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Baltic presidents to receive Peace of Westphalia Prize in Germany

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going to Germany on Friday to receive the Peace of Westphalia Prize, awarded to the Baltic states, together with the Latvian and Estonian leaders. […]

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Lithuania to repeatedly ask Russia to hand over man convicted for spying

Vilnius will repeatedly ask Moscow to allow Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen convicted of spying in Russia, to serve his sentence in Lithuania. […]

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Lithuania grants asylum to Russian journalist Titov

Lithuania has granted asylum to Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov, the Migration Department said on Wednesday. […]

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Minister of Finance: Lithuania seeks to become China‘s financial service gateway to Europe

In the meeting of heads of Governments of China and the Central and Eastern European countries 16+1, wherein Lithuania was represented by Vilius Šapoka, the Minister of Finance, it was agreed to establish a financial technologies coordination centre of 16+1 format in Vilnius and to organize high-level fintech conference in 2019, a press release from the Ministry of Finance states. […]

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Refugee resettlement stalls due to Italy, Greece, Lithuanian intermin says

The resettlement of refugees to Lithuania has been stalling for the last six months as the Baltic country does not receive migrant applications from Greece and Italy, Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas says. […]