Georgia vėliava
Foreign affairs

High-ranking Lithuanian and Georgian officials discussed Georgia’s integration into Euro-Atlantic organisations

At the International Conference on Georgia‘s European Way in Batumi on 10 July, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas and the Lithuanian Ambassador to Georgia Jonas Paslauskas met with the State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, Alex Petriashvili, Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]

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. […]

Ambassador of Spain Miguel Arias Estévez
Foreign affairs

Vilnius bids fareweel to outgoing Czech and Spanish ambassadors

The ambassadors of the Czech Republic and Spain are ending their terms in Vilnius this July and will be replaced by new diplomats, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has said. […]

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. […]

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Linkevičius: Russian sanctions still on the table if situation in Ukraine doesn’t improve

The situation in Ukraine requires a serious reaction, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said before the start of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council on Monday. […]