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Merkel expected to visit Lithuania in mid-September
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will likely visit Lithuania in mid-September. […]
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Israeli PM speaks about friendship of ‘2 small democracies’ as he meets Lithuanian Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about a friendship between “two small democracies” as he met with the Jewish community of Lithuania on the last day of his visit to Vilnius on Sunday. […]
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Turkey’s foreign minister to arrive in Lithuania Monday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is to arrive in Lithuania on Monday. […]
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Israeli PM met with local Jewish community on last day of his visit to Lithuania
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the local Jewish community in Vilnius on Sunday, the last day of his visit to Lithuania. […]
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Vilnius opens square named after slain Russian opposition leader Nemtsov
A small square outside the Russian embassy in Vilnius, named after murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, was officially opened on Friday, despite strong criticism from Russia. […]
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Israeli PM at WWII massacre site in Vilnius: ‘We’ll never be defenseless again’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday visited Paneriai, a Vilnius neighborhood where over 100,000 people, mostly Jews, were killed during World War Two. […]
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Israel doesn’t want to go back to clashes with Russia – Netanyahu in Vilnius
Israel seeks to maintain good relations with Russia in resolving conflicts in the Middle East as it does not want to go back to military clashes that took place half a century ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Lithuania, 7 other EU countries agree to step up communism’s crimes investigation
Government officials from eight EU member states, including Lithuanian Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius, have met in Tallinn to discuss closer cooperation in investigating communist regimes’ crimes. […]
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Israeli PM asks for Baltic support to step up EU pressure on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday asked for the Baltic countries’ support in increasing EU pressure on Iran. […]
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Lithuania wants closer ties with Israel, calls for obeying intl law, president says
Lithuania wants closer ties with Israel but also calls on Israel to stop the expansion of Jewish settlements and disproportionate use of force in the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
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Lithuania initiating EU-Israeli meeting on terrorism, PM says
Lithuania is initiating a meeting of EU and Israeli ministers to discuss terrorism threats and reduce tension between the European Union and the Jewish state, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said in an interview with BNS Lithuania on Friday. […]
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Square named after Nemtsov to be officially opened in Vilnius
A square outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, named after murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will be officially opened on Friday. […]
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Israeli PM to honor Holocaust victims, meet with Baltic counterparts
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Friday honor the memory of Holocaust victims and discuss political issues with the three Baltic prime ministers. […]
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Israel wants to strengthen ties with Lithuania to counterbalance EU criticism
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will seek to strengthen bilateral ties with Lithuania to counterbalance, in his opinion, the European Union‘s unfounded criticism over Israel‘s treatment of the Palestinians. […]
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Israeli PM met with protests in Lithuania over Palestine
Several dozen supporters of Palestine staged a demonstration outside the Lithuanian government’s building in central Vilnius on Thursday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s visit. […]
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Israeli PM arrives in Lithuania for historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Lithuania on Thursday for a historic visit. […]
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Netanyahu to seek Baltic support for changing EU attitude towards Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that meetings with the Baltic states’ leaders will help to change the European Union‘s attitudes towards Israel. […]
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Israeli PM Netanyahu to arrive in Lithuania for historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is arriving in Lithuania for a historic visit on Thursday. […]
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Lithuania decides not to appeal against ECHR ruling on CIA prison
The Lithuanian government has decided not to appeal against the European Court of Human Rights‘ ruling that Lithuania hosted a secret CIA detention facility. […]