Foreign affairs
Over 90,000 invitations to meeting with pope in Kaunas issued
Authorities have issued over 90,000 invitations to attend a meeting with Pope Francis in a park in Kaunas next Sunday. […]
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Lithuania among best EU states in terms of compliance with AAQ directive
Lithuania has been named among EU member states which effectively comply with the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive adopted a decade ago. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president, EU leaders to discuss infrastructure projects in Romania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Bucharest on Monday to discuss regional cooperation and joint infrastructure projects with leaders of 12 EU member states. […]
Foreign affairs
Estonia’s Skinest Rail may take Lithuania to international arbitration court
Estonia’s railway services and investment group Skinest Rail, the owner of Lithuania’s Skinest Baltija, is considering taking Lithuania to an international arbitration court over an alleged bilateral investment promotion agreement violation after losing a battle in local courts. […]
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Lithuania won’t appeal EU commission’s decision in Gazprom probe – energy minister
Lithuania will not appeal against the European Commission‘s decision in its probe against Russia‘s gas giant Gazprom as this would not bring much benefit to the country, which has sufficient means to ensure its energy security, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Merkel, in Vilnius, vows to keep sanctions on Russia, but defends Nord Stream (Updated)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Vilnius on Friday that the European Union would maintain its sanctions against Russia until progress had been made in implementing the Minsk agreement on resolving the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. […]
Foreign affairs
Skvernelis tells Merkel Lithuania waits for German retailer Kaufland
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis invited Germany‘s retail chain Kaufland to come to the Lithuanian market as he met with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Vilnius on Friday. […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Polish ForMin urges Lithuania to scrap election threshold for ethnic minorities – Interview
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has called on Lithuania to amend its legislation so that ethnic minority parties do not have to reach the threshold of votes needed to enter the Seimas. […]
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Greek president sends his wishes to Lithuanians as he flies over Lithuania
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos send his wishes to President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Lithuanians as he flew over the country en route to Riga. […]
European Union
Poland vows to back Hungary in row with EU, Lithuania calls for dialogue
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, on a visit to Vilnius, on Thursday vowed to support Hungary in its row with the European Union, while his Lithuanian counterpart, Linas Linkevičius, called for dialogue between Budapest and the bloc. […]
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1991 crackdown case defendant Golovatov sees trial as political
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, does not admit to the charges and regards the case as political, his lawyer said. […]
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European Union
EU commission proposes to end seasonal clock changes in 2019 (Updated)
The European Commission said on Wednesday that it proposes to put an end to the practice of adjusting clocks twice a year in 2019. […]
Foreign affairs
Finland Square to open in Vilnius this week
Suomijos Aikštė, or Finland Square, will be opened in Vilnius this week. […]
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Poland’s foreign minister to visit Lithuania Thursday
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz is expected to arrive in Lithuania on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian driving license to be valid in Japan, US, New Zealand, Thailand
Holders of Lithuanian driving licenses will be free to drive cars in more than 50 countries after the Seimas ratifies an international convention, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday. […]
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Latvian ministry doesn’t not consider claim to Lithuanian Railways over Renge track
After two Latvian companies claimed tens of millions of euros in damages from Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) for the the dismantling of a railway track to Renge a decade ago, the neighboring country’s Transport Ministry says it does not plan to take action against Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lawyer of Russian tried for 1991 crackdown in Vilnius calls him ‘victim and hostage’
The defense lawyer of Yuriy Mel, a Russian citizen arrested in Lithuania and now standing trial for his involvement in the January 1991 bloody crackdown on protesters in Vilnius, calls her client “a victim and hostage” to the Soviet political authorities of that time and describes the case as politicized. […]
Foreign affairs
Japanese diplomat’s son finds forged ‘visas for life’ in Lithuanian archives
The youngest son of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, discovered in the Lithuanian Central State Archives (LCSA) that some of the so-called “visas for life” issued by his father were forgeries. […]