free-trade agreement with Ukraine and two other Eastern Partnership countries and about self-discipline required for tweeting. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Barack Obama
Foreign affairs

President congratulated Barack Obama on Independence Day

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations on behalf of the people of Lithuania to U.S. President Barack Obama on the occasion of Independence Day. […]

Leonidas Donskis
Foreign affairs

Finland’s new Honorary Consulate can significantly help to cultivate active cultural exchange

“The Honorary Consulate in Kaunas is important for the development of closer ties between our countries and enhanced people-to-people contacts. Lithuania has a strong energy partnership with Finland. Our practical partnership to implement such energy projects as the Finnish company Fortum’s investment in Klaipėda and Kaunas testifies to the fact,” said the Lithuanian Foreign Minister at the opening ceremony of the Consulate. […]

Leifas Arne Ulland
Foreign affairs

PM bids farewell to outgoing Norwegian Ambassador

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway Leif Arne Ulland, who ends his term in Lithuania. During the meeting, the Prime Minister emphasized that Norway is an important partner of Lithuania and thanked the Ambassador for his personal contribution to the development of good bilateral relations as well as an intensifying cooperation in both the business and cultural sectors, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

Twitter
Foreign affairs

Foreign Minister Linkevičius in top 50 best connected leaders on Twitter

Lithuanian political leaders do not lag behind when it comes to using social media. Among the top mutual connections of political leaders with Twitter accounts, two are Lithuanian, LRT.lt informed. […]