Foreign affairs

Vilius Šapoka
Foreign affairs

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

July 9, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

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. […]

Almata, Kazachstan
Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Mission Siberia will go to Kazakhstan this year

July 9, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s annual Mission Siberia expedition, organized annually to tend to the burial cites of Lithuanian deportees in Russia, will go to Kazakhstan this year after Russia barred entry to the mission’s participants, the Lithuanian national radio Lietuvos Radijas said on Monday. […]

Lithuanian Song festival in Kaunas
Foreign affairs

Estonian, German culture ministers to attend Song Festival events in Vilnius

July 5, 2018 BNS 0

The Estonian and German culture ministries will visit Vilnius on Thursday and Friday to attend the Song Festival and other cultural events, the Lithuanian Culture Ministry said. […]

Michel Barnier
Foreign affairs

EU Brexit negotiator Barnier to meet with Lithuanian leaders

July 4, 2018 BNS 0

The European Union‘s top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is starting his visit to Lithuania on Wednesday and is scheduled to meet with Lithuanian leaders. […]

Ukrainian flag
Foreign affairs

Lithuania allocates EUR 50,000 in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

July 2, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said it had allocated 50,000 euros in humanitarian aid to Ukraine. […]