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The Kremlin is not interested in Macrons’ ‘stability’
The European security architecture needs to change, French President Emmanuel Macron declared during his latest visit to Finland. The changing world security architecture is forcing the European Union to adopt to the changing world. This is inevitable. However, the French President also called for an ‘update’ of the EU and Russia’s relationship. An ‘update’ should be welcomed, but the main question on whose terms this ‘update’ should be. Is the EU ready to accept an extended hand of friendship from the Kremlin? Certainly not and this is why. […]
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EU joins Lithuania’s call on Walmart to remove Soviet-themed T-shirts
The EU Delegation to the United States has expressed its support for Lithuania’s call on America’s retail giant Walmart to stop selling Soviet-themed T-shirts which insult the victims of the Soviet terror. […]
Foreign affairs
Beniušis. CIA prison case: how long will the government continue its ostrich policy?
In December 2014 Barack Obama‘s administration warned Lithuania about a forthcoming US Senate report on secret CIA prisons. […]
Foreign affairs
Merkel to meet with Grybauskaitė, Baltic MPs, to visit German troops in Lithuania
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to meet with President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Baltic prime ministers during her visit to Lithuania next week, the Lithuanian president’s office said on Friday. […]
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Kazakh embassy staff member caught drunk driving in Vilnius
A staff member of Kazakhstan’s embassy to Lithuania has been caught driving under the influence of alcohol in Vilnius, police said. […]
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PM calls on law-enforcement to use all possibilities in CIA prison probe
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that law-enforcement officials must use all possibilities to investigate the circumstances surrounding allegations that the country hosted a secret CIA detention site more than a decade ago. […]
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Lithuania urges US retail giant Walmart to pull Soviet-symbol T-shirts from sale
Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States has called on America’s retail giant Walmart to remove T-shirts with Soviet symbols from sale. […]
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Poland is Lithuania’s closest strategic partner in region – Skvernelis
Poland is Lithuania’s closest strategic partner in the region, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said after meeting his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, in Krynica. […]
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Lithuanian PM named Man of Year 2017 in Krynica forum
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis was on Wednesday named Man of the Year 2017 in the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland. […]
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Lithuania to back Ireland on border issue in Brexit talks
Lithuania vowed on Wednesday to support Ireland on the border issue in Brexit negotiations. […]
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Lithuanian PM visits Wawel Castle, pays tribute to late Polish President Kaczynski
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Wednesday arrived in Poland to take part in the Krynica Economic Forum. […]
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Lithuanian state’s extra spending on papal visit cut to EUR 1.45 mln
The maximum amount of the state’s additional spending on organizing Pope Francis‘ visit to Lithuania later this month goes down from 1.75 million euros to 1.45 million euros, Government Vice-Chancellor Alminas Mačiulis said on Tuesday. […]
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Seimas speaker to visit Israel in mid-October
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, will pay an official visit to Israel in mid-October. […]
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Latvia demands 57 mln from Lithuanian Railways for dismantled railway track
Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railways) demands 57 million euros from Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) over a railway track to Renge that was dismantled a decade ago. […]
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New Hungarian defense attaché accredited to Lithuania
Hungary’s new defense attaché to Lithuania was accredited on Monday, the Defense Ministry said. […]
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Future church in Vilnius to be named after Pope John Paul II
A cross marking the site where a church named after Pope John Paul II will be built in the Lithuanian capital’s Pašilaičiai neighborhood will be blessed on Tuesday, on the 25th anniversary of the pontiff’s visit to the country, Vilnius Archdiocese said. […]
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Research finds Lithuania was Soviet Union’s donor in 1st decade of occupation – media
Lithuania was a donor of the Soviet Union rather than its dependent in the first post-war decade of occupation, LRT Television has reported, citing research commissioned by the Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania. […]
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Lithuania-Poland relations develop in good direction – Polish deputy foreign minister
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Papierz says that relations between Lithuania and Poland are being developed in a positive direction. […]
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Lithuania to miss Senator McCain’s ‘clear, strong voice’ – Linkevičius
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania has lost a strong supporter with the passing of US Senator John McCain, adding that this loss can only be filled up by close cooperation between the two countries. […]